SME to Focus on Growth Strategies for Western New England Manufacturers at EASTEC 2005
21 May 2005
Shifting to high-value manufacturing prospects for Western New England -- the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Regional Technology Corporation (RTC) will host a special manufacturing summit, "Shifting to High Value Manufacturing: Prospects for Western New England," on Wednesday, May 25, 2005, to coincide with EASTEC. In partnering for this event, SME is focusing on regional economic growth and development strategies for technology-based industries in Western Massachusetts and its Knowledge Corridor. It is one of many major initiatives being introduced at the SME conference and exposition events.
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will acknowledge SME efforts at the 9:30 a.m. opening of the summit with his Governor's Award to be presented by Lauren Romano of the Governor's Community Outreach Office.
SME continues to be recognized in Tradeshow Week's annual listing of the top 200 largest tradeshows in North America and is the only non-profit organization having multiple shows (WESTEC, EASTEC, and FABTECH International), attracting domestic and international manufacturers annually.
EASTEC 2005, the East Coast's largest annual manufacturing event, comes to the Eastern States Exposition Grounds in West Springfield, Mass., on May 24- 26, 2005 and is co-sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, http://www.sme.org , the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA), http://www.amtda.org and the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), http://www.AMTonline.org
The EASTEC 2005 show hours are:
* Tuesday, May 24 -- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
* Wednesday, May 25 -- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
* Thursday, May 26 -- 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Event highlights include:
* Western Massachusetts Manufacturing Summit
"Shifting to High Value Manufacturing: Prospects for Western New
England"
Wednesday, May 25 -- 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Massachusetts Building, Eastern States Exposition Grounds.
Sponsored by SME and RTC. Free registration for SME and RTC members
and $25 nonmembers.
* EASTEC 2005 Career and Continuing Education Day
Thursday, May 26 -- 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Building 4
This day-long program includes community colleges, universities, and
other institutions that offer education in manufacturing, engineering,
science and technology. Attendees have an opportunity to tour EASTEC
and have lunch at Springfield Technical College.
* SME Student Summit
Thursday, May 26 -- Building 4
The SME Student Summit is designed to highlight the multitude of
exciting and challenging careers available in the manufacturing sector
and provides 400-500 local high school students (16-18) with an
opportunity to tour EASTEC.
* Smart Machining & Job Shop Resource Center
New to EASTEC this year, the Smart Machining & Job Shop Resource Center
provides sessions on topics such as CNC, Micro Machining, Shop Floor
Automation, Finding New Job Shop Customers, Internet Marketing for Job
Shops and Selling Parts to the Department of Defense.
Visit: http://www.sme.org/downloads/expo/2005/ET05/schematic_smart.pdf
* Lean Manufacturing & Quality Resource Center
New to EASTEC this year, the Lean Manufacturing & Quality Resource
Center provides sessions on topics such as How Lean will Work in Your
Plant, Workplace Organization to Increase Efficiency, Using Kanbans to
Reduce Inventory and WIP, Documenting and Measuring Your Lean
Success, Return on Investment (ROI) and Combining Lean and Six Sigma.
Visit: http://www.sme.org/downloads/expo/2005/ET05/schematic_lean.pdf
For more information about EASTEC 2005 Conference and Exposition, visit the EASTEC Web site at http://www.sme.org/eastec , or call the SME Resource Center at (800) 733-4763, or (outside the U.S. and Canada) at (313) 425-4500, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, ET, or FAX to (313) 425-3401.
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Source: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Source: PR Newswire
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