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SUMMARY:Metroplex Manufacturing Resource Expo
DESCRIPTION:Thawed out from the winter storm and ready for it’s comeback\, the Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Resource Expo has been rescheduled!  \n\n\n\nNOTE: New Location\, bigger location too! Impact Center Arlington! See address below! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor our third event in our series\, join TMAC and the Arlington Economic Development Corporation for the North Texas Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Resource Expo. Manufacturing is the keystone sector to increase the sustainable development and economic competitiveness of the Metroplex.  \n\n\n\nDuring the Summit\, we will discuss real action items to build a more robust and resilient local manufacturing ecosystem and help our manufacturers survive in global uncertainty. \n\n\n\nAfter the summit discussion\, stay for our Metroplex Manufacturing Resource Expo. Meet organizations who can help you grow. If you are interested in reserving one of our available booths\, please reach out to us at outreach@tmac.org. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBoth the Summit and the Resource Expo are free for manufacturers with qualifying NAICS codes (check HERE and enter your type of manufacturing to find your NAICS code)\, municipalities\, non-profits\, ISD’s\, and state and federal agencies. \n\n\n\nFor all others\, cost to attend is $50. \n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n9:00 AMCoffee & Networking9:30 AMMetroplex Manufacturing Leadership Summit10:30 AMMetroplex Manufacturing Resource Expo\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResource Organizations
URL:https://tmacdfw.org/event-calendar/metroplex-manufacturing-resource-expo/
LOCATION:Impact Center\, 3120 E. Pioneer Pkwy\, Arlington\, TX\, 76010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Strategy First\, Tech Second
DESCRIPTION:This is the workshop you asked for: Marketing & Workforce Development. A flat-out\, solutions-driven opportunity to learn from one of the manufacturing industry’s leading\, creative social marketing and workforce developer\, Jacob Sanchez. \n\n\n\nGet real action items from “Strategy First\, Tech Second: Marketing and Workforce Action to Grow Your Business:” \n\n\n\n\nSteps to develop autonomy in your team\n\n\n\nMarketing that speaks your industry’s language\n\n\n\nEngaging with the 3 tiers of 21st century social marketing\n\n\n\nCreating “Career Quests” for new hired talent\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend: \n\n\n\n\nSmall and Medium business owners trying to advance past the competition.\n\n\n\nSolo industrial marketers trying to grow themselves and their department.\n\n\n\nManufacturers looking to invest in NextGen workers\, while growing their current workers as well.\n\n\n\nHead programmers and Shop Leads looking to advance their career.\n\n\n\n\nCost: \n\n\n\n$50 per person \n\n\n\nRaffle Prize: \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nKennametal Swag Box  \n\n\n\n*must be in attendance to win \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Jacob Sanchez\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob Sanchez represents a new generation of manufacturing and automation leadership. One built on autonomy and a respect for the 21st century tools available. With 11 years of experience as a 5-axis CNC machinist and custom automation engineer\, Jacob built his expertise directly on the shop floor before moving into the front lines of creative content\, tradeshow hosting\, and industrial community building. \n\n\n\nOne of the starting members for the Titans of CNC\, Jacob has become a recognized voice for industry innovation\, appearing on more than 18 industry-leading podcasts and speaking on stages across the country. He has hosted national trade shows\, key talent for the MSC industrial supply YouTube show “HOW TO”\, and has built a personal content reach of more than 10 million viewers worldwide. \n\n\n\nNow\, as a Gen Z\, self-taught marketer and community builder\, Jacob bridges the gap between technical expertise and digital influence. He continues to champion inclusion\, low-cost automation\, and workforce development\, showing manufacturers of every size that the future of industry won’t just be built by technology. It will be led by the people bold enough to share it with the world.  \n\n\n\nSwag Box Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://tmacdfw.org/event-calendar/strategy-first-tech-second/
LOCATION:Impact Center\, 3120 E. Pioneer Pkwy\, Arlington\, TX\, 76010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Metroplex Manufacturing Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:EVENT IS FULL!!!  \n\n\n\nWe are truly sorry to have to close registration for this event\, but for the safety of the students and attendees already registered\, we need to cap registration. So sorry! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n2025 TMAC Metroplex Manufacturing Day isn’t just another campus visit\, it’s a full (electric) throttle\, hands-on\, career-connected experience designed to get students excited about what’s possible in modern manufacturing. \n\n\n\nIf you’re an instructor looking to show students how their interests connect to real careers\, this is the event for you. And If you’re a manufacturer\, you’ll see tomorrow’s workforce in action\, meet instructors who are shaping talent\, and learn how to bring the Werk Wagon to your own facility. \n\n\n\nWe’re loading up the coolest tech\, the sharpest minds\, and the most useful career exploration tools this side of the shop floor. \n\n\n\nJoin the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) and Impact Center Arlington as we bring together students and manufacturers to network and learn about the new innovations that are available in manufacturing careers. Registration is free for attendees! \n\n\n\nWhat’s Happening at the Event? \n\n\n\n\nThe Werk WagonA mobile\, modifiable\, tech-packed training lab that brings automation\, robotics\, and industrial maintenance training directly to your school or facility. Touch it\, walk through it\, picture it pulling up to your parking lot. It’s a full manufacturing classroom on wheels.\n\n\n\nMozeeExperience a driverless\, electric\, multi-passenger vehicle developed right here in North Texas. Mozee’s a hit with students and manufacturers alike and a great way to show how automation\, AI\, and how software meets the shop floor.\n\n\n\nWorkforce Solutions for Tarrant County – VR Goggle ExperienceStep into a virtual job site. These headsets let students experience real work environments in manufacturing\, welding\, construction\, and more\, without leaving the event. It’s immersive\, realistic\, and a great way to explore careers they may not have considered.\n\n\n\nTexas A&M Engineer Experiment StationHands-on robotics workshop where students will be able to program a robot and discover what’s possible in industrial automation.\n\n\n\nUniversity of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI)From robotics to advanced R&D\, UTARI is where high-tech ideas go from whiteboard to working prototype. Their demos show how research and real-world solutions collide.\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Mini-Sessions for Modern MakersThese mini-talks feature creators and professionals reshaping manufacturing and community through creativity\, business\, and social impact. \n\n\n\nWho Should Attend: \n\n\n\n\nInstructors and program leaders at high schools\, CTE centers\, and vocational training schools\n\n\n\nSTEM educators looking to connect curriculum to real-world careers\n\n\n\nManufacturers who want to meet future hires\, find real workforce training tools\, or just stop saying “skills gap” into the void.\n\n\n\nStudents interested in technology\, problem-solving\, building things\, or just figuring out what comes next\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n\n\n9:30 AMDoors\, Vendor Fair & Demos Open9:30 AMModern Maker: Texas A&M Robotics Workshop – Introduction to Industrial Automation10:00 AMModern Makers Quick Talk 1 10:30 AMModern Maker: Texas A&M Robotics Workshop – Introduction to Industrial Automation10:30 AMModern Makers Quick Talk 211:00 AMModern Makers Quick Talk 311:30 AMManufacturing Keynote Speaker11:50 AMLunch Service Begins12:05 PMRemarks by UTA President Dr. Jennifer Cowley 12:15 PMPanel Discussion Bridging the Gap1:00 PMHigh School Students Depart1:00 PM Speed Job & Apprenticeship Fair2:00 PMEvent Close\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibitors and Demos:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors & Partners \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://tmacdfw.org/event-calendar/metroplex-manufacturing-day-2025/
LOCATION:Impact Center\, 3120 E. Pioneer Pkwy\, Arlington\, TX\, 76010\, United States
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