Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd announced this week as Manufacturing Week, a celebration of Tennessee’s manufacturers aimed at encouraging students to pursue careers in the growing manufacturing industry in Tennessee. The Brookings Institution recently ranked Tennessee No. 1 in the U.S. for advanced industry job growth. Both the governor and commissioner will visit manufacturing plants across Tennessee and meet with high school, middle school and community college students. Nearly 344,000 Tennesseans work in manufacturing and since 2010, Tennessee has gained more than 45,400 net new manufacturing jobs, the fifth-largest increase in the U.S.