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ittsburgh’s story could have ended decades ago. When the once-dominant steel industry collapsed in the 1970s and ’80s, the backbone of Pittsburgh’s P economy evaporated. Jobless rates spiked. People left the region. Industrial and manufacturing sites languished and decayed, embodying the Rust Belt moniker that would befall Pittsburgh and too many other American cities. But Pittsburgh’s story didn’t end there. TOWARD A NEXT Generation ECONOMY FEATURE

uch times were a low point for a to harness. Such innovations are born in advancement of life sciences companies once proud and productive city. Yet and widely used throughout Pittsburgh. and ideas. It has worked with more than SPittsburgh wouldn’t lie in defeat. But their proliferation to other American 480 companies and invested nearly $22 After all, a city cities and international populations million in more than 80 companies, that forges steel amid flames and underlies their true economic potential, drawing more than $1.5 billion in furnaces also kindles resolution and letting Pittsburgh put its reimagined, additional capital to the region. grit. Steel production is gone, but reinvigorated stamp on the world. The birth and sustaining of Pittsburgh’s our industrial knowledge, skills, and Further, leveraging ideas, data, life sciences industry has relied on spirit have evolved to form the basis of research, and other building blocks two essential components, says PLSG Pittsburgh’s cutting-edge manufacturing behind fields like energy, robotics, and president and CEO Jim Jordan: the and technology sectors. life sciences has led to the creation creation of medical and health care Many point to Pittsburgh’s “eds and of a markedly different and robust technology at universities and the meds” industries as the drivers of regional economy characterized by commercialization of those technologies. Pittsburgh’s recovery and most visible jobs and careers in cutting-edge fields. In both arenas, Pittsburgh remains sectors behind its now bustling economy. Not only is Pittsburgh witnessing the well-suited. If an invention or idea Given the region’s 60+ regional colleges, commercialization and spread of its cannot ultimately be commercialized, its universities and post-secondary innovations, we are witnessing just how benefits will languish on the lab bench, institutions and its explosive health care transformative these ideas can be when never reaching the patient population. growth, it’s easy to see why. But there’s they comprise the basis of not only your “The culture of research and technology much more to Pittsburgh’s economic new economy, but your new identity. creation is a different culture and landscape, as business and growth infrastructure and asset base than diversity more than anything else—more Life Sciences: A biotech boom commercialization,” Jordan says. than any one sector—now defines the long in the making. Therefore, technology creation and region’s success. According to reports from Innovation commercialization must successfully From medical therapies to overcome the Works, a local investor of early-stage synergize, and, at this intersection, burden of diseases to new manufacturing companies, funding for Pittsburgh Pittsburgh has become fertile ground. techniques integrating robotics tech companies has grown from about The (Pitt), to breakthroughs in autonomous vehicle $231 million in 2008 to nearly $688 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and operations, Pittsburgh now has the million in 2017. While these figures other institutions have generated a range capacity and resources to conceive include multiple industries, the life of health care IT and biomedical devices these innovations. sciences sector has been a key player in that have branched off into independent and successful companies or have been Of equal importance to the creation Pittsburgh’s technology community integrated into budding companies. of these technologies is the capacity for years. Organizations such as Innovation Works for their deployment. As a region, we In 2002, the Pittsburgh Life Sciences and Pitt’s Innovation Institute have invent health care technologies while Greenhouse formed to catalyze the helped numerous regional researchers, biotech community in Pittsburgh. The also leading the practice of health care. inventors, and even students transform We employ robotics and develop new PLSG is an investment and business their ideas and technologies into viable manufacturing processes for companies incubator organization focused on enterprises. the creation, commercialization, and

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Leading IT Companies in the Pittsburgh Region Est. Regional Company Website Description Employment AEC Group www.aecgroup.com Technology consulting 130 All Lines Technology Lantek www.all-lines-tech.com Technology consulting 227 Amazon www.amazon.com Online 125 www.ansys.com Simulation software 500 Apple www.apple.com Software development 50 Aptiv www.aptiv.com Autonomous vehicle R&D 150 Argo www.argo.ai Autonomous vehicle R&D 200 Aurora Innovation www.aurora.tech Autonomous vehicle R&D 200 Branding Brand www.brandingbrand.com Mobile commerce technology 120 CA Technologies www.ca.com Technology consulting 178 Careform www.careform.com Technology to specialty pharmacies 150 CECity.com www.cecity.com Healthcare technology 100 CIBER, Inc. www.ciber.com Technology consulting 200 Cogent Infotech www.cogentinfo.com Technology consulting 100 www.compunetix.com Conferencing applications 248 CSC www.cscglobal.com Technology consulting 100 Confluence www.confluence.com Ffund administration and reporting technology 130 Consolidated Communications www.consolidated.com Telecommunications infrastructure 120 Crown Castle www.crowncastle.com Telecommunications infrastructure 2,800 Creehan & Co. www.creehan.com Healthcare technology 163 Duolingo www.duolingo.com Online translation applications 150 Dynamics, Inc. www.dynamicsinc.com Interactive payment cards 100 Electronics for Imaging www.efi.com Imaging technology 125 Expedient www.expedient.com Data centers 120 Facebook www.facebook.com VR and Internet Research 50 Fujitsu America www.fujitsu.com Technology consulting 275 www.google.com Internet 600 Honeywell (Vocollect) www.vocollectvoice.com Voice software solutions 380 IBM www.ibm.com IT Services 100 M*Modal www.mmodal.com Healthcare technology 160 Microsoft www.microsoft.com Software and Servers 105 Modcloth www..com Online retail 300 NetApp www.netapp.com Hybrid cloud data services 250 Netronome www.netronome.com Server-based networking 118 Online Stores, Inc. www.onlinestores.com E-commerce 100 OpenArc www.openarc.net IT staffing and app development 121 Petuum www.petuum.com Artificial Intelligence 150 Plus Consulting www.plusconsulting.com Technology consulting 110 Progeny Systems www.progeny.net Defense technology 120 Pyramid Consulting www.pyramid-group.com IT staffing and consulting 115 Questeq www.questeq.com Education technology 101 RDX (Remote DBA Experts) www.rdx.com Remote DBA services 200 SAP www.sap.com Enterprise software 600 SDLC Partners www.sdlcpartners.com Technology consulting 363 Summa CGI www.summa-tech.com Custom software development 500 TEKsystems, Inc. www.teksystems.com IT staffing and services 275 Tele-Tracking Technologies www.teletracking.com Patient flow logistics 273 Tollgrade Communications, Inc. www.tollgrade.com Broadband products and solutions 118 www.uber.com Autonomous vehicle R&D 700 VITAC www.vitac.com Captioning, subtitling, and accessibility services 150 Wombat Security Technologies www.wombatsecurity.com Cybersecurity 150

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Without Pittsburgh’s research-heavy investments and capital and complying needs related to cancer, Alzheimer’s universities, the regional life sciences with highly regulated government safety disease, multi-drug resistant bacteria, sector quite simply could not have and practice standards. rare genetic disorders, and other areas. achieved its current heights or the Still, the pieces are all there, Jordan says; After identifying a prevalent and proliferation of its groundbreaking it’s sometimes just a matter of fostering intractable health issue, the question medical technologies. The universities the right collaborations and getting for LifeX becomes, what technology are the makers behind the life sciences organizations across the life sciences can lessen the burden of this disease? technology, driving 21st century spectrum connected to maximize From there, building a company around medicine and health care, and their economic impact and jobs growth. “To such technology—or partnering with research budgets (while not exclusively leverage these high-value assets, the a company already possessing it—and earmarked for life sciences development) economic development communities delivering a solution is the overall target. reflect a deep focus on life sciences need to work well together,” Jordan says. According to Stephan, who is also a

innovation. In the past decade, Pitt, Dispersing the life sciences technologies developed in the region on a global scale professor of human genetics at Pitt, CMU, and have there’s no better place than Pittsburgh attracted nearly $10 billion in research is a far reaching but not out-of-reach goal. At the end of 2017, Pitt’s Graduate to carry out these plans. “Our interest is funding. But Pittsburgh doesn’t just draw in curing diseases, and we believe that in research dollars. It also invests and School of Public Health founded LifeX to leverage life science innovation at Pitt Pittsburgh is the place in the United spends significantly on development; the States to do it,” he says. region has spent more than $730 million and the region, and its headquarters annually in life sciences research and opened in Pittsburgh’s Strip District Part of what makes Pittsburgh so development, according to the National earlier in 2018. The organization brings appealing for a company like LifeX is the Science Foundation. life sciences startups and the private rankings strength of its research-heavy sector together to produce solutions for institutions, Stephan says, pointing to Success, however, does not come some of the most complex ailments and Pitt’s ranking fifth in annual funding easily. Out of 100 life sciences startup challenges in medicine. received from the National Institutes of companies stemming from the Health. Further, CMU’s computer science universities, only 35 will make it past LifeX’s mission may be vast, but its aspirations are direct: deliver new program has been deemed number one initial growth stages and be able to by multiple rankings. solidify into young companies, says biotechnology products aimed at the PLSG’s Jordan. Yes, a good idea and reducing suffering and death caused While the region’s life sciences scene necessary health solution must underlie by the world’s largest unmet health is no secret anymore, it remains ripe any life sciences company. But taking that needs, says Dietrich Stephan, LifeX CEO for further development and even idea and commercializing it is a significant and founder. LifeX’s initial cohort of the branding of its own prosperous undertaking that involves accruing companies will combat unmet health reputation. This potential, Stephan

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10/18‚HC402116 FEATURE says, helps set Pittsburgh apart from and the amount of investment dollars Southwestern sits atop areas like Boston or , flowing into Pittsburgh. Stephan says trillions of cubic feet of natural gas which are already hubs for life sciences that success will correlate with a global locked within the sprawling Marcellus companies but carry the weight of reduction in disease and suffering—a Shale natural gas reserves underground their own entrenched reputations and plausible undertaking considering Pitt’s – with even more resources in the Utica ways—Pittsburgh, by comparison, offers and the region’s historical successes. Shale in nearby northeastern Ohio. The something fresh and flexible. “Ultimately, in a 10-year timeframe, past decade has witnessed significant Having the resources in place to more measuring the impact that we’ve had extraction of and economic activity nimbly react to and foster emerging life on reducing suffering and death on surrounding all of this natural gas, sciences innovations has already helped the global stage, that’s how we will be putting the Greater Pittsburgh region’s technologies and researchers make it measured in terms of success,” Stephan energy industry in the spotlight. From large-scale industries and businesses past the volatile early days and stages of says. “If you think about our history, I

creating a company and commercializing don’t think it’s audacious. We cured polio. to transportation trucks and people’s homes, natural gas remains such a technology. One such example is DiaVacs, We pioneered liver transplantation. sought-after resource because of its a clinical stage biotechnology company That’s the mindset that LifeX has in its low-cost efficiency and developing a novel immunotherapy work, impact at that scale.” approach to re-induce tolerance in type clean-burning properties. 1 diabetes, among other autoimmune Energy: Powering the future. The economic benefits of this rich diseases. Previously, researchers at Pitt Southwestern Pennsylvania resource extend beyond Greater developed a therapy aimed at curing has historically been an energy Pittsburgh. According to a recent juvenile diabetes, but the technology powerhouse. The industry fueled report by Chevron and Peoples Natural languished for more than a decade; the the manufacturing and industrial tide Gas, the entire state of Pennsylvania region lacked the infrastructure and behind Pittsburgh’s days as a steel- could grow its GDP by as much as 9 percent over the next 10 years by ability to move the innovation outside making giant. Coal and traditional fuel of the university. Now, after LifeX took a fostering and encouraging companies sources remain a robust feature of the to harness natural gas and boosting closer look, it quickly formed a company greater economy around the idea and acquired investors. in-state demand, enabling downstream and even its culture. But diversity defines economic benefits from the abundant Recently, the technology entered phase II the region’s energy portfolio today, natural gas. Many industries and clinical trials in San Diego to further test integrating traditional energy reserves business pursuits, like advanced its efficacy in patients. and alternative energy sources to deliver manufacturing and even data processing, While still in its early days, LifeX will more efficient, innovative means of require significant energy, making focus on scaling up the number of powering the region. southwestern Pennsylvania a convenient companies created and supported location, to say the least.

14 metroguide 2018-19 Edition Leading Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Companies in the Pittsburgh Region

Est. Regional Company Website Description Employment AK Steel www.aksteel.com Steels and Steel Products 1,400 , Inc. www.alcoa.com Aluminum, Automotive/Construction/Electronic 1,800 Products , Inc. www.alleghenytechnologies.com Metal Alloys/Shape Products/Components 2,900 American Beverage www.ambev.com Beverages 400 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp. www.ampcopittsburgh.com Plastics Processing Machinery, Forged/Cast Steel Rolls. 380 Anchor Hocking Corp. www.anchorhocking.com Retail Glass Products 400 Ansaldo STS USA www.ansaldo-sts.com Integrated Transport System Products 590 Bayer Corp. www.bayerus.com Raw Materials, Pharmaceutical/Biological Products 1,500 Bechtel Group www.bechtel.com Energy Sources, Chemical/Energy Facilities, Metals 3,000 Black Box Corp. www.blackbox.com Communications/IT Products and Solutions 400 Bombardier www.bombardier.com Trains and Planes 770 Corp. www.calgoncarbon.com Air/Water Purifiers, Activated Carbon 385 Carmeuse Lime & Stone www.carmeusena.com Lime and Limestone 170 Caterpillar www.cat.com Heavy Machinery/Attachments/Parts, Power Systems 400 City Brewing www.citybrewery.com Beverages 400 Covestro www.covestro.us Polymers, High Performing Plastics 750 Curtiss Wright www.cwfc.com Energy Industry Valves/Pumps/Electronics 1,000 Eaton Electrical www.eatonelectrical.com Electrical Components, Electronics 1,300 Elliott Group www.elliott-turbo.com Turbomachinery 1,260 Ellwood Group www.ellwoodgroup.com Heavy Metal Components 675 Emerson Process Management www.emersonprocess.com Analytic/Control/Measurement Technologies, Operation 800 Systems Hussey Copper www.husseycopper.com Copper and Copper Alloys N/A HVL/Douglas Laboratories www.douglaslabs.com Nutritional Suppliments 450 II-VI www.ii-vi.com Engineered Materials, Optoelectrical Components 460 www.kennametal.com Contruction/Mining Products, Engineered Components, 1,300 Metalworking Tools, Powdered Materials/Equipment Holdings Inc. www.koppers.com Carbon Compounds, Chemicals, Treated Wood Products. 125 KraftHeinz www.kraftheinzcompany.com Food and Food-Related Products 800 L.B. Foster Co. www.lbfoster.com Rail/Construction/Tubular Products 110 Matthews International www.matw.com Memorialization Products 900 Mine Safety Appliances Co. us.msasafety.com Safety Products, Gas Detectors, Thermal Imaging 1,300 Mitsubishi Electric www.meppi.com Electrical and Electronic Products/Systems 800 Mylan, Inc. www.mylan.com Generic/Specialty Pharmaceuticals 500 NOVA Chemical www.novachem.com Plastics and Chemicals 400 Oberg Industries www.oberg.com Precision Components and Tooling 630 Penn United Technology www.pennunited.com Precision Manufacturing Solutions 580 Perryman Co. www.perrymanco.com Titanium Products 395 www.respironics.com Sleep/Respiratory Devices 1,650 Polyconcept North America/Leeds www.polyconcept.com Promotional Materials 950 PPG Industries, Inc. www.ppg.com Coatings 2,200 Siemens www.usa.siemens.com Automation/Building/Drive/Healthcare/Voltage/ 1,600 Mobility Technologies Spang www.spang.com Magnetic Components/Materials 600 StarKist www.starkist.com Seafood 100 Tegrant Corp., Protexic Brands www.tegrant.com Consumer Packaging 900 Thermal Windows and Doors www.thermalwindowsanddoors.com Windows and Doors 450 TMK IPSCO Steel www.ipsco.com Tubular Products 700 Treehouse Foods www.treehousefoods.com Food and Beverages 600 Tru-Food Manufacturing www.trufoodmfg.com Chocolate/Granola/Snack Products 500 Steel Corp. www.ussteel.com Metals 5,100 Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. www.univstainless.com Specialty Steels 345 Veka Inc. www.vekainc.com Vinyl Extrusion 420 Corporation www.wabtec.com Rail/Transit Products 500 Westinghouse Electric Co. www.westinghousenuclear.com Nulear Components 5,600 World Kitchen Consumer Products www.worldkitchen.com Cooking/Kitchen Products and Materials 425

Source: Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh Business Times Book of Lists 2015-16. 6.28.2016 www.pittsburghmetroguide.com 15 FEATURE

The sprawling transportation industry cell works similar to a battery. Without promote manufacturing research and remains one of the industries most burning the natural gas, it creates development. The program consists of 14 visibly linked to energy. While its a chemical reaction that generates institutes across the United States, and, large-scale conversion to energy electricity. The “waste” produced is in January 2017, the government selected sources outside of fossil fuels has been potable water, and the heat generated Carnegie Mellon University to house the slow, states like Pennsylvania have can be captured and harnessed. With the newest institute, the Advanced Robotics led progress, says Morgan O’Brien, fuel cell in place, a home can draw energy for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute. president and CEO of the natural gas from the fuel cell, the battery, and solar ARM, a national, membership- service provider Peoples Natural Gas. panels, relying on what may become a based consortium, is headquartered Peoples has partnered with the state of ubiquitous technology. in Pittsburgh because of the Pennsylvania and with other entities to Manufacturing: Building on a region’s combined robotics, AI, and install some 20 compressed natural gas manufacturing aptitude, says Suzy Teele, fueling stations throughout the state proud past. head of marketing and communications within the past year. The stations allow Anyone who remembers when the fires at ARM. The institute doesn’t build natural-gas powered vehicles to refuel from Pittsburgh’s steel mills burned out robots but instead funds technology without relying on traditional gasoline or in the ’70s and ’80s may be surprised to and workforce-development projects to diesel fuel. see how Pittsburgh manufacturing has facilitate implementation of robotics into In people’s homes in the Pittsburgh more than just rekindled: it’s roaring. the manufacturing environment. area and beyond, residents pay less for Smoke stacks and heavy industry have Robotics have long been a component natural gas heating partly because of made way for robotics, 3D printing, of the industrial workplace but only in their proximity to the region’s abundant and other components of a far nimbler, a narrow number of industries, such as gas reserves. Yet, expanding the natural modernized manufacturing landscape. aerospace and automotive production, gas infrastructure and network of Pittsburgh has the skilled workforce to says Teele. Currently robots are, delivery pipes has been a primary goal propel industry and engineering, the frankly, complex to operate, inflexible for Peoples. “There is still a significant industrial sites and buildings to house at tasks, and expensive. Sure, certain amount of rural communities that companies, and an underlying network big companies can work within such historically we haven’t been able to serve of organizations like Catalyst Connection constraints, but for the bulk of U.S. with natural gas,” O’Brien says. But by and the Pittsburgh Technology Council manufacturers—small- to medium-sized connecting towns of 500 or 1,000 people that work to improve growth and companies—robots remain out of reach. at a time, Peoples has recently been development of regional manufacturers ARM wants to change that. expanding its gas delivery network to and tech companies. reach some additional 5,000 homes a “Our goal is to get the technology that’s year, O’Brien says. As documented by the Allegheny in place today refined to a point where Conference on Community it can be commercialized faster and Beyond its abundance and economic Development—a civic leadership potential, natural gas in the region has used by manufacturers in the United organization improving Pittsburgh’s States,” Teele says. By working with a been increasingly explored as a diverse economic future—since 2010, Pittsburgh energy source. While renewable energy variety of regional organizations and has seen more than 300 manufacturing- manufacturers, ARM acts as a collection sources like wind and solar power often related company expansions or oppose traditional energy sources, point for collaborators to submit their relocations. In the 10-county region, ideas. ARM asks, what are the sought- they harbor real potential to work global manufacturing firms like Alcoa together. “We’re seeing more and more after capabilities and tasks for robots to Corporation and Boeing Company perform in the manufacturing setting? projects where people are thinking of operate alongside smaller, tightly them in combination, a combination of It aims to transform the answers and focused companies producing industrial ideas it gets in response into reality. For renewable energy along with natural tools, additive manufacturing products, gas,” O’Brien says. “The nice marriage example, we can envision the machinery electronic components, and many other of a robotic assembly line moving and is when you combine [wind or solar] materials and items. In 2017, technologies with the natural gas manipulating big sheets of metal to $165 million was invested into produce, say, automobiles. But how well technology, you can sort of have the best Pittsburgh manufacturing. of both worlds.” can those big, strong mechanical hands Not long ago, Pittsburgh’s rise and pick up something soft and fragile? Fuel cell technology can harness solar expertise in robotics and manufacturing Often, not so well. Improving robots’ and natural gas to provide constant, drew the attention of a city with gentle touch is the goal of one of efficient energy. Peoples, O’Brien says, considerable weight: Washington, ARM’s projects. has partnered with Watt Fuel Cell, a D.C. The federal Manufacturing USA And what of robots taking over human regional venture, to explore using the initiative has sought to increase U.S. technology to power homes. The fuel jobs? It’s true that automation has the manufacturing competitiveness and potential to replace or greatly change

16 metroguide 2018-19 Edition FEATURE Leading Life Science Companies in the Pittsburgh Region industrial goods and roles. Instead of removing and cutting Est. Regional away layers and materials to Company Website Employment shape a part or product, additive manufacturing builds up layers Aesynt www.aesynt.com 500 and materials to form a product, ALung Technologies www.alung.com 20 says Maria Kalevitch, dean of Bayer HealthCare www.healthcare.bayer.com 800 RMU’s School of Engineering, Berkley Surgical Corp. www.berkleysurgical.com 120 Mathematics and Science. The Best Nomos www.nomos.com 15 process entails making 3D BioTronics Inc. www.biotronics.com 260 objects from a digital file. The ChemImage Corp. www.chemimage.com 60 technique plays an important Cook Vascular www.cookgroup.com 150 economic role because it DynaVox Technologies www.dynavoxtech.com 260 enables greater flexibility and E.A. Fischione Instruments Inc. www.fischione.com 65 customization in the production ERT www.ert.com 100 of specific-needs products and Fresenius www.fresenius.com 500 components that industries Haemonetics Corp. www.haemonetics.com 210 can purchase. Helomics Corp. www.precisiontherapeutics.com 110 Pittsburgh is ideally suited HVL/Douglas Labs www.douglaslabs.com N/A for additive manufacturing Instrumentation Industries Inc. www.iiimedical.com 35 (and other forms of advanced Interpace Diagnostics www.interpacediagnostics.com 35 manufacturing) because Kadmon Pharmaceuticals LLC www.kadmon.com 60 of the growing presence of McKesson www.mckesson.com 400 manufacturers in the region, Mylan www.mylan.com 500 its academic strength, and its Net Health www.nethealth.com 110 customer base. “We’re still a Novum Pharmaceutical Research Services www.novumprs.com 135 manufacturing hub, but it’s not Oberg Industries www.oberg.com 125 the manufacturing hub of your Omnyx www.omnyx.com 100 grandfather,” Kalevitch says. PerkinElmer Genetics www.perkinelmergenetics.com 50 “Anything you name that goes Philips Respironics www.respironics.com 1,600 into new technology is here in Quest Diagnostics www.questdiagnostics.com 700 Pittsburgh. I do believe that this is a renaissance for this age.” RJ Lee Group www.rjlg.com 160 TandemLife www.tandemlife.com 30 After receiving a grant, RMU The Tomayko Group LLC www.tomaykogroup.com 100 began working with the Thermo www.thermofisher.com 1,600 regionally based Schroeder Tobii DynaVox www.tobiidynavox.com 150 Industries to 3D print filters for Waters Corp www.waters.com 50 cleaning hydraulic fluids and Xodus Medical Inc. www.xodusmedical.com 75 diesel fuel, among other uses. Zoll www.zoll.com 850 As part of Pittsburgh’s , RMU is Source: Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh Business Times Book of Lists 2015-16. 6.28.2016 also building a 3D printing lab for research application and certain jobs and tasks. However, Teele problems and perform many other workforce teaching and training. reminds us to keep things in perspective. responsibilities better left to the minds Automation has been around for (if not the hands) of humans. Pittsburgh’s economy relies on preparing the next generation workforce, and RMU hundreds of years. As technology As a member of the ARM Institute and offers the only accredited degree in advances, jobs disappear while new jobs a founding academic institution of the manufacturing—a bachelor of science are created. Look back at the 1960s or federal America Makes initiative, Robert degree program—in Pennsylvania. even ’80s and ’90s; how many jobs from Morris University (RMU) is leading “STEM disciplines are really the those decades have become obsolete? some of the region’s most innovative underpinning of any civilization,” In the age of automation, people and developments in additive manufacturing. Kalevitch says. “It is really the advances robots will work together, Teele says. Additive manufacturing, which involves in technology that move us forward.” Robots don’t mind performing rote, 3D printing, creates components By capitalizing on the region’s strong boring, and unsafe tasks. People, on the and mechanisms used in a variety of manufacturing sector, the school has other hand, can better think through

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sent a number of students to begin their according to data, also aim to cut through the complexity careers at the new $32 million General and employ around 133,000 people. that befalls both patients and Electric additive manufacturing facility in Regional health care giant UPMC clinicians navigating the modern Findlay Township, Kalevitch says. employs some 80,000 people, making it health care system. Health Care for the largest non-governmental employer In addition to the three hospitals, UPMC in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh also awards Pittsburghers— announced at the beginning of 2018 more than 7,500 health care-related the construction of the planned $200 and the world. degrees annually from its colleges and million UPMC Immune Transplant and Certain industries within Pittsburgh’s universities. Therapy Center. The center will focus leading sectors have quite visibly on advancing immunotherapy, a form Maintaining a running list of hospitals established themselves in pockets of the of cancer treatment that stimulates and care facilities in the region can be city and beyond. For example, the Strip and harnesses the body’s own immune District bordering Downtown has given challenging, if only because so many system to fight cancer. new hospitals and care facilities have rise to “Robotics Row.” The area, bordered Building such grand and transformative sprung up, with more on the way. In by the Allegheny River, comprises former hospitals puts Pittsburgh’s population at 2017, UPMC announced the creation of warehouses, foundries, and factories the epicenter of tomorrow’s health care revitalized into headquarters and three new specialty hospitals: UPMC capabilities. Having advanced treatment facilities for numerous tech firms born Heart and Transplant Hospital, UPMC in our own backyard provides many in or relocated to Pittsburgh. The sector Hillman Cancer Hospital, and the UPMC benefits for Pittsburghers. However, has even been dubbed Pittsburgh’s mini Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital. A $2 Pittsburgh’s health care expertise Silicon Valley. billion investment, the three hospitals’ is known outside the borders of the Yet if there’s one industry that’s ever- construction will take place on the sites Steel City and even beyond the state of present and visible throughout the of three existing UPMC hospitals in the Pennsylvania. In fact, people and patients 10-county region (and beyond), it’s Oakland, Shadyside, and Downtown come from around the world to access health care. Health care and the life areas. Aside from the many cutting-edge Pittsburgh’s health care. Such demand sciences industries account for nearly 10 specialty services and treatments that has made the region a destination for percent of the gross regional product, “medical .” these new hospitals will provide, they

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Est. Regional Company Website Description Employment ABB Group www.abb.com Electrical Components 200 Alpha Natural Resources www.alphanr.com Mining and Natural Gas 700 Basic Energy Services www.basicenergyservices.com Oil & Gas Well Services 110 CalFrac Well Services www.calfrac.com Well Services 340 Caterpillar www.caterpillar.com Mining Machinery 400 Chevron Corp www.chevron.com Natural Gas Production and Distribution 700 Coen Oil Co. www.coenoil.com Petroleum Distribution 350 Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania www.columbiagas.com Natural Gas Distribution 670 Inc www.consolenergy.com Coal and Natural Gas 1,400 Curtiss Wright www.curtisswright.com Critical Process Valves 1,000 Direct Energy Business www.business.directenergy.com Commercial and Retail Energy Distribution 300 Duquesne Light Holdings www.duquesnelight.com Electricity Distribution 1,375 Eaton Electrical www.eatonelectrical.com Energy Management 1,300 Elliott Group www.elliot-turbo.com Turbomachinery 1,260 Emerson Process Management www.emersonprocess.com Industrial Controls 800 EQT Corp. www..com Natural Gas and Distribution 950 Falcon Drilling www.falcondrilling.com Drill Services 325 FirstEnergy Corp. www.firstenergy.com Electricity Generation and Distribution 1,300 FTS International (Frac Tech) www.ftsi.com Well Services 340 Halliburton www.halliburton.com Oil & Gas Exploration and Production, 300 Getothermal Energy Joy Mining Machinery www.joy.com Mining Machinery 300 Kennametal www.kennametal.com Surface/Underground Mining Equipment 1,300 MarkWest Energy Partners www.markwest.com Natural Gas Pipelines 220 Mitsubishi Electric www.meppi.com Electrical Components 800 MSA www.msasafety.com Mining Safety Equipment 1,300 Noble Energy www.nobleenergyinc.com Oil & Gas Exploration and Production 140 Corp. www.novachemicals.com Plastics and Chemicals 400 Pennsylvania Transformer Technology www.patransformer.com Power Transformers and Voltage Regulators 320 People's Natural Gas www.peoples-gas.com Natural Gas Distribution 1,300 Range Resources Corp. www.rangeresources.com Mining and Natural Gas 475 Rockwater Energy Solutions www.rockwaterenergy.com Water Management 270 Rosebud Mining Co. www.rosebudmining.com Coal 300 The Williams Companies co.williams.com Natural Gas Processing 275 TMK IPSCO www.tmk-ipsco.com Tubular Steel 700 Westinghouse Electric Co www.westinghousenuclear.com Nuclear Energy Manufacturing and 5,600 Engineering XTO Energy (ExxonMobil) www.xtoenergy.com Oil & Gas Exploration and Production 160

Source: Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh Business Times Book of Lists 2015-16. 6.28.2016

And yet, much of Pittsburgh’s health the expansion of the suburbs over time Moving hospital access closer to home care innovations and expansions center has resulted in areas with limited access improves the economics, the quality, on improving and expanding health to hospital-based services. By filling in and the service and outcomes of health care access to people within and just these gaps, the reach of Pittsburgh’s care, says David Goldberg, Allegheny beyond the 10-county region. While health care becomes undeniably Health Network’s senior vice president Pittsburgh’s Downtown and surrounding comprehensive, covering the city’s for administration. Regional health care neighborhoods have hosted many of the provider population and more. region’s hospitals and medical centers, (AHN) has also recently announced

20 metroguide 2018-19 Edition FEATURE significant investment involving birth used to involve a much longer stay. autonomous vehicle technology more construction of new hospitals, including Therefore, hospitals can put greater than three decades ago, the region has four neighborhood hospitals to be built focus on outpatient care, as with the four subsequently attracted companies, during the next couple of years. Often planned AHN hospitals. including Uber, Argo AI, Aurora, and called “micro hospitals,” the four facilities While AHN’s four neighborhood others, driven to leverage, advance, and will serve as full hospitals with eight to hospitals will center on treating common proliferate driverless autos. 10 emergency room bays and 10 beds for ailments and injuries, some medical When Uber rolled out its autonomous short stays. procedures and sick patients require vehicle ride sharing in 2016 on the Yes, the four hospitals will be small the magnitude and resources of a larger city’s streets, the prospect of hailing by comparison to some of the region’s hospital. AHN announced in 2017 plans an Uber and being ferried in a self- medical facilities—but that’s the point. to construct a 160-bed full-service driving car (a human driver remained Such neighborhood hospitals will be far hospital in Pine Township adjacent to for added safety) afforded Pittsburghers more economical, efficient, and able to its Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion. a chance to experience one of deliver hospital services to very targeted Patients in need of critical care and more Pittsburgh’s technological marvels in an areas, Goldberg says. The four hospitals extensive procedures will be directed unprecedented way. will be built in Hempfield Township, toward the Pine hospital, among Decades worth of research at CMU Harmar Township, McCandless, and existing and other facilities. In sum, the and many other institutions and Brentwood Borough. The hospitals will construction of these five new hospitals organizations had gone into getting each cost only $17 to $30 million are part of a $1 billion capital investment autonomous vehicles operational for to construct. project that also includes the expansion the road. And, as big as a feat as that is, “The cornerstone of our strategy is to and renovation of existing AHN some Pittsburghers, if not the American bring care closer to home. So, with facilities, several new cancer centers, as population at large, can’t help but the neighborhood hospital platform, well as significant investment in Erie, wonder: How soon until these driverless the whole goal was to bring access to Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. cars really take over our roads? When will those who have limited access either Autonomous vehicles and the riding in an autonomous vehicle be as to hospitals or to medical services,” common as, well, riding in one that’s not? technology of tomorrow. Goldberg says. “We can do it faster and But it could still be quite a while until cheaper and focus the level of care to Pittsburgh drivers share the road we have autonomous vehicles capable what the community needs.” While with numerous Port Authority buses, of driving on any roads and in any the Harmar facility will be close to a bicyclists, and, since 2016, driverless conditions, says Martial Hebert, director new outpatient center in Fox Chapel autonomous vehicles. Pittsburgh is of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute, that offers imaging, lab, and physician the leading development hub and who has long studied services, the other three locations will citywide testing grounds for autonomous and perception for autonomous systems. have connected medical office buildings automobile development. Since Much like new human drivers, self- to bring additional medical services and Carnegie Mellon University pioneered outpatient care abilities. The efficiency of the four planned hospitals also reflects advances in the way health care is delivered, Goldberg says. In many cases and medical scenarios, patients spend less extended time and less time overall in the hospital today. “Pittsburgh continues to be an expert in health care delivery,” Goldberg says. “But also, the way health care is delivered today is becoming much more outpatient, or ambulatory.” A couple decades ago, patients receiving hip or knee replacement procedures might spend a week or more in the hospital for the surgery and recovery. Today, thanks to advances in surgical techniques, therapy, and overall care, many procedures don’t require such extensive hospital stays—even giving

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driving cars have to learn how to drive valuable data as they ferry passengers, much more mature within these fields, in different environments. A car used to as have other companies’ autonomous Hebert says, because their environments driving a city block may have trouble on vehicles as they operate on test tracks, are more predictable and sometimes a mountain road, for example. A self- roads, and other environments. This less complex—absent are wayward driving car’s performance and safety data is a vital resource for making pedestrians and unpredictable human relies in part on data, and we simply improvements and developments to drivers common to any city street. don’t have data from every driving self-driving technology. The sensory environment and scenario, Hebert says. information and data from each ride CMU has produced many startup given and route driven can be leveraged companies born out of technology While Uber’s self-driving fleet has developed at the school. And while provided numerous rides (making Uber to further improve safety and validate performance. The data also has autonomous vehicles remain a one of the most visible developers most visible embodiment of this of autonomous driving technology), particularly high value when collected technology, many related technological how we measure and validate this from real-world scenarios. developments harbor significant technology’s performance—in regards While self-driving cars and the commercial potential, even if less to not only Uber’s cars but, really, any innumerable technologies surrounding self-driving vehicles—can still be their development continue to be apparent. “These days there’s a lot of complicated. Autonomous vehicles refined, we have already witnessed the hype and a lot of focus on driving, but comprise so many mechanisms and commercial and economic gains and in fact the applications of these kinds of technological pieces, from sensors to further potential that can be derived basic building blocks is much broader,” vision systems to numerous computer from these innovations. Hebert says. components, that getting everything Among the numerous companies CMU Often, certain systems and industrial in sync takes no small effort. “We can has done work for, two prominent processes that use older technologies evaluate the performance of individual examples in the realm of autonomous can benefit from the introduction of components,” Hebert says. “The problem vehicles are Caterpillar and John Deere. more cutting-edge technology, like the is evaluating the performance end-to- The university worked on developing addition of machine learning or vision end of the entire system.” autonomous vehicles and systems systems. These technological add-ons Uber’s autonomous ride-sharing vehicles for construction and farming use, can harbor transformative commercial have been collecting large amounts of respectively. Self-driving vehicles are potential, Hebert says, without

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