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Table of Contents 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration Other Area Events for Manufacturers
WIRE-Net's Mission WIRE-Net strengthens manufacturing to create healthy communities and fuel economic growth. WIRE-Net:
The views expressed in WIRE-Net's eNewsletter do not necessarily reflect those of our member companies or funders. To express your opinion or concerns, please contact John Colm at 216.588.1440, ext 105. |
Join the Party! 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration 
"You don't have to be a genius to recognize a great idea when you see one!" WIRE-Net is taking IDEO innovation and design guru Tom Kelley's vision one step further on June 23rd at 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration. Make new connections to markets, contacts, and business opportunities at a fun event where you can exhibit, network, and share ideas. Event sponsorship will enable your company to reach Northeast Ohio's leading manufacturers with exhibit space at the event and throughout the year with an advertisement in our Program and Member Directory. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to brand your company and make the right business connections at this event! Join the party at WIRE-Net's 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration.
Emerging Markets: Culture, strategy, and innovation are making US Endoscopy a premier mid-sized company in the medical instruments market. WIRE-Net along with WINOC, sponsored a tour of their Mentor Ohio facility on March 18, 2010. It was a great tour conducted by members of the staff and it gave us a peak at what makes them successful. Dedicated Culture Most of US Endoscopy's production is in a controlled environment, to keep its product free from dust. We were required to scrub and gown up for the tour, which made the visit all the more fun and memorable. The team that assembles product is mostly women—small parts require smaller hands and well-honed dexterity. "Small" took on whole new meaning when we observed one woman threading a small ferrule onto a very small tattoo needle, used to mark areas internally when monitoring an area of the body affected by illness or disease. ... Continue reading about US Endoscopy's culture, strategy and innovation. |
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Max Hayes High School in Cleveland Gets Help Updating Career Training By Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland schools' primary career and technical education center is in the shop, getting a good going-over by internationally known experts. Big Picture Learning will recommend how Max S. Hayes High School can better serve students and employers. The program changes would be in place in three years, when Max Hayes moves from along the West Shoreway to a new school near West 65th Street and Clark Avenue. Big Picture helps career tech and other schools develop a regimen of personal attention and real-world experience. Schools that strictly observe its standards and practices claim an average graduation rate of 92 percent, well above Max Hayes' 77 percent. WIRE-Net, a Cleveland group that assists manufacturers, hired the consultants with the school district's blessing, using foundation and corporate money. Read the entire story here.
Students’ Futures Up in the Air—Literally On March 30, 2010 WIRE-Net’s School-to-Career students blew into Elyria Ohio to check out Lorain County Community College’s (LCCC) new degree in Alternative Energy Technology – the Wind Turbine Major. School-to-Career students were in good company with this tour; just a few months earlier President Obama was in town to tour this exciting program, as well. Read more about the tour and what the students learned. |
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