{"id":1150,"date":"2017-04-04T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parpro.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2018-06-14T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T14:18:20","slug":"parpro-making-it-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2017\/04\/04\/parpro-making-it-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"PARPRO &#8211; Making it in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1151 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/makeitinla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"66\" \/>As part of the <strong>MAKE IT IN LA<\/strong> coalition, PARPRO\u00a0 recently hosted Michael Corr, Contract Manufacturing representative and Krisztina \u201cZ\u201d Holly, Founder &amp; Chief Instigator of LA Mayor, Garcetti\u2019s, MAKE IT IN LA initiative. \u00a0This region-wide initiative was designed to connect and celebrate the nation\u2019s largest community of makers.\u00a0 It is a coalition of organizations whose mission is to support the manufacturing ecosystem and inspire entrepreneurs to turn their passions into real products in LA.<\/p>\n<p>MAKE IT IN LA recently visited PARPRO\u2019s Santa Ana manufacturing facility, <a href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/parpro-technologies\/\">PARPRO Technologies<\/a>, and got an in-depth tour of a full service contract manufacturing company in the electronic manufacturing services industry. PARPRO prides itself on being flexible and helping customers keep their costs down along with providing the innovation and technology needed for success now and in the future \u2013 all things companies need to consider when selecting a contract manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, LA is the largest manufacturing center in the country.\u00a0 In fact, the metro area employs more than half a million people making just about anything, from packaged food to designer jeans to rocket ships and biomedical devices.\u00a0\u00a0 The MAKE IT IN LA program is a growing coalition of manufacturing expert organizations that offer guidance aimed at identifying contract manufacturing resources, share best practices between manufacturers, and help entrepreneurs to better tap into the resources that Southern California has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA strong manufacturing base is crucial to LA\u2019s economy, and this economy is vital to the world.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0Says Ken Haney, Executive Vice President of Global Sales &amp; Marketing. \u201cPARPRO supports the Coalition\u2019s effort to drive local manufacturing and inform local businesses of the resources at their doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For upcoming MAKE IT IN LA events please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/makeitinla.org\/events\/\">https:\/\/makeitinla.org\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the MAKE IT IN LA coalition, PARPRO\u00a0 recently hosted Michael Corr, Contract Manufacturing representative and Krisztina \u201cZ\u201d Holly, Founder &amp; Chief Instigator of LA Mayor, Garcetti\u2019s, MAKE IT IN LA initiative. \u00a0This&#8230; <br \/><a class=\"read-more link-arrow\" title=\"FULL STORY\" href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2017\/04\/04\/parpro-making-it-in-la\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PARPRO - Making it in LA | PARPRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parpro.com\/2017\/04\/04\/parpro-making-it-in-la\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PARPRO - Making it in LA | PARPRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of the MAKE IT IN LA coalition, PARPRO\u00a0 recently hosted Michael Corr, Contract Manufacturing representative and Krisztina \u201cZ\u201d Holly, Founder &amp; Chief Instigator of LA Mayor, Garcetti\u2019s, MAKE IT IN LA initiative. \u00a0This... 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