California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA)

The California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) works to improve and enhance a strong business climate for California's more than 45,000 manufacturing, processing, and technology-based companies. Since 1918, CMTA has worked with state government to develop balanced laws, effective regulations and sound public policies to stimulate economic growth and create new jobs while safeguarding the state's environmental resources. CMTA represents 400 businesses from the entire manufacturing community — an economic sector that generates more than $382 billion every year and employs more than 1.2 million Californians.