NBT in the News
Officers elected to Nuts, Bolts, and Thingamajigs Foundation
(Metal Architecture, Nov. 2, 2011)
How Can We Attract Youth to Manufacturing Careers?
(Huffington Post, Oct. 20, 2011)
How Manufacturing Can Attract Young Talent Again
(Blog, softwareadvice.com)
At This Girl's Camp, Crafts Take a Drill Press
(New York Times, August 18, 2011)
Students get taste of hands-on manufacturing
(abcnewspapers.com, July 21, 2011)
Students awarded scholarships for manufacturing career studies
(PlantServices.com, July 7, 2011)
Scholarships Help Students prepare for manufacturing careers
(ThomasNet News, June 22, 2011)
High-tech balloon hunt
(Pine City Pioneer, June 22, 2011)
KidWorks completes first week in training to be entrepreneurs
(Rockford Register Star, June 17, 2011)
20 Students Awarded 2011 Scholarships for Manufacturing Studies
(scholarships)
Will tinkering ever get another chance?
(Cutting Tool Engineering Plus, May 2011)
Grant won: for nat'l manufacturing camp
(Oak Leaves, April 7, 2011)
Education Notes: Lee County, ICC receives grant for manufacturing camp
(NEMS360.com, April 1, 2011)
Kids’ Decisions Are Influenced by Hands-on Experiences
(Manufacturing 2.0, March 24, 2011)
Rock Valley College receives manufacturing grant
(Rockford Register Star, March 12, 2011)
PTC wins national grant
(Pine City Pioneer, March 3, 2011)
Sector primed to surge, but skilled labor lacking
(Inside Business: The Hampton Roads Business Journal, February 25, 2011)
NBT announces 2011 national manufacturing camp grant winners
(ThomasNet News, February 4, 2011)
Skilled worker shortage plagues many companies, even in economic downturn
(masslive.com, November 05, 2010)
FMA affiliate hands out scholarships
(Snips Magazine, October 1, 2010)
Skilled Manual Trades – More Evidence of the Worker Shortages & Crucial Need
(Mike Rowe Works, September 2010)
FMA Foundation awards manufacturing scholarships to 9 students.
(ThomasNet News, August 23, 2010)
Campers make 'thingamajigs'
(The Republican, August 20, 2010)
The importance of making stuff
(Agent-for-Change.com, August 19, 2010)
Youths learn to make Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs at Springfield Technical Community College summer camp
(masslive.com, August 19, 2010)
Springfield Mass. Camp on TV
(News crew visited the manufacturing camp at Springfield Technical Community College)
Manufacturing and Racing - Sweet combo at Fox Valley Technical College in Wisconsin
(Camera crews joined the crowd at FVTC in Appleton to watch kids in the Power of Manufacturing Camp test the race cars they built during their camp.)
Summer camp and the future of manufacturing
(Rockford Register Star, August 9, 2010)
Highly-Skilled Workforce is Necessary for America's 21st Century Manufacturing
(ApplianceMagazine.com, August 2010)
Future of Modern Manufacturing in the Hands of Local Students
(WIRF.com, July 28, 2010)
Camp exposes kids to manufacturing
(The Fergus Falls Daily Journal, July 27, 2010)
Girls manufacture fun at NWTC summer camp
(Green Bay Press Gazette, July 20, 2010)
Communications: Partnering With America’s Youth
(Maintenance Technology, July 9, 2010)
Students meet future at manufacturing camp
(The Pine City Pioneer, July 1, 2010)
Skilled teens make future of industry look brighter
(The Portland Press Herald, June 25, 2010)
MARTS 2010: Another Success All The Way Around
(Maintenace Technology, June 21, 2010)
2010 Summer Manufacturing Camp, Tupelo, MS
(WCBI News, June 7, 2010)
I’ll Take The Science Channel Over MTV Any Day
(Food Manufacturing, May 31, 2010)
FMA Wins Public Relations Award for Jobs Campaign
(ThomasNet News, May 13, 2010)
MCCC offering a biotech camp
(Philadelphia (PA) Business Journal, May 5, 2010)
The Nuts and Bolts of the Problem
(Business West, May 2010)
Manufacturing summer camp to feature Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs
(Moose Lake Star Gazette, April 30, 2010)
A Letter from FMA's CEO
(Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, April 29, 2010)
New partnership brings joys of manufacturing to more kids across the country
(PlantServices.com, April 12, 2010)
Manufacturers groups team up, offer camps
(BusinessRockford.com, April 10, 2010)
Skills Shortage Breeds New Training Opportunities For Future Manufacturing Workers
(WIFR.com, March 30, 2010)
New effort to get students involved in manufacturing industry
(WREX-TV Channel 13 (Rockford,IL), March 24, 2010)
Send your kids to manufacturing camp, says Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs
(Control Engineering, March 23, 2010)
New Partnership Brings Joys of Manufacturing to More Kids Across the Country
(Thomas Net News, March 23, 2010)
Bringing The Joys Of Manufacturing To Kids
(Product Design & Development, March 23, 2010)
New Partnership Brings Joys of Manufacturing to More Kids Across the Country
(FMA, March 23, 2010)
Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs
(Synfluent, February 25, 2010)
FMA helps with education initiative at Chicago high school
(ThomasNet News, February 10, 2010)
FMA receives Platinum Partner Award
(ThomasNet News, Jan. 20, 2010)
Little Hands Build Big Dreams
(Servo Magazine, January 2010)
Without Role Models, Students Opting Out of Manufacturing, Trades
(Mechanical Engineering, the magazine of ASME)
Americans Don't 'Tinker Around' with Hobbies, Home Repairs, Poll Shows
(ThomasNet News, Dec. 15, 2009)
Survey finds more in U.S. avoid hands-on projects or repairs
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 11, 2009)
Young people shun manufacturing careers despite industry's changes
(CENTRAL OHIO SOURCE, Dec. 07, 2009 )
Teens Turn Thumbs Down on Manufacturing Career, New Poll Shows
(Yahoo! Finance, Nov. 19, 2009)
Teens Show Little Interest in Manufacturing
(IndustryWeek, Nov. 19,2009)
Internships & Apprenticeships Win-Win Manufacturers
(US Tech Interactive, Nov. 1, 2009)
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Provides Support for Kids to Tinker Manufacturing Industry Needs Young Skilled Workers
(Tomorrow's Technician, Oct. 1, 2009)
Going Nuts (and Bolts) at Camp
(The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., July 18, 2009)
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Supports Future Inventors
(ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom, New York, N.Y., July 17, 2009)
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Camp - video
(WSLS-TV, Roanoke, Va., July 16, 2009)
Dual-Enrollment Programs Open Doors to Skilled Trades
(Reliable Machine Magazine, Tulsa, Okla., July 2009)
Saturday Academy Manufacturing Camp Will Be At WSU Vancouver This Summer
(Vancouver Business Journal, Vancouver, B.C., July 13, 2009)
How to Reach Us
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