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Manufacturing is the third biggest industry at 11.9% of GDP and dominated by Hartford-based United Technologies Corporation (UTC), which employs more than 22,000 people in Connecticut. [14] Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft operates Connecticut's single largest manufacturing plant in Stratford, [13] where it makes
The evolution of U.S. manufacturing and the American industrial revolution are clearly reflected in the history of Connecticut.Between the birth of the U.S. patent system in 1790 and 1930, Connecticut had more patents issued per capita than any other state; in the 19th century, when one in three thousand people were issued a U.S. patent, one in 700-1000 Connecticut inventors were issued ...
Connecticut (/ k ə ˈ n ɛ t ɪ k ə t / ⓘ kə-NET-ih-kət) [10] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south.
The following list of Connecticut companies includes notable companies that are, or once were, headquartered in Connecticut. Companies based in Connecticut [ edit ]
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Connecticut onion farmers had ample success exporting, both to neighboring colonies like New York as well as the Caribbean, with southwest Connecticut becoming a center of the industry. [51] Farmers in some parts of Connecticut made maple syrup and sugar, and pressed apple cider including fermented varieties.
The economy of Stamford, Connecticut is robust and is considered an anomaly for having a large number of corporate headquarters in a city of its size. In the 1980s and 90s, Stamford had the third highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country, with 18 companies headquartered in the city.
The U.S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in 1663.Known as the "land of steady habits" for its political, social and religious conservatism, the colony prospered from the trade and farming of its ethnic English Protestant population.