by Matt Schwarze | Apr 12, 2018 | Manufacturing, National News, Regional News
2018 NATIONAL ROBOTICS CHALLENGE April 12-14, 2018 – Marion, OHIO With the funds raised in the 2017 GTAMC Golf Outing, 43 Manufacturing Technology Academy (MTA) students get the opportunity to represent northern Michigan as they compete against teams from all...
by Jon Dreher | Mar 31, 2018 | Manufacturing, Regional News, Summit
Come and voice your opinion on the Steel & Aluminum Tariff Impact related to your business. The GTAMC & Kent Wood (Director of Government Relations) of the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce have put together a roundtable opportunity to discuss your...
by Jon Dreher | Mar 17, 2018 | Manufacturing, Regional News, Summit
How To Build an Internship Program – perspective from a local company TentCraft Participating in an internship program is vital. Without manufacturer participation, how can we populate our pipeline of talent to help our industry survive? A Q&A session was...
by Jon Dreher | Mar 17, 2018 | Manufacturing, Regional News, Summit
“ $500,000,000,000 or “one half a trillion dollars savings from the Factory of the Future” as per Goldman Sachs, largely driven by the digital transformation of manufacturing. That is an average of about $2 million for each of the 255,000 manufacturing firms in...
by Jon Dreher | Mar 17, 2018 | Manufacturing, Regional News, Summit
“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are” – Max Friar Continuous improvement culture is an integral part to any successful organization in modern business times. Building teams that are comfortable with change, seeking...
by Matt Schwarze | Mar 15, 2018 | Manufacturing
The Prototype Review is an annual event that allows MTA senior projects to be presented to a team of professional reviewers for feedback on the initial prototypes. The students will use the information during the final build stage before the NRC competition on April...
