Primary Industries in Reno
Reno’s strongest manufacturing sectors — and the precision parts we machine for each.
Semiconductor
Reno's growing technology sector includes semiconductor-adjacent operations — Panasonic Energy's Gigafactory, Tesla's battery operations, and a cluster of electronics companies that source semiconductor components. The University of Nevada's nanotechnology research adds machining demand for prototype semiconductor hardware.
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Reno's robotics boom tracks the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center — Tesla's Gigafactory uses thousands of robotic arms from Fanuc and KUKA for battery-cell assembly, while Panasonic's co-located battery plant deploys automated material handling at massive scale. Amazon, Walmart, and Zulily operate heavily automated fulfillment centers in the Reno-Sparks corridor. Switch's data-center campus uses robotic monitoring systems, and the University of Nevada, Reno advances autonomous systems research for mining and agriculture.
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Reno's defense presence includes Sierra Nevada Corporation's aircraft modification and ISR platform programs, the Nevada Army National Guard, and a growing defense technology cluster supporting Nellis AFB and Fallon NAS — the Navy's premiere fighter weapons school.
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