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Online Courses for Smaller Manufacturers Supplying the Auto Industry

Online Courses for Smaller Motor Vehicle Industry ManufacturersManufacturers who supply the motor vehicle industry now have access to a FREE online training opportunity for their shop floor employees.

For companies with less than 50 employees, MAGNET is offering a training series on Lean process improvement. These free, self-guided training modules can be taken whenever it’s convenient for you and your employees.

Find out how this training can provide immediate, bottom-line enhancing changes to your workplace and workforce. More details and how to register here!

Manufacturer's ResourceLink Spotlight INTREPID Performance Concepts, LLC guides organizations through Dramatic Performance Improvements.

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Northern Ohio Manufacturing News

  • AP: Ford celebrates profit, turns corner in recovery
  • Y-Town Vindy: Local company diversifies into solar market
  • Crain's Cleve Biz: NEO trade mission to UK set for June
  • Industry Week: Manufacturers cautiously optimistic about 2010
  • View all the latest news briefs

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"Dream It! Do It!"

Did you know that advanced manufacturing jobs pay an average of $54K a year?

  • The manufacturing sector contributes $84 billion to Ohio’s economy.
  • Ohio is still the 3rd largest manufacturing state when measured by Gross State Product.
  • Ohio’s manufacturing industry directly employs 740,000 people.

Find out about the exciting, well-paying manufacturing careers available to you at MAGNET's Dream It. Do It. Northeast Ohio Web Site.

News Spotlight

President Obama's Lorain County Visit: Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Huffington Post, January 22, 2010
Student at LCCC's Wind Energy Training FacilityElyria, Ohio—The White House released a 7-minute video of the advance preparations for President Obama's visit to Lorain County today (January 22). The video includes interviews with students training for alternative energy careers at LCCC and with workers at several manufacturing plants in Lorain County.

 

 

The case for product reinvention, by Jonathan Katz, Industry Week, January 20, 2010
Eastlake, Ohio—Industry Week profiles Astro Manufacturing & Design's transition from a designer and manufacturer of automation and test systems for the auto industry to becoming one of the nation's premiere medical-device manufacturing companies.

Manufacturing industry demands spawn need for degree, Crain's Cleveland Business, January 4, 2010 (Subscription)
Kirtland, Ohio—Lakeland Community College will be offering an advanced manufacturing degree in 2010, thanks to some help by a group of area manufacturers who say they believe they will be hungry for more workers in the years ahead.

The Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network supports and champions manufacturing in Northern Ohio. MAGNET is the voice for the region's manufacturers.

Since 1984, the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, MAGNET, has assisted thousands of manufacturers through its Edison Technology Center programs, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Services and Business Incubation programs. Recently MAGNET has expanded its mission to assist manufacturers through programs that address manufacturing-related Education, Competitiveness, Innovation and Regulatory Affairs. MAGNET is a “one-stop shop” for entrepreneurs and technology-driven manufacturers seeking resources to become or remain globally competitive.