Macomb County’s business community enjoys a proud heritage and a promising future. Both are attributable to the strength of their common cornerstone, which is the manufacturing industry. Manufacturers, large and small, domestic and international, automotive and non-automotive have all found the ideal business setting is right here.

In 2005 alone, the MCPED’s clients invested nearly $150 million in new and expanded facilities, machinery and equipment, and created or retained more than 2,000 jobs.

The Planning & Economic Development is dedicated to supporting and growing our technologically advanced manufacturing community. The major OEMs and their supply chain; the engineering, R&D, and prototype specialists, and those who provide the services that keep all of it running; among them, the tool makers, gear grinders and heat treaters, are the department’s most important clientele as they are critical to the region’s economy.

Today, Macomb County enjoys significant new business investment, both home grown and originating from around the globe. In 2005 alone, MCPED’s clients invested nearly $150 million in new and expanded facilities, machinery and equipment, and created or retained more than 2,000 jobs.