Manufacturing Day 2015 Welcomes Grainger as Silver level sponsor.
Press Release Summary:
Grainger pledged Silver level support to Manufacturing DaySM 2015. Sponsors provide necessary resources to support manufacturers participating in this program, which aims to improve public perception of manufacturing in America via coordinated awareness-raising activities at various locations across USA on October 2, 2015. According to FMA's Ed Youdell, Grainger has also scheduled 6 open house events in select regional facilities and created web feature at grainger.com/manufacturingday.
Original Press Release:
Manufacturing Day Welcomes Grainger as Silver Sponsor for 2015
ROCKFORD, Ill. – The roster of Manufacturing DaySM 2015 sponsors grows again as Grainger recently pledged its support to this national movement at the Silver level.
Manufacturing Day sponsors provide the resources to support manufacturers participating in the program, 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 2, 2015.
Manufacturing Day is an annual national event, executed at the local level, that supports hundreds of manufacturers across the nation as they 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) provide the centralized support necessary to coordinate this nationwide array of simultaneous events. The national media partners for the event are Edge Factor and the Science Channel and the national movie partner is American Made Movie.
“The co-producing organizations appreciate the support of Grainger which, in addition to providing sponsorship support, has scheduled six open house events on Manufacturing Day in its regional facilities in Seattle, San Jose, Ft. Worth, Atlanta, and Addison (Ill.) and created web feature at grainger.com/manufacturingday,” said Ed Youdell, president and CEO of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. “In addition, they are allowing us to publicize their Grainger Tools for Tomorrow® Scholarship Program on mfgday.com/scholarships in the hope of reaching many of the thousands of students who will participate in Manufacturing Day events.”
To learn more about Manufacturing Day, visit www.mfgday.com. Organizations that wish to become involved as official sponsors should call 888-394-4362 or email info@mfgday.com.
For more information about each of the co-producers, please contact:
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.
Patricia Lee
Director of Marketing
(815) 227-8286
patl@fmanet.org
National Institute of Standards & Technology
Jennifer Huergo
Director of Media Relations
(301) 975-6343
jennifer.huergo@nist.gov
National Association of Manufacturers and
The Manufacturing Institute
Mallory Micetich
Director, Media Relations
(202) 637-3085
mmicetich@nam.org
Industrial Strength Marketing
Joey Strawn
Integrated Marketing Director
(866) 529-8908
joey@marketstrong.com
Science Channel
Joanne Schioppi
Director of Communications
(212) 548-5084
joanne_schioppi@discovery.com
Edge Factor
Larissa Hofman
Director of Communications
(716) 805-3370
lhofman@edgefactor.com
American Made Movie
Trey Ditto
Ditto Public Affairs
(512) 619-1343
trey@dittopublicaffairs.com
