Colorado’s manufacturing sector spans aerospace propulsion, semiconductors, industrial ceramics and automotive components, giving engineers and production specialists a wide range of paths to explore.
The companies on this list design, build and test physical products, from rocket engines and microprocessors to hearing implants and architectural millwork, often pairing advanced techniques such as additive manufacturing and precision machining with engineering and research operations based in the state. For jobseekers, these employers offer a window into how manufacturing work in Colorado connects process engineering, plant management and product development to a wide range of industries.
Manufacturing Companies in Colorado
- Ursa Major
- Boeing
- AMD
- Gates Corporation
- Advanced Energy Industries
- True Anomaly
- CoorsTek
- ISEC, Inc.
- Frontgrade Technologies
Top Manufacturing Companies in Colorado
Ursa Major designs, manufactures and tests rocket propulsion systems for hypersonics, solid rocket motors, space mobility and launch, with its headquarters and primary production facility on a 90-acre campus in Berthoud. The company builds its Hadley liquid rocket engine using more than 80 percent additive manufacturing, combining 3D printing with proprietary alloys to speed production and lower cost. Ursa Major expanded its footprint with a new manufacturing facility in Longmont to expand production of avionics and in-space propulsion systems, adding dedicated welding and clean room space, while also expanding machining capacity at its Berthoud headquarters and activating a solid rocket motor test site in Galeton, Colorado. The Colorado expansion is expected to create up to 1,850 new jobs.
AMD designs high-performance computing and graphics processors, including CPUs and GPUs used across enterprise data centers, client PCs, and gaming systems. Its Fort Collins design center focuses on core chip engineering within AMD’s Cores Organization, employing teams dedicated to CPU core architecture, cache hierarchy design, silicon validation, and VLSI physical design. Engineers at the site execute RTL design, formal verification, and hands-on post-silicon validation to test and refine next-generation microprocessors prior to tape-out and commercial production through AMD's external foundry partners.
True Anomaly designs and manufactures spacecraft for space defense and surveillance missions, with headquarters and a GravityWorks manufacturing facility in Centennial, Colorado, plus a mission control office in Colorado Springs. Founded in 2022, the company builds its Jackal spacecraft in-house, an autonomous orbital vehicle capable of rendezvous and proximity operations and imaging objects in orbit for military and intelligence customers. True Anomaly launched its inaugural Jackal mission in 2024, with flight test data feeding back into its production line to refine future spacecraft builds.
ISEC, Inc., headquartered in Greenwood Village, manufactures architectural woodwork, laboratory casework and furniture, and metal specialties used in commercial interior construction across sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, hospitality and education. Founded in 1967 and structured as an employee-owned company, it self-performs fabrication and installation rather than relying solely on outside suppliers, pairing design-assist and design-build services with its own manufacturing capacity. Its product lines include chemical-resistant scientific casework, fume hoods and lab-grade furniture for life sciences clients, as well as custom millwork and ornamental metals for large-scale projects. ISEC supports this work through a network of offices and manufacturing facilities operating nationwide.
Frontgrade Technologies, headquartered in Colorado Springs, manufactures mission-critical electronics for space, defense and national security customers, including radiation-hardened microelectronics, RF and microwave systems, and motion control products. Its Colorado Springs facility holds Defense Logistics Agency certification to produce Qualified Manufacturers List microcircuits under MIL-PRF-38535 and operates a 5,100-square-foot Class 1000 cleanroom as a Defense Microelectronics Activity Category 1A Trusted facility. The site handles wafer processing, packaging, automated test and environmental screening, and runs circuit card and module assembly lines supporting both low-volume prototyping and high-volume surface mount manufacturing, with nearly 10,000 modules moving through Frontgrade’s factories each month.
Advanced Energy Industries designs and manufactures precision power conversion, measurement and control technologies used across semiconductor fabrication, industrial, medical, telecommunications and data center applications. Founded in Fort Collins in 1981, it now runs its corporate headquarters in Denver alongside an engineering, service and support site in Fort Collins. Its product lines include plasma power delivery systems for semiconductor etching and deposition as well as AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies. In October 2024, the company introduced new M-CRPS power supplies delivering up to 3,600 watts for AI servers, storage and networking equipment, and unveiled a single-whip option for its ORv3 power shelf at the Open Compute Project Global Summit.
Gates Corporation, headquartered in Denver, manufactures power transmission and fluid power products including belts, hoses and couplings used in automotive, industrial and off-highway equipment applications. Founded in 1911 in Denver, where it still keeps its global headquarters, the company has continued to expand its global manufacturing and technical footprint, serving industrial OEM, aftermarket and powersports customers worldwide. Gates also produces liquid-cooling hose and coupling systems for data centers and high-performance computing facilities. Its headquarters supports global corporate strategy, product engineering and commercial operations, with regional roles spanning engineering, operations management and commercial sales.
CoorsTek manufactures technical ceramics from its global headquarters in Golden, where the company began operations in 1910. It produces ceramic components for industries including semiconductors, aerospace, medical devices and energy, drawing on hundreds of proprietary ceramic formulations developed at its research and manufacturing sites, including the Center for Advanced Materials. In October 2024, CoorsTek relocated its headquarters to The Pottery, a new office building in Golden built as part of Clayworks, a mixed-use redevelopment of its former manufacturing plant led by the Coors family’s development firm. The company continues to operate multiple manufacturing and research facilities across the Golden area.
Boeing operates in Colorado Springs as part of its defense, space and security business, where it conducts engineering, software development and integration work supporting missile defense and satellite programs. The company is a major aerospace contractor in Colorado. Its Colorado Springs teams engineer and operate ground systems for the Wideband Global SATCOM network, including the software and databases that manage the WGS constellation used for secure military communications, and contribute to the Ballistic Missile Defense System’s Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications program.
