Although the Foreign Trade Zone program has been around since the Great Depression, many companies are still unaware of it and how it may benefit their business. However, with the evolving state of tariffs on imported goods, interest in this resource is picking up — and for good reason. For local manufacturing companies who import […]
This article was originally published on Navigant Research’s website. Though California wildfires have receded from front page news, these threats to reliable electricity supplies have stimulated interest in microgrids that serve critical community assets, including fire stations themselves. Though many of these facilities have historically relied upon backup fossil generators, declining costs of solar PV […]
What is Manufacturing Day? Could this be another one of those not-so-well-known days on the calendar like Pi Day or National High Five Day? Or how about International No Diet Day, that’s every day for me! I first heard about Manufacturing Day when I began supporting its coordination in Fremont, as a new member of […]
As the fourth largest city in the Bay Area, Fremont has planned and positioned itself to attract investment that fuels economic growth in our community. Combine that with the winds of a robust national economy in our sails, and you can see the results for yourself. Specifically, a drive through the city reveals a diverse […]
The following post was originally published on Devendra Mishra’s LinkedIn blog. Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) had the unique opportunity to conceive and promote a “Commercialization Boot Camp” in Life Sciences in collaboration with the City of Fremont, Biocom, Biomedical Manufacturing Network and Biomedical Engineering Society on the 28th of September at the Marriott Hotel in Fremont. […]
Late last year, the California Public Utilities Commission set an ambitious goal for all new commercial buildings to be zero net energy (ZNE) by 2030. Fortunately, advances in technology have made the transition to ZNE both eco-friendly and profitable. Keeping with their commitment to innovation, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing, the City of Fremont gladly embraced […]
Fremont’s Startup Grind Chapter has a new leader at the helm. Meet Gaytri Khandelwal, investor/advisor to early-stage startups and a Salesforce sales leader for cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Gaytri has spent 15+ years leading large-scale business transformations and driving customer success at companies like Cisco, General Electric, and Unilever. […]
Meet Kimberly Petersen, Fremont’s seventh Police Chief, who was sworn in last week and has loyally served the department for over two decades and implemented new programs such as the Trailing Dog Program and the Mobile Evaluation Team (MET). Read on to learn more about Chief Petersen’s passion to continue the City’s proactive approach to […]
Taking our smart city initiative to new heights, Fremont was recently featured as the only North American location for IBM’s Call for Code Challenge. In partnership with 42 Silicon Valley, the City itself was the subject of this hackathon, which tackled a topic very near and dear to our hearts — disaster preparedness. Innovating through […]