CLEVELAND, OH—June 5, 2014—The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) and Women in Manufacturing™ are joining with other industry leaders to raise awareness about the importance of manufacturing in the United States by sponsoring Manufacturing Day on October 3, 2014.
Manufacturing Day—or MFG DAY—addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to show what manufacturing is—and what it is not. The goal is for manufacturers to connect with future generations, take charge of the public image of manufacturing and ensure the ongoing prosperity of the whole industry.
“PMA and Women in Manufacturing are pleased to support Manufacturing Day,” said PMA President Bill Gaskin. “Our members look forward to sharing their passion for manufacturing with their communities, showing off their high-tech facilities to the next generation of Americans who will ensure that our sector continues to drive the economy and innovation in this country. This is a great opportunity to counteract the outdated stereotypes that often plague our industry by raising awareness about the rewarding careers that are available in manufacturing.”
Manufacturing Day is co-produced by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Manufacturing Institute (MI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). Guest producer Industrial Strength Marketing (ISM) provides the centralized support necessary to coordinate this nationwide array of simultaneous events. The Science Channel is the event’s media partner and American Made Movie is its movie partner.
“With U.S. manufacturers struggling to find qualified employees, compounded by the problem of millions of manufacturing workers expected to retire in the next decade, Manufacturing Day is a critical avenue to showcase the industry and inspire people to obtain the skills needed for careers in manufacturing,” Gaskin concluded.
PMA’s publication, MetalForming magazine, is a Manufacturing Day endorser and plans to promote and cover the event in the magazine and on its website (https://www.metalformingmagazine.com/).
Details about Manufacturing Day are available at http://www.mfgday.com/.
PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $113-billion metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its nearly 900 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Educational Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM Mexico tradeshows, and MetalForming and Fabricating Product News magazines.
Women in Manufacturing™, powered by PMA, is a more than 400-member-strong national organization dedicated to the attraction, retention and advancement of women who are pursuing or have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry.