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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Students Put on Their Game Faces to Compete
In a Student Manufacturing Challenge on May 10 in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (May 3, 2012) – Students from four Northeast high schools and technical education programs will compete in the Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing 4 the Future Student Challenge on May 10 at the Connecticut Convention Center. The competition is part of Mfg4, an exposition and conference produced by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
The challenges include reverse engineering and lean manufacturing projects. The participating schools and their sponsoring organizations are: Montville High School (Oakdale, Conn.), sponsored by Devine Hydraulics, Inc.; Windham Regional Career Center (Brattleboro, Vt.), sponsored by HCP Packaging USA, Inc.; Orange-Ulster BOCES (Orange and Ulster Counties, N.Y.), sponsored by Spence Engineering; and River Valley Technical Center (Springfield, Vt.), sponsored by American Precision Museum.
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) and Connecticut manufacturers are supporting the competition through sponsorships and displays, including a space suit courtesy of Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks, and a scale model of a submarine courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton. Sandvick Coromant USA is the premiere sponsor of the event.
About Mfg4
Mfg4 is the first-ever conference and exposition that invites manufacturers and OEMs from four growth industries – aerospace, defense (including arms), medical and energy – to find success and opportunities by connecting, collaborating and sharing common manufacturing supply-chain challenges. For more information about attending, exhibiting, or presenting at Mfg4, visit mfg4event.com or call 800.733.3976. For the most up-to-date details, follow us on Twitter @mfg4event.
Mfg4 will alternate years with EASTEC, which has been at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., since 1988, and returns there May 14-16, 2013.
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About SME
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is the premiere source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its many programs, events, magazines, publications and online training division, Tooling U, SME connects manufacturing practitioners to each other, to the latest technologies and to the most up-to-date manufacturing processes. SME has members around the world and is supported by a network of chapters and technical communities. A 501(c)3 organization, SME is a leader in manufacturing workforce development issues, working with industry, academic and government partners to support the current and future skilled workforce.
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