Manufacturing Day Welcomes Faurecia as Silver sponsor for 2015.
Press Release Summary:
Joining Manufacturing DaySM (October 2, 2015) supporters as Silver sponsor, Faurecia will help provide resources to participating manufacturers. Grassroots effort by U.S. manufacturers aims to improve public perception of manufacturing in America by coordinating awareness-raising activities at locations across USA. Executed locally, national event supports manufacturers as they host local community members at open houses designed to showcase modern manufacturing technology and careers.
Original Press Release:
Manufacturing Day Welcomes Faurecia as Silver Sponsor for 2015
ROCKFORD, Ill. – The co-producers of Manufacturing DaySM are pleased to welcome Faurecia to the roster of 2015 supporters as a Silver sponsor.
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 Faurecia which is our first transportation industry sponsor,” said Ed Youdell, president and CEO of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association.
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
Jennifer M. Drogus
Director, Media Relations
(202) 637-3090
jdrogus@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
