Skilled work force can’t keep pace with manufacturers

FORT COLLINS — Most manufacturers along the Northern Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming say one of the region˜s advantages is its high-quality, well-trained, productive work force.
The problem is there aren˜t always enough of those high-quality workers to go around.
Finding the right people to help produce products in the increasingly high-tech world of manufacturing sometimes can be a daunting prospect, particularly in a manufacturing sector that is dominated by high-tech companies and is growing. Manufacturers up and down the Northern Front Range and Southeast Wyoming say the labor squeeze is one of their most pressing problems,…