Celebration of Manufacturing for Execs in Northeast MA

We are excited to welcome the leaders, founders and owners of Northeast Manufacturers and Suppliers, large and small, to this first time event to show appreciation for your hard work and contribution to the economy. Please join us for an upbeat night of networking and information exchange.

See this event listed as part of Manufacturing Month with the Manufacturing Institute.

• Make connections to the wealth of resources that exist in the Commonwealth including grants and workforce training resources
• Meet other CEOs, Owners, Operators in our rich geography, and have an opportunity to engage with these peers and share best practices.
• Get questions on advanced manufacturing topics answered during roundtable discussions that you choose based on your curiosity and interest.

Participate in dynamic roundtable topic discussions that interest you including:

• Successful Collaboration with Integrators and Startups, Dave McDonald of HSI
• Tips and Tricks on Overcoming Supply Chain Woes, Josh Chernin, Business Improvement Group
• Why Working with Startups is Good for the Bottom Line, Steve Spiegelberg, Cambridge Polymer Group
• Enhancing Operations through Energy Efficiency with support from MassCEC, with Nate Audette of Eversource.
• State Funding/Grants to support Manufacturers Growth, Art Trapotsis, CEO, Consolidated Sterilizer Systems
• Building Your Manufacturing Talent Pipeline with Supportive Resources, Robin Dion and William Ren, Northeast Advanced Manufacturing Consortium and MassHire
• Implementing automation to increase capacity for repetitive tasks with Tyler Modelski, Flexxbotics

Several companies will be recognized for for their outstanding vision, dedication, and commitment to manufacturing and supply chain excellence, growth and impact with awards:

• Manufacturing Innovator of the Year
• Rising star supplier of the year
• Supplier of the Year
• Contract Manufacturer of the Year ... and more

Pre registration required. C-suite/ owners/ operators/ founders only please. You either know one of the organizers or were referred!

Organizers are available at the event to help answer questions: ```FORGE, MassCEC, MassMEP, City of Lowell, Middlesex 3, MassHIRE/NAMC, Mass Tech Collaborative, UML Innovation Hub.

We will also have demos of supporters from Axis, MotionAI and Hawk Ridge with vision systems, cobots, and 3D Printers!

Questions to barbara@forgemass.org and please note that you are agreeing to be added to light-email lists for the organizers if you choose to attend.