Archive for June 2018

Affordable access to reliable bandwidth, low overhead and an educated workforce all aid the region’s more than 125 established software companies to offer their full range of information systems products and services to businesses and consumers worldwide.

Within Western Massachusetts, particularly Hampshire County, more than 1900 virtual companies reside in homes and small offices where this cutting-edge industry provides high-technology services to the global economy via the internet. Collectively, our Hidden Tech sector provides the economic impact of a large IT and creative economy company.

Many of the region’s major employers are hospitals and health care systems. Baystate Health, with more than 10,000 employees, is the state’s second largest hospital system and the western campus of the Tufts University School of Medicine. Cutting-edge research laboratories, an array of specialty treatment centers and the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital make this one of…

The Hartford-Springfield region hosts a high concentration of insurance and financial companies. MassMutual Financial Group is headquartered in Springfield while numerous other insurers and financial service companies are located in Greater Hartford and throughout the Knowledge Corridor.

Small, growing and start-up companies leverage the benefits of the Western Massachusetts region to expand, grow and thrive. Low real estate costs, business incubators and an abundance of small business resources make the region an attractive place to begin a business.

In Massachusetts, the creative industries include the many interlocking industry sectors that provide creative services or create and promote intellectual property products. The businesses (for-profit), organizations (not-for-profit) and individuals (sole proprietors) can be divided into the many categories that make up the Creative Economy Network.

Many of Western Massachusetts’s precision manufacturing companies are contracted suppliers of precision mechanical components and sub-assemblies to major commercial manufacturers, aircraft engine builders, and military equipment contractors across the United States and internationally.