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Table of Contents
Innovation Celebration: What Happened, What People Said
How to Build Model for Tech Learning: Lots of Help!
Another Successful Year for School-to-Career Program
AIM Camp Students,
Start Your Engines
CIRI Corner:
What's in Your Bag?
Other Area Programs and Events for Manufacturers
Energizing Career Program: Training Dollar$ for Advanced Energy
WIRE-Net's Mission
WIRE-Net strengthens manufacturing to create healthy communities and fuel economic growth.
We provide expertise that is responsive to manufacturing related businesses and their employees.
WIRE-Net connects leaders to each other and engages them in their communities.
WIRE-Net:
Where Manufacturing Matters.
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.
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2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration Is a Hit!
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Attendees of WIRE-Net's 2010 Innovation Celebration were able to connect with each other and the 40 sponsors and exhibitors.
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"General networking opportunities and the chance to see how other businesses are fairing was a plus."
"I enjoyed the ability to network with new and old faces and companies."
"I really liked the mix of the companies and the amount so I had a real chance to stop at every booth and spend a little time."
—Good things people had to say about WIRE-Net's 2010 Innovation Celebration
On June 23rd, Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing community celebrated the spirit that has kept industry strong in Ohio at WIRE-Net’s 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration. Sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees had the chance to connect with others in the community to sell or buy locally: parts, products, or services.
Read more about WIRE-Net's 2010 Manufacturing Innovation Celebration.
The New Max Hayes
Creating a National Model for Career Tech Learning
Max Hayes High School is the only school in the Cleveland public school system that teaches the technical skills of manufacturing technology, construction, and automotive technology and auto-body. Since 1992, WIRE-Net has been an active partner at the Max S. Hayes Career and Technical High School, linking industry experts and experiences to students and teachers.
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The New Max Hayes Award, produced by the Cleveland Steel Tool Company,
celebrates the Technical Team's spirit of Innovation and Collaboration.
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Several years ago, with the strong support of WIRE-Net and local business and industry partners, including local metalworking associations and the Greater Cleveland Partnership, the TEAM Academy was formed at Max Hayes as a pilot "school within a school" to model the academy approach to education. This introduced closer integration of academic and technical education, strengthened the influence of industry at the school, and also led to the addition of Oracle programming to the technical instruction available. All along, WIRE-Net's role has been to leverage our relationships with hundreds of Cleveland firms to help students get prepared for real work and real rewards.
Continue reading about WIRE-Net's New Max Hayes project...and find out what the awards pictured above are all about!
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What Makes WIRE-Net's School-to-Career Program Successful?
A 95% or better grade promotion or graduation rate is just part of what sets WIRE-Net's youth Manufacturing Career Exploration and Career Readiness program apart from other programs. Wire-Net's high school youth program, School-to-Career, ended the year with a 90% retention rate and over a 75% participation rate in all after-school experiential learning activities. Four out of six graduates have decided to pursue secondary education and have been accepted to Cleveland State University, Toledo University, Baldwin Wallace College, and Cuyahoga Community College.
Read about the successful strategies the program employed here.
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WIRE-Net Kicks-Off Fifth Year of AIM Camp
Introducing Students to Manufacturing Careers
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A surgical simulation system being demonstrated to an AIM Camp student at Astro Manufacturing & Design Inc.
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On Monday June 14th, 50 8th-grade students from Cleveland schools launched a three-week adventure into the world of advanced manufacturing at Max Hayes High School. WIRE-Net kicked off its 5th year of Accelerated Introduction to Manufacturing (AIM) Camp. The camp runs Mondays through Thursday, June 14th to July 1.
"We had another year where applications far exceeded the available camp slots,"
reported, Jessica Walker, WIRE-Net Workforce Program Coordinator, "so we added an interview component which gave students
the opportunity to experience the interview process, and helped determine the
right student matches for the camp." Students had to demonstrate strong math skills by submitting a recommendation from their math teacher and proof of a minimum of 90% attendance during the school year.
Students will use the basic tools of the trades including calipers and micrometers, and experience CNC machining technology. Camp time will be spent in the computer labs using SolidWorks® design software and
in the machine shop where they will complete a project to fabricate a model car from scratch. Camp will also include important life skills training,
plus plant tours of Astro Manufacturing & Design Inc. and Lincoln Electric's Automation Division.
This program is made possible with the generous support of U.S. Department of Labor MAGICC grant to the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment Board and the Alcoa Foundation.
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From the Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative: A Program of the City of Cleveland, Managed by WIRE-Net
What's in Your Bag?
Your CIRI representative will be contacting you very soon. When they do, make sure you make time to see what they have for you. There will be an array of useful resources to accomplish a variety of goals in your business. For example, several companies that CIRI connected to Employment Connection were able to secure Project HIRE training dollars for previously unemployed workers. These grants of on-the-job training grants were more than $115,000. For companies that are looking to expand their customer base to increase sales we worked with the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) in Lake County to provide a hands-on workshop to help companies register to do business with the Federal government. Companies learned the process of bidding government contracts and how lucrative Federal contracting can be given that the Federal government is such a large consumer.
These resources and more will be delivered in a bag made from 75% recycled cotton and 25% recycled plastic bottles right here in Cleveland by
Cleveland Canvas Goods Manufacturing Co. With a mission to sustain manufacturing in Cleveland we chose a local company to produce the recycled bag. We previously visited Cleveland Canvas Goods in 2008 and became aware of their capability. When you see your CIRI representative make sure you find out about the resources to sustain your business and get a bag while you're at it. Use it with pride, it was made in Cleveland.
For more information about CIRI, Contact Program Director Kareemah Williams at 216.588.1446.
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Other Area Programs and Events
MAGNET Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute
July 12-14, 2010
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Columbus, OH
A three-day, work-hard, think-hard program that teaches attendees how to think quicker, smarter and more creatively about innovation.
Manufactured Wealth
July 27, 2010
Cuyahoga Community College Unified Technologies Center
Cleveland, OH
Damon Rodehorst, co-author of the book Manufactured Wealth will introduce the
Product Income Statement, an Excel spreadsheet tool that uses commonly available cost and sales revenue data to provide true unit profit. For more information, contact CCC's
John Gajewski.
City of Cleveland's 2010 Advanced Energy Technology and Energy Efficiency Expo
September 22-23, 2010
Cleveland Public Hall
Cleveland, OH
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 is envisioned as a 10-year process with annual summits where the community comes together to report on progress and set goals. In addition to the expo, there will be an Advanced Energy Fair on September 24 at Tower City Center.
The City of Cleveland is seeking corporate sponsors for the 2010 Summit. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, contact
Andrew Watterson, the city's chief of sustainability.
Team NEO Starting Wage and Benefit Survey
Starting June 22, 2010
Team NEO needs your help...and, in turn, will give you exclusive real-time data on the starting wages and benefits for NINE major industry sectors in
Northeast Ohio. Complete the survey beginning June 22, 2010.
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Photo courtesy of REpower Systems AG
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Ohio Energizing Careers Program
The Ohio Department of Development has funds available to support companies that need training in renewable and advanced energy technologies (wind, solar, biomass). The Energizing Careers Program provides customized training for improving workers’ skills in Ohio’s expanding advanced energy manufacturing sector, helping Ohio businesses remain competitive.
Managed by the Ohio Department of Development’s Workforce and Talent Division and 100 percent funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Energizing Careers Program provides technical and financial assistance directly to employers to train their workers. The total funding, made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is $6 million for the Energizing Careers Program.
Completed RFPs are due to the Ohio Department of Development by July 30, 2010. For more information, visit the program's website.
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