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PMAEF/Southern New England District 2024 Fall Scholarships

The Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation (PMAEF), in cooperation with PMA Districts, is offering scholarships...

EXPLORE MANUFACTURING: A Stop on CT Manufacturing Roadshow ’24

The CT Manufacturing Careers Roadshow Series is designed to raise awareness and pique interest in...

Bridgeport’s Bassick High students take flight in airplane they helped build

Some Bassick High School students watched as a single-propeller plane raced down a runway at...

Electric Boat: ‘Workforce is Our Weapon’

Expansion at Groton-based General Dynamics Electric Boat is not slowing down. Read on here: Electric...

Robots and happy workers: Productivity surge helps explain US economy’s surprising resilience

Read article here: Robots and happy workers: Productivity surge helps explain US economy’s surprising resilience

CT has an engineer shortage; some colleges are working to address the need

Read article here: CT has an engineer shortage; some colleges are working to address the...

CBIA BizCast: CTECS Expands Trades Career Pathways

With approximately 16,000 students, 20 school sites, two aerotech sites, and 18 trade school sites,...

Explore Manufacturing EXPO: A Stop on CT Manufacturing Roadshow ’23

Nearly 600 middle and high school students from two dozen schools took part in the...

Explore Manufacturing: A Stop on CT Manufacturing Roadshow

Nearly 600 middle and high school students from two dozen schools spent part of their...

CT MFG Calendar October-December

Friday, October 6, 2023 is National Manufacturing Day. But Connecticut shines a spotlight on manufacturing all month...

Connecticut’s worker shortage remains a persistent problem

Westfair Business Journal – By Justin McGown If every unemployed person in Connecticut were hired...

October Is Manufacturing Month – Empowering the Workforce of the Future

Manufacturing Month is just around the corner and exciting events across the state are already...

Workforce Development: The Student Perspective

Solving Connecticut’s workforce crisis will take a range of approaches and broad collaboration across business,...

LinkedIn Study Finds Hartford Region Near Top for Hiring Recent Grads

Finals may be over, but now comes the real test for Connecticut’s recent college graduates....

Made in Connecticut: Pez candy factory in the town of Orange

Follow this link to hear the story: Made in Connecticut: Pez candy factory in the...

Tech is changing Connecticut manufacturing.

State leaders are working to coordinate industry and academic efforts to adopt AI, big data...

Helping CT Manufacturers to Thrive with Paul Lavoie, CT’s Chief Manufacturing Officer

In this episode, Ari and Paul Lavoie, CT’s Chief Manufacturing Officer, wrap up what Paul...

Why CT manufacturers still face labor shortage after erasing pandemic job losses

Connecticut is still working to regain all the jobs that it lost during the first...

Skilled Workforce Development: What Should Guidance Counselors Tell Students?

About 48 million U.S. borrowers collectively owe upwards of $1.7 trillion in federal and private...

Manufacturing Training Success Story

Jeremy Claudio – Apprentice Toolmaker & CNC Machinist Truelove and Maclean Watertown, CT Before taking...