Proceeds will benefit SME Education Foundation

What: Manufacturing organization SME will host runners and walkers in a Manufacturing Day 5K race event. Manufacturing Day is a nationally recognized observation of current technologies, workforce opportunity and future direction of American manufacturing.

Media can shoot and interview runners; SME representatives can discuss Manufacturing Day. Please contact SME prior to event arrange interviews.

Details about the run and registration can be found at http://www.sme.org/mfgday5k/

When:
Saturday, October 3, 2015, 8:30 AM

Where:
1 SME Drive, Dearborn, MI 48128
(Henry Ford College Campus at the Welcome Center)

About SME
SME connects all those who are passionate about making things that improve our world. As a nonprofit organization, SME has served practitioners, companies, educators, government and communities across the manufacturing spectrum for more than 80 years. Through its strategic areas of events, media, membership, training and development, and the SME Education Foundation, SME is uniquely dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing by addressing both knowledge and skills needed for the industry. Learn more at sme.org, follow  @SME_MFG on Twitter or  facebook.com/SMEmfg.

About Manufacturing Day
MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn't. By working together during and after MFG DAY, manufacturers will begin to address the skilled labor shortage they face, connect with future generations, take charge of the public image of manufacturing, and ensure the ongoing prosperity of the whole industry.

Supported by a group of industry sponsors and co-producers, MFG DAY is designed to amplify the voice of individual manufacturers and coordinate a collective chorus of manufacturers with common concerns and challenges. The rallying point for a growing mass movement, MFG DAY empowers manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help their communities and future generations thrive.

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