Manufacturing
Futures for Frontliners Program
Manufacturing Councils Seek Grant for Industry 4.0 Transition in Northwest Michigan
Grand Traverse Area Manufacturing Council (GTAMC) teamed with fellow manufacturing councils -Cadillac Area Manufacturers Association (CAMA) and Northwest Michigan Industrial Association (NWMIA- Petoskey area) - in a broad regional effort to help manufacturers better...
Webinar: Accelerating Recycling and Recycled-Content Manufacturing in Michigan
Register for this FREE webinar here: https://recycle.zoom.us/webinar/register/7016075312745/WN_8jEfUHgbTImlGv4LEfYeQQ NextCycle Michigan is a program of EGLE’s, with development and implementation support from RRS, Centrepolis Accelerator, and Michigan Recycling...
2020 Mfg Day Update and Call to Action
Hello GTAMC Members! We’d like to introduce to you some work being done in the council, regarding MFG Day and the Career Investigator website being launched by Newton’s Road (read more about the website here:...
The 2020 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide
Our annual Made in America Holiday Gift Guide has become a beloved tradition here at the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Without question, it is the most popular thing we do all year, and our team always discovers new and amazing products we haven’t heard about...
Gov. Whitmer launches new, first in nation Futures for Frontliners program to offer essential, frontline workers a tuition-free path to community college
LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with leaders in education, business, labor and workforce development, today launched the nation’s first program offering tuition-free college to an estimated 625,000 Michiganders who provided essential, frontline services during...
Are You Making Michigan’s Coolest Product?
In 2018, the iconic Stormy Kromer cap caught the attention of Michigan and became the first-ever “Coolest Thing Made in Michigan” and the innovative ingenuity to produce a custom booster essential for testing across countless industries earned Peninsular Cylinder Co....
Industry 4.0 Grant Opportunity
The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) is administering a grant to help companies who are seeking to invest in Industry 4.0 technologies. Through the grant, companies may be reimbursed for labor costs related to the deployment of the technology. This...
Notes from 05/15 GTAMC/TAHRA Joint Discussion – COVID Return to Work
General Topic: Recalling employees back to work (furloughed, laid off, etc.) What have been your organization's successes and challenges of recalling employees? Response 1 Took about a week to get everyone back and organized, they received a letter letting them know...
Digital Conference: Crisis Brings Consensus (Prioritizing US Industrial Policy in a COVID-19 World)
A Zoom You Won't Want to Miss! The Alliance for American Manufacturing is hosting a digital conference at 3 p.m. on Thursday (05/21/20) examining ways to bring manufacturing back from countries like China in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by Washington Post...
Do you know an import-challenged Manufacturer? Refer them to GLTAAC
Although these are uncertain times, there is one thing we know for sure: import competition remains a threat to smaller manufacturers. Fortunately, GLTAAC continues to help import-challenged manufacturers in Indiana, Michigan, and Oho - just as we've done for 37 years...
