Economy Albuquerque, New Mexico




albuquerque lies @ center of new mexico technology corridor, concentration of high-tech private companies , government institutions along rio grande. larger institutions employees contribute population numerous , include sandia national laboratories, kirtland air force base, , attendant contracting companies bring highly educated workers isolated region. intel operates large semiconductor factory or fab in suburban rio rancho, in neighboring sandoval county, attendant large capital investment. northrop grumman located along i-25 in northeast albuquerque, , tempur-pedic located on west mesa next i-40.


the solar energy , architectural-design innovator steve baer located company, zomeworks, region in late 1960s; , los alamos national laboratory, sandia, , lawrence livermore national laboratory cooperate here in enterprise began manhattan project. in january 2007, tempur-pedic opened 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m) mattress factory in northwest albuquerque. schott solar, inc., announced in january 2008 open 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m) facility manufacturing receivers concentrated solar thermal power plants (csp) , 64mw of photovoltaic (pv) modules. facility closed in 2012.


forbes magazine rated albuquerque best city in america business , careers in 2006 , 13th best (out of 200 metro areas) in 2008. city rated seventh among america s engineering capitals in 2014 forbes magazine. albuquerque ranked among top 10 best cities live u.s. news & world report in 2009 , recognized fourth best place live families tlc network. ranked among top best cities jobs in 2007 , among top 50 best places live , play national geographic adventure magazine.








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