Central Pennsylvania manufacturers have tradition, strategy

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While the ranks of national and state manufacturers have slimmed over the decades, Central Pennsylvania's industrial facilities have kept tradition and strategy at the heart of their operations.

Some Central Pennsylvania companies find that their traditional home in the Susquehanna Valley is a good strategic fit. Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation Inc. in York County, is one of those companies, Jim Kepler said. The West Manchester Township location is the German company's North American headquarters and production facility. Kepler is the business development manager.

S. Morgan Smith founded the company in the 1880s. It made water turbines for mills in Central …