High School Manufacturing Day is October 2
We Need Your Help to Promote Manufacturing Careers
We invite your manufacturing organization to help showcase the many viable career pathways in manufacturing to high school students in Stark County on Manufacturing Day which is scheduled for October 2. Over 300 students will participate in coordinated field trips to visit local manufacturers. This is the 4th year of the event which keeps growing!
Each participating company will host 20-40 students in two separate sessions and will provide lunch for a maximum of approximately 20 students. Your company logo and links will be featured on fliers distributed to all participating students and their educator chaperones. Additionally, your company will be acknowledged in social media posts and press releases.
Join us in making a difference by sponsoring and participating in this signature program! Register for the $500 sponsorship/participation opportunity HERE.
We also welcome sponsorships from our associate and supporting members.
Membership
Welcome New Members!
The following organization is now officially registered:
Check out our webpage to see if your organization is an official registered member.
Registration is FREE at www.StarkManufacturing.org/membership
Women in Manufacturing – Ohio Chapter News
We would like to introduce you to Women in Manufacturing (WiM), and more specifically the WiM Ohio Chapter. Women in Manufacturing, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to Support, Promote and Inspire women in manufacturing careers.
Since its inception 15 years ago, WiM has grown to be the only national and global trade association dedicated to providing year-round support to women who have chosen a career in the manufacturing industry, from C-suite to the production floor. You do not need to be in a manufacturing role to reap the rewards of WiM, and we love our male allies too!
Interested in learning more? Your local WiM Ohio chapter is co-chaired by Daniele Caserta and Bethany Dolak, both local to Stark County. Daniele works for CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) and in her role she supports manufacturers, while Bethany works for Diebold Nixdorf in global sales and marketing operations – two great examples of how WiM benefits anyone connected to the manufacturing industry.
Interested in joining? WiM Ohio’s chapter would love to have you! There are multiple levels of membership available, from student to corporate level – benefits include: access to free monthly webinars via the Virtual Learning Series and access to our Virtual Learning Library, discounts to post or seek job opportunities on WiMWorks, our WiM-powered job board, discounted rates to all local and WiM National events, ability to join a local chapter, and much more. WiM Ohio also offers multiple sponsorship opportunities – a great way to build your network and relationships, share your product, service or company and promote workforce development for women in manufacturing.
WiM also has a global presence, and continues to expand their boarders – it is a great way for corporate members to connect their employees!
Successful Teacher Bootcamp Enlightens Educators
35 middle-high school educators and counselors from 13 school districts recently participated in a 3-day bootcamp while exploring career pathways in construction, trades, logistics, health care and of course manufacturing.
Stephanie Werren accompanied the manufacturing day tour and provided statistics regarding our local, state and national manufacturing economy. In addition, to ensure the educators retained knowledge, Stephanie quizzed them throughout the day and made sure each participant won some type of prize. Ohio Gratings, Inc. and The M. K. Morse Company hosted the tours.
The post-event surveys showed 100% of these educators would recommend manufacturing as a career pathway to their students.
One educator noted in their comments, “I thoroughly enjoyed the manufacturing day. Manufacturing jobs and companies are really looking out for their employees.”
Participant responses to the question of, “What images come to mind when manufacturing is mentioned” included collaboration, innovation, design, education, robotics, opportunities for advancement, supportive, computer, programming, team, and one of our favorites…….Jobs that make the world go round!
Our next educator tour is scheduled for October 13. Only 4 companies will be on the tour due to time constraints. If interested in hosting part of the October 13 educator tour, please contact info@starkmanufacturing.org.
Middle School Manufacturing Camp Promotes “Making”
This summer the SCMWDP is able to provide 125 middle school students from across the county a FREE one-week experience in making, creating, building and learning about our local manufacturers. TomTod Ideas is providing their fifth year of counselors and curriculum for these high energy and activity packed summer camps.
Thank you to our sponsors who hosted field trips, provided personnel for the “Speedy Interview Plunge” and provided financial support to make this happen. Sponsors include:
- The Timken Company
- Ohio Gratings, Inc
- The M. K. Morse Company
- Stark Industrial
- Hendrickson
- Metallus
- Coastal Pet Prodcuts, Inc.
- MAC Trailer
- RW Screw LLC
And a special thank you to Stark State College, The Legacy Project, and Mt. Union University for donating space for our week long camps!
FREE Talent Pipeline Program
What is the talent pipeline program?
An initiative underwritten in full by the US Navy and managed by TMG of Virginia provided at NO COST to employers. It’s a new way to recruit, higher, train, and retain employees in industrial manufacturing through four steps:
- Mapping current state – Recruiting through first year on the job
- Identify improvement opportunities
- Help the organization implement change
- Connect with local pipelines and resources
Learn from a network of coaches and employers across the country that are committed to supporting each other through conferences seminars and 1 on 1 meetings. For more information contact Helene Papczun at Stark Economic Development Board at helene@starkcoohio.com.
2025 SCMWDP Schedule
| June and July | Five weeks of Middle School Maker’s Camp |
| June 26 | Member Meeting at Junior Achievement |
| July 24 | Board Meeting Only |
| August 28 | Member Meeting at Walsh University |
| Sept 25 | Member Meeting with MAGNET as host |
| Oct 2 | Manufacturing Day – Coordinated High School Field Trips |
| Oct 23 | All members – Manufacturing awards/industry table night |
| Nov 20 | Board Meeting Only (third week of the month) |
| Dec | Member Meeting – Possible Holiday mixer |
The SCMWDP newsletter is distributed to member Stark County manufacturers, associate members, education partners, select state officials, local officials and other stakeholders like community-based organizations.
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