Alliance for American Manufacturing Joins Manufacturing Day™ as a Gold Sponsor
Rockford, Ill (PRWEB) July 24, 2013 -- The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has joined Manufacturing Day 2013 as a Gold Sponsor, supplying the national initiative with resources to support manufacturers participating in the program. Manufacturing Day 2013 is a grassroots effort by U.S. manufacturers to improve public perception of manufacturing in America by coordinating awareness-raising activities at a variety of locations across the country on October 4, 2013.
“The Manufacturing Day co-producers are happy to welcome AAM as a Gold Sponsor,” said Ed Youdell, president and CEO of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International. (FMA). “Their grass-roots advocacy program has helped to make ‘Made in America’ a viable part of the political conversation again and matches up perfectly with the mission of Manufacturing Day. We value their support.”
Manufacturing Day is an annual national event that brings together hundreds of manufacturers to host students, teachers, parents, job seekers and other local community members at open houses designed to showcase modern manufacturing technology and careers. A panel of co-producers comprised of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Manufacturing Institute (MI), the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST), Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), and guest producer Industrial Strength Marketing (ISM) provides the centralized support necessary to coordinate this nationwide array of simultaneous events.
“We’re honored to be a part of Manufacturing Day this year and look forward to helping make it a success," said Scott Paul, president of AAM. "An innovative and growing manufacturing base is vital to America’s economic and national security, as well as to providing good jobs for future generations.”
To learn more about Manufacturing Day, visit http://www.mfgday.com. Organizations that wish to become involved as official sponsors should call 888-394-4362 or email info(at)mfgday(dot)com.
For more information about each of the co-producers, please contact:
Industrial Strength Marketing
Joey Strawn
Integrated Marketing Director
(866) 529-8908
joey(at)marketstrong(dot)com
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.
Patricia Lee
Director of Marketing
(815) 227-8286
patl(at)fmanet(dot)org
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Jennifer Huergo
Director of Media Relations
(301) 975-6343
jennifer.huergo(at)nist(dot)gov
National Association of Manufacturers and
The Manufacturing Institute
Matt Lavoie
Senior Director of Media Relations, Communications
(202) 637-3085
mlavoie(at)nam(dot)org
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Derek Schroeder, Industrial Strength Marketing, http://www.marketstrong.com/, 1 (800) 687-3208, [email protected]
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