RIMA hosting business networking reception in celebration of R.I. Manufacturing Week

THE RHODE Island Manufacturers Association will host a business networking reception on Sept. 24 in celebration of Rhode Island Manufacturing Week and Manufacturing Day.
THE RHODE Island Manufacturers Association will host a business networking reception on Sept. 24 in celebration of Rhode Island Manufacturing Week and Manufacturing Day.

PAWTUCKET – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will host a business networking reception on Sept. 24 in celebration of Rhode Island Manufacturing Week and Manufacturing Day.

The event will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Slater Mill Museum. Sponsored by Eastern Insurance and KLR, it will feature Rhode Island-made beer, wine and food. Cost is $25 per person; advance reservations are required. Information can be found HERE.

“Rhode Island is home to more than 1,500 manufacturers who employ almost 10 percent of the private-sector workforce,” Bill McCourt, RIMA president, said in a statement.

“These are great companies with innovative products who provide well-paying jobs using cutting edge technologies. The perception of manufacturing is often antiquated and its overall importance in terms of economic value is certainly underestimated,” he said.

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Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has declared Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 Manufacturing Week.

Besides the networking reception, other related Manufacturing Week events include:

  • The Rhode Island College Design, Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Center will offer tours and demonstrations of manufacturing systems on Sept. 29 from 12:30-5 p.m. at Whipple Hall, room 101, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
  • Polaris MEP is launching its All Access Bus Tour on Sept. 29 as part of its Rocket program to help the state’s small manufacturers reach new levels of profitability, job growth and efficiency. The bus tour will take participants behind the scenes at WestRock in North Smithfield and Spectrum Thermal Processing in Cranston. The tour cost is $20 and seats are limited. Information can be found HERE.
  • A Manufacturing Career Awareness Expo on Sept. 30 at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston from 2-7:30 p.m.

For information, call RIMA at (401) 751-0160.

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