Manufacturing Day 2026: Exhibitors, Sponsors, & Volunteers

Name: Manufacturing Day 2026: Exhibitors, Sponsors, & Volunteers
Start: 2026-10-02T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-10-02T15:00:00-05:00
Location: WSISD Fine Arts Academy

October 2 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Thank you for your consideration in being an Exhibitor, Sponsor, or Volunteer!

DEADLINE: To make sure we have your logo on our Modern Maker shirts, we need all Exhibitors, Sponsors, and Volunteers registered by Monday, August 31st! Thank you!!

EXHIBITORS:

Exhibitors, bring something interactive, demonstrative, or tactile that students and adult attendees can engage with.

Make a part students can hold in their hands?

Can you bring a piece of the equipment you use?

Create a game about how a product moves from sales to shipped?

Show them where your parts are used? A map, a plane, a hospital, or packing for their favorite snack?

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM US:

Access to an estimated 3,000 local high school students mostly in CTE or STEM programs interested in learning more about career opportunities in manufacturing
Access to local high school teachers and administrators to talk with them about what you need for floor-ready Modern Makers
An 8 ft table with 2 chairs (we will assign table locations)
Electricity for your table
Modern Maker tee shirts with your company logo (if registered by August 31st)
Included in our event guide which will be sent to students in advance of the day for them to review. Will include your company logo, a bit about you (pulled from your website), and a QR code linked directly to your website.
Lunch! Register all your booth attendees so we can have an accurate count for lunch.

MOVE IN: Move in will be from 8 – 9:00 AM on Friday, October 2nd. We open at 10 AM for attendees.

OPTIONAL DONATION: Booths are free, but if you want to help offset the cost of this event, you can make a $200 donation during the registration process.

SPONSORS:

Thank you for considering joining us in investing in the next generation of Modern Makers!

What your investment will help cover:

Feeding 3,000+ students, teachers, and administrators
Modern Maker tee shirts with all the logos of our co-hosts, exhibitors, sponsors, and volunteers who register by Aug 31st!
Teach & Administrator Thank You gift bags – all with products from North Texas
Printing costs for signage and event guides

Sponsorship Levels:

Co-Host- DONE, Thank you NTMA North Texas Chapter!
Venue – DONE, Thank you White Settlement ISD!
Volunteer – DONE, Thank you Tech FW!

Platinum Sponsor – $5,000

Individual LinkedIn social shoutouts for our sponsors throughout the months leading up MFG Day, top spot on the website, first listings in the Event Guide, thank you on all the printed materials, and part of the big Linked In thank you post following the event.

Gold – $1,000

Individual LinkedIn social shoutouts throughout the months leading up MFG Day, middle spot on the website, second listings in the Event Guide, thank you on all the printed materials, and part of the big Linked In thank you post following the event.

Silver – $500

Group LinkedIn social shoutouts throughout the months leading up MFG Day, group listings on the website and in the Event Guide, thank you on all the printed materials, and part of the big Linked In thank you post following the event.

Bronze – $250

Group LinkedIn social shoutouts throughout the months leading up MFG Day, group listing on the website and in the Event Guide, group thank you poster at the event, and part of the big Linked In thank you post following the event.

DON’T FORGET Lunch! Please register all your Sponsor Attendees so we can have an accurate count for lunch.

If you have any additional questions regarding being an Exhibitor or a Sponsor, please feel free to reach out to outreach@tmac.org.

VOLUNTEERS:

Help us give the students, teachers, administrators, and our exhibitors THE BEST experience possible! You can serve as a: