NoCo Newsletter June

May 25, 2017

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NoCo Manufacturing Partnership Members,

Welcome to the June e-newsletter from the NoCo Manufacturing Partnership. We are coming off an exciting NOCOM 2017 event with over 90 booths and hundreds of attendees, not to mention great presentations and student involvement. We received very positive feedback from the exhibitors many citing quality leads and excellent networking opportunities. Please contact nocomfg@gmail.com to provide any feedback or ideas you have as we start to plan NOCOM 2018.

The Colorado FIRST and Existing Industry grant program has just released their dates for 2018. This program provides funds for customizing training. CLICK HERE to learn more about this amazing opportunity…

Your NoCO Manufacturing Partnership pursues its mission through the efforts of volunteers. These people work in our community as manufacturers or as public partners in education and government.

We thank all our members and volunteers for their contributions throughout the year. However, there are a few people that go above and beyond to further the mission. We would like to take an opportunity to formally recognize their efforts. If you would like to nominate someone to be recognized, please CLICK HERE.

Please see below listing of programs, tours, announcements, committee updates and more! MAKING THINGS MAKES THINGS HAPPEN

Upcoming Events

Lunch and Learn – Metal Additive Manufacturing

Branden Kappes, Operations Director, ADAPT Center
Mechanical Engineering Dept., Colorado School of Mines

Thursday, June 8th, noon – 1:00 pm

Front Range Community College -Advanced Technology Center

2120 Miller Drive, Room 108

Longmont, CO 80501

Please join us for a presentation from Branden Kappes with the School of Mines who will speak on the following:

Review of additive manufacturing: the challenge of simultaneous materials production and manufacturing
Improving accuracy and repeatability in additive manufacturing using data informatics
Machine learning approaches to accelerate design and reduce lead time to production

Cost: Member $10.00 and Non-Member $15.00

Please note due to limited ticketing, manufacturers will receive priority. Registration closes June 7th at noon.

Festo Manufacturing Workshop – Demystifying Industry 4.0
A Roadmap to Success in the Industrial Internet of Things

June 5th and 6th, 6:30pm
Ecotech Institute
1400 S Abilene Street
Aurora, CO 80012

Event Topics include:
– Industry 4.0 – Trends, Philosophies, and Opportunities
– Post-Secondary Research Tools
– An Integrative Approach for Secondary STEM
– Advances in Manufacturing, Process Control, Automation, and Robotics

Free to attend, but registration required. Hosted by DAKTIC

First Friday Event: Lean Office 101 with Live Simulation

Friday, June 2nd, 8:00am-4:30pm
Geotech Denver
2650 East 40th Ave
Denver, CO 80205

An introduction to the unique application of Lean in an office environment, this class teaches students to see an entire process, identify waste, and determine the Lean tools to use to create a more effective front office organization.

Cost $250

In Site Tour – Sticker Giant

Thursday, June 22nd, 9:00am – 10:00am

Sticker Giant

880 Weaver Park Rd.
Longmont, CO 80501

Sticker Giant is an e-commerce company that prints custom stickers and product labels.

No cost to attend, but registration required. Please note due to limited ticketing, manufacturers will receive priority. Registration closes June 20th at noon.

Northeast Colorado Manufacturers Expo

Friday, June 23rd, 10:00am – 4:00pm

Gary Desoto Builing

Sterling, CO

Speakers, Vendors, Information, Networking, Food Trucks and Brew Pub! Social Hour following event at Parts & Labor Brewery

Cost $25.00 per person

Co-Hosted by NECOM and Pro15. Registration and Agenda available on June 1, 2017 on registration link. Vendor and Sponsor Information: 970-867-9167 & cathy@rcix.net

In Site Tour – Vestas Windsor

Tuesday, July 18th, 9:00am – 11:00am
Vestas Windsor
11140 Eastman Park Dr.
Windsor, CO 80550

Vestas is the only global energy company dedicated exclusively to wind energy. The blades factory in Windsor is one of four Vestas factories built in Colorado – and it was the first factory built in Colorado (in 2007).

No cost to attend, but registration required. Please note due to limited ticketing, manufacturers will receive priority. Registration closes July 14th at noon.

CAMA Annual Golf Tournament

Friday, August 4th, 8:00am – 2:00pm

Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course

2156 Red Hawk Ridge Dr

Castle Rock, CO 80109

Proceeds benefit workforce programs that fill the manufacturing talent pipeline.

Individual Golfers – $175

Foursome – $700

Announcements

Membership List on the Website

We will be adding a list of company names who are members of the Partnership on our website. Please email nocomfg@gmail.com if you don’t want your company listed. NO contact info will be included, just a website link.

AIAG- Automotive Industry Group

Please see the Home Page on our website for a tremendous free membership opportunity to the AIAG- Automotive Industry Group.This opportunity is for anyone in manufacturing that wants to have engagement with best practices and free education on updating, implementing, and building a cost effective quality system. The automotive industry leads by example and a lot of industries utilize the automotive standards to guide how they set up their quality systems. If you are interested in becoming ISO certified as well as TS certified.

NoCo Scholarships 2017

Click HERE for information on the scholarship program and application. Please note application deadline is June 1, 2017!

Committee Updates

Rocks! with Talent Committee

This committee continues to be incredibly busy working to promote manufacturing as a career for students and to encourage dialogue between education and industry to align their training and workforce needs.

Committee Monthly Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month
For more information email NoCoMfg@gmail.com

Below is a graph which shows the impact of the work of this committee and a marketing piece about presentations for teachers and administrators to promote the work of the partnership:

Click HERE for Mfg Rocks! Graph

Click HERE for the In-Class Presentations Flyer

Networks Committee

This committee focuses on the NOCOM Manufacturing and Trade Show, newsletter, In-site Tours, Lunch and Learns and website updates – Keeping you connected!

Committee Monthly Meetings: 3rd Friday of the month
For more information email NoCoMfg@gmail.com