Growing Anyway
Patrick Nolan
UpsizeMag.com
Article Summary
Despite many Minnesota business owners hang-ups over the larger economy, many respondents to an Upsize survey are moving ahead with ambitious growth plans in 2008.
John Hart, CEO of Eden Prairie-based DDL Inc., provides testing services to the medical device industry. He and his staff of 50 employees test not only the products, but also the sterile packaging they’re shipped in. His clients are located across the country.
Even if the economy takes a nose dive, health care and medical manufacturing are industries that are relatively sheltered, says Hart.
“They follow the demographics of the United States. And the U.S. demographics continue to have an aging population that needs more health care.” Also, while most manufacturing has been exported overseas to China, medical devices continue to be made primarily in the United States, or at least in North America, to preserve quality control. “
