SME Membership Blogs

SME’s Japan Chapter 180 toured Nikon’s Kumagai Factory, showcasing advancements in semiconductor tech. Southern Piedmont Chapter 182 attended Chiron’s Open House, focusing on manufacturing innovations and the Apprenticeship 2000 program.

Two decades ago, a series of formal meetings at SME’s WESTEC 2004 – hosted by Boeing – brought together SME members, prime contractors in the aerospace industry, college educators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Crafting a resume that captures the attention of recruiters can be a challenging task. To help job seekers navigate this critical aspect of their career journey, SME recently hosted a SME Career Café featuring Master Personal Branding and Digital Strategist, Laura Johnson, and Executive Client Partner and Career Transition & Job Search Strategist, Arthur Hughes.

Steve Jones is an operations consultant in IIoT at Steelcase, an office, hospital and classroom furniture manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Member Since 2016 

As a champion for the next generation of talent in the ever-evolving field of manufacturing, SME believes in the promise of additive manufacturing (AM), an advanced technology that has already greatly transformed the industry and will continue to do.

On June 21 at AWT’s Transformation Training Center in Mentor, Ohio, the AWT and SME initiative – EmpowerHer – continued with an in-person panel of leaders from various sectors to discuss empowering women in STEM as part of AWT’s "Summer Manufacturing Institute," a series of STEM-to-career summer camps tailored for 5th and 6th-grade students.