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It s easy to name the companies that have dominated the stock market over the past ten years. Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Facebook–these are all among the best-performing stocks over a decade or more. But here s a company that has performed just aswell: HEICO. Or what about Trex? Ever heard of Casella? Or Laitram? These lesser known companies are all part of a sector known as industrial tech, and together they offer a surprisingly bright future not just to investors but to workers as well as our broader communities. Their products include aerospace parts, color enamels, and recycled plastic lumber; things consumers don t necessarily buy but which we all rely on for the functioning of our economy. And it turns out it s a booming business. In The Titanium Economy, the authors reveal this little-understood, under-appreciated and under-valued sector of the economy for what it really is: a reliable source of high-paying, domestic jobs and soaring stock prices, a bright spot in an economy that has too often been buffeted by external shocks–