By Terri Somers (UNION-TRIBUNE) February 12, 2008 -- As the state economy sputters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Carlsbad yesterday to shine the spotlight on biotechnology, an industry that is growing. “We are here today to talk about job creation,” Schwarzenegger said after touring a stem cell lab and manufacturing facilities at Invitrogen, a publicly traded biotechnology company that makes tools for drug-discovery research. While the state’s unemployment rate has climbed to 6.1 percent, biotechnology has continued to sprout and grow, he said. Invitrogen, for example, has grown 5.5 percent in the past year and is expanding its manufacturing capacity by 50,000 square feet and hiring an additional 200 workers, Schwarzenegger said. Read full article below.
