Please register for the Virtual CMISP quarterly meeting on July 9, 2020 at 9:00 AM
More information to follow.
Join us for a free webinar to learn from manufacturing employers who have successfully implemented apprenticeship models to attract, train and retain 21st century talent. Hear directly from employers and partners who run apprenticeship programs about why this strategy helps them find and train qualified candidates for their open positions.
Come with your questions and learn about resources available to defray training costs. If interested, we will work with you to integrate apprenticeships into your current practices and hiring strategy.
Please join us for the next CMISP quarterly meeting on April 9, 2020 at 8:00 AM
Following the meeting, GC America will provide a tour of their new facility.
Our friends at Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business are hosting a discussion on how socially responsible businesses are responding to COVID-19. We’ll be joined by four business leaders whose companies are meeting this moment, as well as a leading scholar of global corporate social responsibility.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Manufacturing Matchmaking event is an excellent, local opportunity for manufacturing representatives to meet with potential new customers and/or suppliers; share information, samples and more that could help secure a new partner for business.
Pre-register for Manufacturing Matchmaking on March 26, 2020 and be the first to get notified when registration opens.
How It Works
Once registration is complete, a listing of all participating companies will be emailed to registrants.
Participants review the list, then select and rank preferred matches using our convenient online selection form.
Several days prior to the event, you will receive your detailed matchmaking schedules.
Formal matchmaking meetings will end at 12:00pm for continued open networking during lunch.
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON FEBRUARY 14!
The registration deadline is essential (and early!) to allow for the matching to be appropriately facilitated. Please be sure to sign up early as appointments will be FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. We will try our best to accommodate your priority match requests.
Register as a Non-Manufacturing Partner
Companies that do not have a manufacturing NAICS code but contribute a product or service to the overall manufacturing process will have the opportunity to participate in an exhibitor forum that occurs in tandem with the matchmaking sessions.
AGENDA
8:00am – Registration
8:30am – Welcome
8:35am - Conversations with MakingChips: Jason, Jim, and Nick believe that manufacturing is challenging, but if you are connected to a community of leaders, you can elevate your skills, solve your problems, and grow your business. MakingChips is designed to equip and inspire manufacturing leaders to succeed in the challenging world of manufacturing.
Jim Carr is a Manufacturing Leader and CEO of a precision machining facility, Carr Machine & Tool, Inc.
Jason Zenger is President and Owner of Zengers
Nick Goellner is Sales and Marketing Director for Advanced Machine & Engineering
9:30am to Noon – Company-to-Company Matchmaking meetings and Non-Manufacturer Exhibit & Showcase
Noon-1:00pm – Networking Lunch
Cost: $250 per manufacturer. $400 per non-manufacturer. Registration includes breakfast and lunch.
Sponsor: IMEC; Chicago Metro Metals Consortium; Cook County Bureau of Economic Development
Contact: Emily Lee Christine Nappo
309-677-4633 312-603-1071
elee@imec.org christine.nappo@cookcountyil.gov
The Manufacturing Job Fair will immediately follow the Career Fair.
For more information, contact Kevin Thomas at kthomas@hf233.org or call 708-335-5660.
To attend or participate in the career fair, contact Kevin Thomas at kthomas@hf233.org or call 708-335-5660.
This meeting will be an opportunity for you to provide feedback about the skills necessary for your future talent needs. The new Perkins V Grant requires input from various industry sectors, including manufacturing. The conversation will inform the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment being conducted by all school districts in the state as a part of their application for Perkins V funding. This federal funding supports career and technical education and offers students the opportunity to explore, choose, and follow programs of study and career pathways to earn credentials of value.
RSVP and join us! Breakfast provided.
Exact date and time will be updated soon.
There a Career Day and a Class Visit event that will be scheduled soon. Stay tuned!
Contact Asst. Principal, Dr. Jon Kahney, at jkahney@bhsd228.com or 708-647-4806
Please join us for the next CMISP quarterly meeting on January 23, 2020 at 11:15 AM following the Robotics Meet & Greet kick-off. The meeting will be used to plan priorities for 2020. A light lunch will be provided.
Following the CMISP meeting, Prairie State College will provide a tour of their new innovative mobile training centers! Prairie State’s new mobile training centers are housed in two, 53-foot trailers that will be pulled by semi-tractor trucks. One contains welding stations, while the other unit is equipped with 3D printers, robotics and computer numerical control, or CNC, machines. The $1.6 million investment will help retain crucial manufacturing jobs in the south suburbs. Join us for tour and read more about the mobile training centers here.
See you on January 23rd!
This event is designed to bring professionals and students together to discuss the upcoming Southworks Olympics event, as well as different college and career paths available.
Mark your calendars to join us on January 23, 2020 at Prairie State College!
Exact date and time will be updated soon.
In the meanwhile, contact Dr. Jerry Lee Anderson, HF Principal, at janderson@hf233.org or 708-939-3575
More details to come for District 228.
In the meanwhile, contact Renee Mack at rmack@bhsd228.com or 708-371-3600 ext. 8140
You are invited to the annual CMISP Holiday Networking event on December 19. Come mingle with CMISP members and meet your industry peers!
Your first drink is sponsored by the Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation!
Hear directly from employers and partners with expertise in IT apprenticeships. Apprenticeships provide a direct pathway to existing, in-demand, skilled jobs and give students valuable hands-on experience while they study towards a degree. Learn about these programs, why this strategy helps employers find and train qualified candidates for their open positions and how to defray training costs.
We hope you can join us for this win-win opportunity!
A networking breakfast will be served from 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM. The program begins at 8:30 AM. and features:
Morgan Diamond, Midwest Program Manager, Young Invincibles
Elliott Esparza, Technical Education Manager, National Able Network
Dave Jacobs, Director, IT Sector Center, National Able Network
Prairie State College
Daniel Serota, Manager, Public Affairs, Aon
AMTRAK and ALSTOM have selected LB Steel as the supplier of choice to represent the new AMTRAK High-Speed Bullet Train Project for manufacturers in the Midwest! LB Steel is inviting you to a reception celebrating that in an event to take place at LB Steel on Wednesday, December 4th , at 1:30 PM.
The purpose of this event will be to highlight Made in America Products for the very first High-Speed Bullet Train in America through a U.S. based company, LB Steel.
This will be a high profile visit involving executives from AMTRAK, ALSTOM, Cook County Officials, and State of Illinois Officials. The media will also be there including news outlets, photographers, and a reporter from the Wall Street Journal.
Highlights of the afternoon’s topic: AMTRAK'S NEXT-GEN ACELA HIGH-SPEED TRAINSETS BY ALSTOM STIMULATES CHICAGOLAND ECONOMY
Alstom's supplier network for the Acela trainsets not only will move Amtrak customers in the Northeast Corridor at speeds up to 160 mph, but also boosts local economies across the U.S., including DBEs and SBEs.
The emergence of High-Speed Rail Manufacturing in the U.S. is becoming a reality.
The wheel assemblies and other components built by LB Steel and other suppliers are produced into the Acela trainsets at Alstom's facility in Hornell, N.Y.
The Amtrak Acela service trainsets are scheduled to enter service in the Northeast Corridor connecting Boston to Washington, D.C. through New York City in 2021. Prototype testing is set for next year.
CMISP is hosting its quarterly meeting at Prairie State College to provide you with a sneak peek of their new innovative mobile training centers before they are open to the public! Prairie State’s new mobile training centers are housed in two, 53-foot trailers that will be pulled by semi-tractor trucks. One contains welding stations, while the other unit is equipped with 3D printers, robotics and computer numerical control, or CNC, machines. The $1.6 million investment will help retain crucial manufacturing jobs in the south suburbs. Join us for tour and read more about the mobile training centers here.
We hope to see you on November 19th!
Please contact Mike Wilson mwilson@rich227.org
Open to public: They are hosing a robotics tournament on November 2nd. They need people and resources for this to run well.
Please contact Linda Otey for more information
Please contact Joe Sieczkowski. It’s invite only
We are in the process of piloting "D230 Works" which is a work based learning (WBL) program we are developing. For this year, we focusing our time on job shadows that range from 1-3 days but also trying micro internships (under 30 hours) when we have a willing partner. This is being developed by our D230 Works (industry) Advisory Board.
For the fourth time, CMISP is bringing together school leaders and manufacturers to strengthen relationships and support the talent pipeline. If you are a school or a manufacturer in the Chicago southland, you are invited to join us.
This meeting will follow up on the action items from our last meeting in June, and outline next steps for continuing to move this partnership forward. We will meet at Morrison Container Handling Solutions, followed by an optional tour of their facility.
Morrison Container Handling Solutions
335 W 194 St.
Glenwood, IL
We hope to see you there!
Please contact Kevin Thomas, Applied Academics Department Chair
Please contact Marilyn Bittner or Cynthia Gonzalez
They are currently seeking representatives to speak with students regarding the manufacturing/construction/logistics pathway in addition to other career pathways.
Introduce Students to Manufacturing!
Manufacturing Day is celebrated nationally the first Friday of October, and in Illinois we celebrate the entire month!
Join Chicago Metro Metal Consortium and partners for Manufacturing Day 2019, where students learn about modern manufacturing by visiting local manufacturers and participating in interactive activities.
MFG Day Overview
MFG Day starts at 9:00 AM and students head back to school by 1:00 PM, with tours lasting an average of 1 - 1.5 hours
Students are transported from school to Daley College MTEC to learn about their manufacturing programs, and then visit local manufacturers to see manufacturing firsthand
Students participate in interactive activities, learning about modern manufacturing and related skills for employment
Companies sponsor bus transit and lunch for 20-25 students
Interested in learning more or participating?
Contact Vanessa Uribe
The event will begin with a MFG kickoff in Bloom Township's Workman Auditorium. After the kickoff, students will attend assigned industry tours where they will learn more about the growing field of manufacturing in our area. Following the industry tours, students will eat lunch and take guided tours of Prairie State's Industrial Technology department and learn about educational opportunities and certifications that prepare students for career pathways in the manufacturing, construction, engineering, and transportation career pathways.
For safety reasons, students and teachers are required to wear long pants, closed toed shoes and long sleeve shirts in order to tour manufacturing facilities. Students and teachers will be provided with safety equipment such as earplugs, safety glasses or hard hats as required by the facility.
Lunch will be provided.
Learn more: https://www.mfgday.com/events/2019/bloom-township-district-206-3
Schools and manufacturers in the calumet region are invited to participate in the Regional MFG Day event on October 1.
If you are interested, please contact Reggie Greenwood at 708.519.0432 or reggie.greenwood@gmail.com.
HF High School to host MFG Day event during MFG Day week.
For more information, contact Kevin Thomas at kthomas@hf233.org or 708-335-5660
Parent University is a free one-day conference parents of Bloom and Bloom Trail High School students held in the Conference Center at Prairie State College. Parents of high school students hear lectures from several education, business and parenting experts in a workshop environment.
For more information, contact Dorith Johnson at djohnson@sd206.org or 708-755-7010 ext 1125
Join us and hear directly from employers and partners who run apprenticeship programs about why this strategy helps them find and train qualified candidates for their open positions. Apprenticeship programs provide a direct pathway to existing, in-demand, skilled jobs and give students valuable hands-on experience while they study towards a degree.
Come with your questions and learn about resources available to defray training costs. If interested, we will work with you to integrate apprenticeships into your current practices and hiring strategy.
Agenda:
8:00 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome – Daley College
8:35 AM Apprenticeships 101
8:45 AM Employer Panel: Apprenticeships @ Work
Ann Zang, Alsip MiniMill
Dan Kolavo, Miniat
Frank Davis, Pactiv
Zach Mottl, Atlas Tool Works
Moderator: David Girzadas, Dean of Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing, MTEC
9:45 AM Wrap-up
10:00 AM MTEC Tour
APPRENTICESHIPS: Attracting, Training & Retaining 21st Century Talent!
September 18, 2019 | 8:00am - 10:00am
Daley College, Manufacturing Technology & Engineering Center (MTEC)
4101 W. 76th Street | Chicago , IL 60652
EVENT PARTNERS: Cook County and the Chicago Metro Metal Consortium, Daley College MTEC, City Colleges of Chicago, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Employment & Training, and TMA
Please join us for the CMISP quarterly meeting on Tuesday, August 20th.
We shared updates about CMISP, identifying upcoming events and opportunities for you, and discussing the next steps. This partnership is about how we can work together to support Calumet-area manufacturers and we need YOU to make that happen. Please join this important meeting!
CMISP Quarterly Meeting
August 20 | 8:00am - 10:30am
8:15am - 8:25am: Welcome & Introductions
8:55am - 8:40am: What is CMISP? Our Successes-to-Date
8:40am - 8:55am: Partner Update: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
8:55am - 9:10am: Recap: Breakfast with Schools on June 20th
9:10am - 9:15am: Update on Website
9:15am - 9:45am: Breakouts: B2B and Workforce
9:45am - 9:55am: Report-outs and Next Steps
9:55am - 10:00am: Thank You and Commitments to Next Steps
10:00am - 10:30am: Optional tour of Federal Signal
CMISP Quarterly Meeting
August 20 | 8:00am - 10:30am
Federal Signal | 2645 Federal Signal Drive University Park, Illinois 60484
Federal Signal Corporation is a global company with over 118 years in business and 12 manufacturing facilities in six different countries. Federal Signal designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial, and commercial customers under a variety of recognized brand names. It’s best known for its variety of emergency lighting, sirens, industrial equipment, and public safety solutions.
Save the Date for the next CMISP Quarterly Meeting on November 19, 2019
