Press Releases

SME has announced that Robert “Bob“ Willig has been named as its executive director and CEO.

SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce, has announced its 2020 election results for incoming officers, directors and council representatives.

SME’s 2020 Additive Manufacturing Industry Awards will celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of individuals, teams and companies that have had significant impact commercializing additive manufacturing.

Horlick High School, part of the Racine Unified School District, has partnered with the SME Education Foundation to make manufacturing and engineering education and career opportunities available for students via the Foundation’s Partnership Response In Manufacturing Education (PRIME) schools initiative.

The Best of SMX Virtual Event will bring together manufacturing’s most strategic minds to discuss crucial strategic and workforce issues, as well as eight disruptive technologies destined to change the face of manufacturing globally over the next decade.

Unadilla Valley Central Schools have partnered with the SME Education Foundation to make manufacturing and engineering education and career opportunities available for students of Unadilla Valley High School in New Berlin, New York.

The SME Education Foundation has received investments from Caterpillar Inc. and Amazon to help ensure that distance-learning opportunities become available for thousands of career and technical education students across the country.

The Flagstar Bank Foundation has announced a significant contribution to the SME Education Foundation to implement an SME PRIME program at Pontiac High School. The Flagstar Foundation teamed up with the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to support the initiative to bring manufacturing and engineering education and career opportunities to Pontiac High School students.

The Lean Certification Alliance ― a partnership of three leading nonprofit organizations that include the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, the Shingo Institute and SME ― announced the addition of the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership as the newest endorser of the Lean Certification Program.

The Women in Manufacturing Association has announced the outstanding women leaders who make up the inaugural class of the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame. The group is to be inducted into the Hall of Fame with a ceremony and celebration in October as part of WiM’s 10th annual SUMMIT event.