October 9, 2015 - View this as a web page - View eblast from October 2, 2015

Manufacturing Day

Thank you for all of your hard work and efforts in making #MFGDay15 the best one yet!  It’s simply remarkable to read about what took place (and still is for Manufacturing Month in some places).  

NIST MEP would like to leverage and spotlight your center successes over the next couple of months, with a particular focus on posts throughout October.  We’ve been cross-promoting articles we’ve found on social media, but would also like to highlight each center individually. We’re asking for you to send anything you want us to put out on our social channels by emailing a link and/or blurb as well as photos/videos from your event(s), to mepconnect@nist.gov.  

If you’re interested in sharing your success story on our Manufacturing Innovation blog, please send a one sentence bio for the author, approved images, and ~500 word post.  We’ll work with NIST Public Affairs to approve the content and send back any edits to you prior to finalizing and posting.
In the coming months, we’ll ask for your feedback on what worked/what didn’t/suggestions for improvement for 2016 and for a summary of your center’s MFG Day efforts to include in a State by State Report for key stakeholders and to share best practices across the system.  

Check out the Top 10 States for Manufacturing Day Events

1. Ohio (178 events)
2. Michigan (176 events)
3. Florida (169 events
4. California (156 events)
5. Iowa (132 events)
6. Indiana (128 events)
7. Pennsylvania (120 events)
8. Illinois (115 events)
9. New York (110 events)
10. Minnesota (92 events)
11. Tied: Oklahoma and North Carolina (75 events)

There are multiple stories about Manufacturing Day 2015 and here are just a few:

• White House Celebrating National Manufacturing Day
• Department of Commerce - The Potential that Innovations in Manufacturing Offer
• Understand, promote your brand, Peeps exec tells Mantec audience
• Manufacturing Day Aims to Boost NJ Production
• AIM, Missouri Enterprise, celebrate National Manufacturing Day at the State Capitol
• Local Ohio events set Manufacturing Month
• Congressman Mike Kelly visits NWIRC: Michael Griffith, Manufacturing Technology Engineer at NWIRC and Congressman Mike Kelly toured Reddog Industries along with students from Central Career and Technical School in Erie, PA on Manufacturing Day. View Photo
• EPA Administrator Visits Georgia Tech Campus for Manufacturing Day: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visited Georgia Tech on Friday October 2nd and attended a Manufacturing Day event for 60 local high school students called the InVenture Prize. Administrator McCarthy spoke to the students on the future role of Innovation in solving manufacturing issues related to sustainability. Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson welcomed her to campus and met with a small group prior to her presentation. The GaMEP planned and hosted the visit. View Photo
  

Thank you!

What's Happening around Manufacturing

Federal Funding Opportunity from EDA
EDA is pleased to announce the publication of a Federal Funding Opportunity under its Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program to provides cost-shared technical assistance to help strengthen the competitiveness of American companies that have been negatively impacted by increasing imports. EDA operates the TAAF program through a national network of Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers.

These companies could be MEP Center’s existing manufacturing clients and could also help your Center garner new clients thus expanding your reach and penetration.

An informational teleconference will be held for prospective applicants on Monday, October 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Please register for the teleconference no later than COB Thursday, October 15, 2015 by sending an email to TAAF2015@eda.gov with a subject line of “TAAF FFO Teleconference Registration.” To Learn more click here.

Food Safety Modernization Act Training Webinar
Last week, the FDA approved the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. As of September 2016 small manufactures and businesses will have to comply with this new regulation.
The FDA will host a meeting to discuss FDA’s comprehensive planning effort for the next phase of FSMA implementation, which involves putting in place the new public health prevention measures and the risk-based industry accountability framework that is at the core of the act.

This is an opportunity for MEP centers to engage in education and training projects for SME’s in order to comply to the new prescriptive requirements.  

Webinar Details: Registration link | Contact Courtney Treece

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