On Friday, October 28, 2016, the third annual Girls & Manufacturing Summit took place at the Hartford/Windsor Marriott in Windsor, Connecticut to bring together 187 young women from 14 schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts to learn what goes into manufacturing through hands-on workshops and Q&A with leading women in the industry. Lt.…
Kid Fresh Hits Manufacturing Mania 2016
Middle school students from Bristol, Hartford, Naugatuck, Plainville, Plantsville, Southington and West Simsbury participated in Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Mania 2016, which taught them how products made right here in CT affect their everyday lives. DJ Kid Fresh from WZMX Hot 93.7 went out to say whattup to the…
WZMX Kid Fresh On Tour at CT DIDI Manufacturing Mania
WZMX Deejay Kid Fresh takes us on tour at Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Mania on National Manufacturing Day! How do kids make straw skyscrapers that are 6 feet high? What can you make with K’nex? And ice cream sticks — what do they have to do with manufacturing?…
‘Mania’ Begins Month of Manufacturing Focus
CROMWELL — More than 200 middle school students from nine schools participated in the recent fifth annual “Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Mania” at the Radisson Inn in Cromwell. The event kicked off “Connecticut. Dream It. Do It.” Manufacturing Month, proclaimed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to recognize the…
‘Dream It. Do It.’ Ambassadors to Bring Message to Area Youth
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology and Pratt & Whitney have announced the launch of the “Connecticut. Dream It. Do It.” Ambassador Program, a collaboration of young employees playing the role of manufacturing industry ambassadors to area youth. Pratt & Whitney is the first manufacturer in Connecticut to support the…
Connecticut Technical High School System At Manufacturing Mania
The Connecticut Technical High School System produced a great video for Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Mania – a kick-off event for Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Manufacturing Month. Give it a look! Students from Eli Whitney Technical High School, part of CTHSS, were at Manufacturing Mania, a day…
State Incentives Help Manufacturers Build For The Future
Even though millions of dollars of incentives have been doled out to manufacturers in Connecticut, the state’s Department of Labor still thinks many of its programs are a well-kept secret. “Whether your company is expanding, starting up, downsizing, relocating, upgrading equipment, training employees, recruiting, bringing on an apprentice or need…
Local Manufacturers Anticipate Increased Workforce To Meet Demand
A Cheshire company that lists Sikorsky Aircraft on its customer list recently invested $10.5 million in its forging operation and plans to add 30 new jobs over the next few years. Consolidated Industries Inc.’s investment bucked conventional sentiment from state business leaders and lawmakers that the state’s tax and regulatory…
Pratt & Whitney’s Manufacturing Mania Video
Check out Pratt & Whitney’s video from Manufacturing Mania, October 7th, 2o16. Pratt & Whitney employee Monica Arias and others speak first hand on the opportunity to educate hundreds of middle school students during Manufacturing Mania, an annual event in celebration of National Manufacturing Month, occurring on National Manufacturing Day.
Pratt & Whitney and CCAT Lead Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Ambassador Program To Recruit Youth
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) and Pratt & Whitney on Friday launched the Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Ambassador Program. In the program, talented, young employees play the role of manufacturing industry ambassadors to area youth, promoting work in the industry and dispelling misconceptions about it. (Hartford…