CompanyWeek is the voice of the modern manufacturing economy, profiling growth companies and the people that lead them. Manufacturing has evolved from the iconic sector of the 20th century. In Colorado and throughout the region, manufacturing spans at least a dozen distinct industries, from food and beverage to electronics, to aerospace and apparel. The dirty, dumb, and dying images we associate with heavy industry is a dated iconography. Further, the sector embodies the best and brightest of today's entrepreneurs, where lifestyle and professional endeavors are increasingly intertwined.