Pharmaceutical Companies in Denver?
April 25, 2011 5:47 PM Subscribe
ColoradoFilter: Who are the major industrial players in Colorado, specifically the Denver region? Are any pharmaceutical companies big there? I may be dragging the SO to Boulder with me for law school, and he needs a job in this field. (slightly more inside!)
My SO is NON-DEGREED, so I am looking for companies that will have plants/factories on the ground in the area, not just offices. Ideally they would be pharmaceutical companies, but I am interested in any/all ideas related to industry, especially including natural gas since I may be able to get him into something there through contacts if I know what's out there.
Thanks, MeFites! =)
My SO is NON-DEGREED, so I am looking for companies that will have plants/factories on the ground in the area, not just offices. Ideally they would be pharmaceutical companies, but I am interested in any/all ideas related to industry, especially including natural gas since I may be able to get him into something there through contacts if I know what's out there.
Thanks, MeFites! =)
Best answer: Amgen is the only one that immediately came to mind, but this list might help to get you started. They're all in the Denver area except for two in Colorado Springs.
posted by lukemeister at 6:14 PM on April 25, 2011
posted by lukemeister at 6:14 PM on April 25, 2011
Aerospace/Defense and Energy and Mining industry news from the Denver Post.
posted by mlis at 7:48 PM on April 25, 2011
posted by mlis at 7:48 PM on April 25, 2011
Response by poster: thanks, guys! i can't believe i didn't think to check the papers! millennials...what will we do next?
posted by traversionischaracter at 8:28 PM on April 25, 2011
posted by traversionischaracter at 8:28 PM on April 25, 2011
Best answer: Most of the pharmaceutical industry is in Boulder (probably because of the University), which is about 45min northwest of Denver.
Most of the energy/mining is in Denver and the Denver Tech Center (about 30 min South of downtown in good traffic). A lot of this work is business development (consulting, marketing). The true mining is done on the western slope.
Telecommunications is pretty big (Level 3, Comcast, and Qwest is here, but I think was bought out recently). This is probably the biggest blue collar sector. Lots of work for linemen, installation, etc...
There is a big tech sector, lots of software companies. These jobs are spread pretty evenly from Boulder, through Broomfield, to Denver and the Tech Center.
Aerospace (as mentioned) is pretty big. Raytheon, Ball, Lockheed Martin. Colorado Springs (about an hour south of Denver) has a big Airforce base and the Airforce Academy is there as well. There may be some assembly positions there, but I am not sure.
Agriculture is pretty big up north (Fort Collins, Greely) so there's 'industrial agriculture' up there. Shipping, packing, etc...
posted by kookywon at 9:20 AM on April 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
Most of the energy/mining is in Denver and the Denver Tech Center (about 30 min South of downtown in good traffic). A lot of this work is business development (consulting, marketing). The true mining is done on the western slope.
Telecommunications is pretty big (Level 3, Comcast, and Qwest is here, but I think was bought out recently). This is probably the biggest blue collar sector. Lots of work for linemen, installation, etc...
There is a big tech sector, lots of software companies. These jobs are spread pretty evenly from Boulder, through Broomfield, to Denver and the Tech Center.
Aerospace (as mentioned) is pretty big. Raytheon, Ball, Lockheed Martin. Colorado Springs (about an hour south of Denver) has a big Airforce base and the Airforce Academy is there as well. There may be some assembly positions there, but I am not sure.
Agriculture is pretty big up north (Fort Collins, Greely) so there's 'industrial agriculture' up there. Shipping, packing, etc...
posted by kookywon at 9:20 AM on April 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: What about breweries? In addition to the behemoth Coors, there are tons of little breweries in Fort Collins and Boulder.
posted by mmascolino at 8:54 PM on April 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mmascolino at 8:54 PM on April 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Oo, I hadn't thought about other blue collar stuff. The biggest issue for us is the pay discrepancy we expect. Here he makes $26/hr doing packaging work; the jobs we saw in CO were like $12/hr. =/
Breweries are a great idea too!
posted by traversionischaracter at 8:24 PM on April 27, 2011
Breweries are a great idea too!
posted by traversionischaracter at 8:24 PM on April 27, 2011
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posted by Confess, Fletch at 6:12 PM on April 25, 2011