NBT 2015 Advanced Manufacturing Camp
Year 4 for an NBT camp at Anoka Technical College in Minnesota. This year’s students got an introduction to field of biomedical manufacturing through their plant tours of RMS Surgical and Juno Pacific.
ICC TEK 2 GO Camp
Tek 2 Go camp has been held at Itawamba Community College in Tupelo, Miss. for several years and mentored by Hawkeye Industries. Watch this year’s campers make their projects using the latest manufacturing equipment during their project day at Hawkeye.
Summer camp teaches girls how to weld
Fox Valley Technical College in Oshkosh, WI held its first girls summer camp focused on welding. The group of high school students who participated got to explore a field with high demand, but a very small percentage of female workers. View this story created by Fox News in Green Bay, WI.
My Career Matters!
You probably thought only doctors and nurses can save lives. This video demonstrates how a career in manufacturing can also save lives and it highlights a number of different manufacturing career paths in the plastics industry.
Anoka Technical College Camp
The summer manufacturing camps at Anoka Technical College in Minnesota are the perfect demonstration of the NBT camp model: they demonstrate what manufacturing is, allow for hands-on experiences with multiple manufacturing technologies, provide insights into local manufacturing companies, and introduce kids to the variety of career options that can be found in manufacturing environments.
Students Earn Manufacturing Scholarships for Spring 2015
ROCKFORD, Ill., Jan. 22, 2015 – Thirteen students pursuing careers in manufacturing each earned $2,500 toward their post-secondary studies from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA). For the Spring 2015 semester, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT) awarded manufacturing scholarships to the following students:
- Angela Aviles, Palatine, Ill., welding technology/maintenance technology at Harper College
- Louis Bogowith, Gainesville, Mo., welding at Lincoln College of Technology
- Jovani Blas, Franklin Park, Ill., engineering technology/mechanical design at Triton College
- Michael Czerniakowski, Toledo, Ohio, engineering at The Ohio State University
- John Dubravec, Rockford, Mich., engineering manufacturing at University of Michigan
- Mark Emond, Jr., Oxford, Wis., automated manufacturing systems technology (AMST) at Madison Area Technical College (MATC)
- Michael Murphy, Marion, Iowa, CNC machining at Kirkwood Community College
- Morgan Nash, Kettering, Ohio, mechanical engineering at The Ohio State University
- Robert Robinson, Niceville, Fla., drafting and design at Northwest Florida State College
- Titus Shumaker, Oxford, Mich., mechanical engineering at Kettering University
- Joshua Smith, Loveland, Colo., biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at Colorado State University
- Sydney Tefft, Salem, Ill., mechanical engineering at Saint Louis University
- James McClure, Zimmerman, Minn., mechanical drafting at Anoka Technical College
NBT Announces 2015 Manufacturing Camp Grant Winners
25 Grants Awarded to Community and Technical Colleges Offering Day Camp Experiences for Youth Rockford, Ill., February 2, 2015 – Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.® (FMA), announces the winners of its 2015 Summer Manufacturing Camp grants.
TEK Starz Camp Video
The TEK Starz student group participated in a NBT Summer Manufacturing Camp at the Arkansas State University Newport – Jonesboro Campus. The Camp took place June 9 – 13, 2014.
How Do You Become an Engineer?
Chris Osterholz works as a process engineer at Eclipse in Rockford, IL. He got his first introduction to manufacturing when he was just 14. He talks about the many steps in his life that took him from a 14-year old yard crew member to degreed engineer.
2014 Manufacturing Camp Grant Winners
20 Grants Awarded to Community and Technical Colleges offering Day Camp Experiences for Youth ROCKFORD, ILL., June 2, 2014 – Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), announces the winners of its 2014 manufacturing camp grant awards.
