Ladies making a distinction in South Carolina’s manufacturing {industry} shall be honored throughout the South Carolina Manufacturing Convention and Expo in Greenville.
The inaugural Manufacturing Professionals awards will acknowledge 10 girls making an affect within the manufacturing sector and in the neighborhood in The Palmetto State. Honorees shall be revealed throughout the luncheon occasion.
The luncheon , to happen from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Greenville Conference Heart, 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville, may also characteristic an all-female panel dialogue moderated by Catherine Hayes, {industry} supervisor for the South Carolina Research Authority.
Panelists embody:
- Mary Elen Grom, govt director, customer support options, AFL;
- Nicki Creech, management and transformation specialist, BMW Group;
- Elba Lizardi, Web site director, BASF’s Environmental Catalyst and Metallic Options;
- Leslie Farmer, program integrator, Lockheed Martin; and
- Annekathrin Mueller, vp, business plant supervisor, Charleston, Bosch in North America.
To register for the South Carolina Manufacturing Convention and Expo, click on here.
The Manufacturing Professionals awards are a part of a full slate of producing industry-specific content material deliberate for the convention.
Associated content material: Why South Carolina represents the future of manufacturing
A spotlight of the convention is a keynote from Rodger Fuller, chief working officer of Sonoco Products Co., a publicly traded international supplier of packaging merchandise primarily based in Hartsville, and the one Fortune 500 firm headquartered in South Carolina. Fuller is charged with driving an elevated concentrate on centralization and standardization for the corporate’s largest built-in companies.
A Thursday morning panel dialogue will deal with closing the talents hole and supply insights on how producers can upskill their workforce and learn how to rent new staff members to match the demand for expert positions.
Panelists embody:
- David Clayton, govt director, Clemson College Worldwide Heart for Automotive Analysis;
- Brad Neese, vp for financial growth, SC Technical Faculty System;
- Rebecca Battle-Bryant, president, Battle Plan Consulting LLC; and
- Mark Cecchini, affiliate dean of govt training, College of South Carolina
A Friday morning panel dialogue will supply options for producers looking for to innovate by means of digital transformation and embody real-world perception on learn how to evolve within the ever-changing know-how panorama gripping the manufacturing {industry}.
Panelists embody:
- Tim Hayden, CEO, Sargent Metallic;
- Ramy Harik, professor of mechanical engineering, College of South Carolina;
- Grant Phillips, president, REI Automation; and
- Toby Stansell, CEO, Cargo.
The convention shall be capped by the annual SCMEP Salute to Manufacturing Awards Luncheon, in partnership with the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
The awards will honor producers in 5 classes:
- Rising Producer of the Yr Award: This award is introduced to 1 firm that has been in operation for 5 or fewer years and has demonstrated superior efficiency.
- Innovator of the Yr Award: This award acknowledges an organization that has, by means of the innovation of recent gadgets, concepts/innovations and/or processes, reworked their enterprise and bettered the South Carolina manufacturing group.
- Outreach Award: This award honors a producer making a tangible and measurable affect on communities in South Carolina.
- Transformational and Operational Excellence Award: That is awarded to an organization that may exhibit to the enterprise group actual world, bottom-line outcomes achieved by means of the adoption of steady enchancment and/or operational excellence instruments and methods.
- Chuck Spangler Excellent Manufacturing Lifetime Service Award: This award acknowledges a person whose contributions have had a major and lasting affect on the South Carolina manufacturing group over a number of years.
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