Pittsburgh, Pa. – Governor Josh Shapiro and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger joined legislative and business leaders during a visit to Mill 19 in Pittsburgh to highlight the important role of robotics and advanced manufacturing in the Commonwealth’s new Economic Development Strategy, the first plan of its kind to guide the Commonwealth in almost 20 years. Governor Shapiro unveiled the ten year strategy Tuesday at OraSure Technologies in the Lehigh Valley. Shapiro says the new economic development strategy will capitalize on the commonwealth’s strengths and reignite the economy by focusing on the agriculture, energy, life sciences, manufacturing, and robotics and technology sectors, where data-driven analysis reveals a significant potential for growth over the next ten years. Shapiro says that compared to neighbor states, the commonwealth is being outspent on economic development incentives, with states like New York and Ohio leveraging as much as 16 times our total incentive spend and for Pennsylvania to maintain and advance economic competitiveness, we must double down on our strengths while investing in those areas where we need to grow. This strategy seeks to do just that by capitalizing on our substantial strengths in the robotics and technology industries.