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CBIA AND THE REGIONAL CENTER FOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURING
HOST TWO-DAY MANUFACTURING EVENT
Governor Rell will address business leaders
3,500 students will learn about today’s manufacturing

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), the Connecticut College of Technology’s NSF funded Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing and dozens of manufacturing organizations and companies across the state are hosting a two-day Manufacture Your Future: Career Expo.

Manufacture Your Future: Career Expo
Wednesday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 18, 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Connecticut Convention Center
Hartford, CT


In conjunction with the two-day manufacturing expo, CBIA is hosting a conference about sustaining productivity improvement. Governor M. Jodi Rell will address manufacturers at noon, about the importance of manufacturing to Connecticut’s economic future and the need for a skilled workforce.


Sustaining Productivity Improvement Conference
Wednesday, May 17
Noon – 4 p.m.
Connecticut Convention Center
Hartford, CT

  

Manufacture Your Future: Career Expo

More than 3,500 middle and high school students from over 50 cities and towns across the state will attend the two-day expo. Students will tour exhibits and participate in demonstrations by Connecticut manufacturers at the Connecticut Convention Center between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The actual machinery used in design and production will be demonstrated, and students will learn about the skills needed to enter today’s highly trained manufacturing workforce.

The statewide expo grew out of a very successful program held in Waterbury last year, and is designed to showcase different aspects of manufacturing, such as CNC machining, CAD/CAM, stamping, plating and laser technology.

College students and adults interested in learning about manufacturing will visit the exhibits from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesday and 2 -7 p.m. on Thursday. Throughout the day on Thursday, high school teachers and community college faculty members will attend free workshops on manufacturing practices and technologies.

The expo is sponsored by CBIA, the College of Technology’s NSF funded Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, the State of Connecticut, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, CL&P and NU Transmission Businesses, the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce, statewide and regional manufacturing associations, the Waterbury Republican-American, and hundreds of Connecticut manufacturers throughout the state.

Sustaining Productivity Improvement Conference

Governor Rell will kick off the conference at noon, discussing efforts to improve conditions for manufacturing including the jobs bill that she signed to phase out Connecticut’s property tax on manufacturing and equipment.

The conference, which runs until 4 p.m., will feature panels on a variety of manufacturing topics, including sustaining productivity improvement, lean manufacturing, the next generation workforce, and why it’s critical to get more students interested in the high-tech, high-skill jobs involved in manufacturing.

Conference speakers include:

  • Darryl Fournier, manager of performance excellence at Alstrom FiberComposites. He will explain continuous improvement efforts that manufacturers must make in order to become premier manufacturing establishments in the state. Fournier will focus on the need for continually improving and updating production techniques.
  • Paul Fox, director of global external relations at Gillette. He will discuss his work with the U.S. Congress and the National Association of Manufacturers to help strengthen antipiracy and intellectual property laws to help manufacturers deal with counterfeit product issues. Fox will explain what’s been done to date and future plans to combat intellectual property pirates in China and other countries.

Conference attendees will have a chance to tour the expo from 4-5 p.m.

The conference is sponsored by CBIA, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Citizens Bank and Northeast Utilities System.

CBIA is the state’s largest business organization, with 10,000 members.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Media coverage is invited.
For more information about covering these events, please contact Nancy Andrews, CBIA media relations manager, at (860) 244-1957 or andrewsn@cbia.com.