Manufacturing Month CA 2024

Highlighting the Work of Manufacturers
& Energizing a Future Pipeline of Skilled Workers

What are Manufacturing Day and Manufacturing Month CA?
National Manufacturing Day, an annual event that occurs on the first Friday of every October, is an occasion during which manufacturers open their doors, showcase the potential of modern manufacturing, and foster interest in manufacturing careers. Manufacturing Day 2024 was officially observed on Friday, October 4th, but since manufacturing in California is too big for a single day, we celebrated MFG Month CA! Events have typically included in-person plant tours; however, due to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, MFG Month CA incorporated both in-person and virtual events this year! The benefit of virtual events is the increased capacity for interested participants, as well as the ability to re-purpose and repackage the content, since everything is digital. 

 



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To further expand on National Manufacturing Day, CMTC has created Manufacturing Month CA to encompass the wide range of manufacturing activities throughout the month of October.

National Manufacturing Day Mission

National Manufacturing 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.

Manufacturing Month CA 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, Manufacturing Month CA empowers manufacturers to come together to address their collective challenges so they can help their communities and future generations thrive. 

What Participants Are Saying About Manufacturing Day?

We need to get kids excited about manufacturing. …we need them desperately. They’re scratching their heads a lot and getting curious and that’s really what National Manufacturing Day is all about, to fertilize their curiosity.

Gary Johnson

VP, Ace Clearwater Enterprises

I get all my students jobs and in order to get them jobs I need to know what's out there

Max Lizarrago

Prof. Industrial Design & Eng., Mt San Antonio College

Re-invigorating the ancient art of glassmaking while maintaining U.S. manufacturing standards with advanced technology— time honored old world skilled artistry with modern innovation.

Annieglass

Manufacturer in Santa Cruz County

SFMade’s mission is to build and support a vibrant manufacturing sector in San Francisco, that sustains companies producing locally-made products, encourages entrepreneurship and innovation, and creates employment opportunities for a diverse local workforce.

SFMade

CMN resource partner in San Francisco

North County is home to manufacturing and engineering companies that collectively employ more than 55,000 workers. At the 2019 San Diego North County event, participants can explore interactive displays and talk to the experts from more than 30 manufacturing and engineering companies located in North County.

Expo Organizer

San Diego North County

While a shortage of workers is pushing wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor's degree is softening, even as the price — and the average debt into which it plunges students — keeps going up.

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