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National Manufacturing Day
Date: 9.18.2016
National Manufacturing Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October. It is a day to celebrate those who proudly stand behind our goods and services made in America. Americans continue to create products and unlock new technologies that grow our economy. They create jobs through their entrepreneurship and our competitiveness is revitalizing American manufacturing.
On National Manufacturing Day, more than 1,600 American manufacturers will open their doors and take up the important work of inspiring our young people to pursue careers in manufacturing and engineering. Today’s science, technology, engineering, and math graduates will power the next chapter of American production and innovation, and harnessing their potential is an economic imperative.
OBSERVE
Visit a local manufacturing facility and learn about what they do. Start that business you’ve been thinking about. Use #ManufacturingDay to post on social media.
THE MFG Day Mission
MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during and after MFG DAY, manufacturers will begin to address the skilled labor shortage they face, connect with future generations, take charge of the public image of manufacturing, and ensure the ongoing prosperity of the whole industry.
Supported by a group of industry sponsors and co-producers, MFG DAY is designed to amplify the voice of individual manufacturers and coordinate a collective chorus of manufacturers with common concerns and challenges. The rallying point for a growing mass movement, MFG DAY empowers manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help their communities and future generations thrive.
https://www.wmc.org/programs/manufacturing-month/