Advanced Manufacturing

Laser-focused teamwork: It’s essential both to advanced manufacturing success and to the development of a world-class manufacturing workforce. That’s why collaboration infuses all aspects of Loma Linda’s training ecosystem, assuring skills alignment and readiness.

In a county identified as a prime location for manufacturing and robotics, and in a city where the college education rate for adults is 52%, your enterprise can assemble a skilled and capable team that’s quickly scalable thanks to a manufacturing workforce of 246,000+ within 50 miles.

Whether yours is a new or expanding venture, whether the need is new employee development or upskilling current staff, high-caliber training entities come together to assist in your efforts, from recruitment to screening to training and beyond.

• San Bernardino Workforce Development Department (WDD): This one-stop nexus for employers and prospective hires offers pivotal services including:
  • Access to a significant pool of screened applicants
  • Customized training at reduced costs for incumbent workers as well as new hires
  • Funding for on-the-job training.
• San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD): SBCCD’s economic development efforts center around “transforming lives through opportunity,” a mission that translates into an abundance of services for job creators, including custom training for manufacturing.
• San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC): SBVC helps elevate baseline skill levels through degrees and certificate programming in areas such as aeronautics, machinist and welding technology, and computer information technology.

Another key factor in advanced manufacturing competitiveness are the more than 20 colleges and universities in convenient proximity, including two leading institutions within a half-hour drive:

• University of California-Riverside. UC-Riverside’s Bourne College of Engineering is a powerful engine of innovation and skills acquisition at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
• Harvey Mudd College of Engineering. Rigorous curricula and real-world student experiences have made Harvey Mudd one of the nation’s top-ranked choices for engineering undergraduates.

Your enterprise wants to make great products; your workers want to make a great life. As one of only five Blue Zone cities in the world, Loma Linda provides recreational and nutritional amenities that help your organization recruit and retain the best, while also helping your team produce their best.

Access to multiple interstate routes and airports along with proximity to California’s global ports assure domestic and international delivery; as a lower-cost area, Loma Linda also delivers enhanced profitability.

The Loma Linda economic development team is available to your organization at all times, ready to assist with everything from market intelligence to funding procurement to networking connections.  One such connection, The Manufacturers’ Council of the Inland Empire, offers free educational support and advocacy for area manufacturing, providing training solutions, import/export guidance, regulatory compliance assistance and more.

The #1 state in the nation for manufacturing, California also facilitates your success with incentives including:

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit
• Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption
• New Employment Tax Credit