Manufacture Your Future Careers Expo II

June 3, 4, 5, 2008

Connecticut Expo Center, Hartford, CT

See the Action in Today's Manufacturing!

(Preview a Webcast on the Manufacture Your Future Expo 2008 )

The Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, in partnership with the Connecticut Business & Industry Association and statewide manufacturers, is once again giving Connecticut high school and middle school students the opportunity to see what goes on in manufacturing. Through the replication of a factory floor, students will see how a key is made through such processes as CNC programming, laser cutting, stamping, CAD design, injection molding and coil slitting.

There will also be exhibits of Connecticut-made, high-tech products and student demonstrations of innovative, award-winning inventions. Machining students from Connecticut technical high schools will also show how they create products on various machines. Students will also have the opportunity to explore community college and four-year college programs that can lead to rewarding, high paying careers in manufacturing.

The EXPO is designed to attract any student interested in math, science, and technology who may want to learn more about careers in manufacturing, including engineering, machining, drafting, and CNC programming, to name a few.

Find out how you can send your students to this event.

If you are an organization interested in making a contribution to this event, please fill out this form and fax it to Shelly Stopyra, CBIA, at 860-244-8503, or contact Adam Ney at CBIA for more information, Neya@cbia.com, 860-244-1933.

(VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE EXPO, May, 2006)

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History

Over 3,500 middle school, high school and community college students along with over 200 teachers visited the Expo in may, 2006.

The Manufacture Your Future Careers Expo was originally developed by the Waterbury Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Smaller Manufacturers Association of Connecticut (SMA) for students in Greater Waterbury. The program allowed students to gain hands-on knowledge of different manufacturing processes including computer assisted CAD Cam design and moving through Tool & Die, Coil Slitting, CNC, Lasers, Stamping, Finishing, Plating and Assembly, and Plastic Injection Molding.

The Waterbury Manufacturing Career Symposium had been so successful for the last several years, the organizers wanted to share the experience with Connecticut students. In 2006 the program went statewide, with The Waterbury Regional Chamber and SMA joining forces with CBIA, the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing and other local and state-wide manufacturing trade groups and chambers of commerce.

The Expo offered exhibits and demonstrations from Connecticut manufacturers, showing the diversity and range of products made in the state. Also on hand were educational institutions, including technical high schools, community colleges and four-year universities, providing information on how you can prepare for manufacturing careers.

Held concurrently with the Expo was a business conference on Next Generation Manufacturing hosted by the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA). Governor Jodi Rell, who had an opportunity to attend the Expo, was the keynote speaker for the conference.

Faculty Workshops on green technologies and lean manufacturing were offered through the Center, to educators as part of the expo. More than 45 teachers participated from the state's high schools, community colleges and career centers.

Explore high-paying careers in clean, high-tech Connecticut manufacturing.