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  • October 31, 2014 8:26 AM | Anonymous

    Hillsborough Community College begins a new program, Operation Success, in January targeted to veterans and military in transition.

    In less time than it takes to get a job, people can earn the Engineering Technology Support Specialist Certificate; Nationally recognized Certified Production Technician credential from Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC); OSHA 30 General Industry certification; and an Auto CAD certification.

    If you are interested in hiring military, this program can supply you with dedicated and knowledgeable veterans to help your business grow. Need more information? Contact Miguel Garcia, Florida Trade Grant, Hillsborough Community College at (813)259-6560 or mgarcia147@hccfl.edu.

    You can find more information on Operation Success here.

  • October 27, 2014 7:58 AM | Anonymous

    SME Education Foundation PRIME Initiative selects six new high schools for its Manufacturing Education Program

    The SME Education Foundation’s Partnership Response In Manufacturing Education (PRIME) initiative is pleased to announce it has selected six new high schools to participate in its program. PRIME creates connections between manufacturing high school students, educators and the industry to grow and train the next-generation workforce — all while driving interest and awareness in manufacturing.

    One of those high schools selected is Middleton High School in Tampa.

    To read more, please follow this link.

  • October 24, 2014 10:54 AM | Anonymous

    On October 8 the American Chemistry Council released a report that wide-scale deployment of emerging technology that converts used, non-recycled plastics into oil could generate up to $9 billion in annual U.S. economic output and create upwards of 40,000 domestic jobs. The report, Economic Impact of Plastics-to-Oil Facilities in the United States, assessed the rapidly developing pyrolysis technology and found that the U.S. could support as many as 600 of these facilities nationwide which could yield $2.1 billion in annual payroll and create up to $6.6 billion in capital investment.

    Earlier this year in a separate study at Columbia University, engineers found that converting non-recycled plastics into oil could generate 6 billion gallons of gasoline, enough to fuel nearly 9 million cars per year.

    To view the report, go to: http://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Stand-Alone-Content/Economic-Impact-of-Plastics-to-Oil-Facilities.pdf.

  • October 10, 2014 9:44 AM | Anonymous

    2014 National Manufacturing Day in Florida has kicked off to a great start. This year, as in last, FLATE in conjunction with regional manufacturers associations, industry and educational partners across Florida took Manufacturing Day in Florida by storm. FLATE’s Manufacturing Day outreach strategy, before, during and after the event, enabled statewide participation. This strategy not only helped build in-roads for communities across Florida to create sustainable partnerships and outreach between Regional Manufacturers Associations, School Districts and manufacturers, but enabled regional manufacturing teams to independently organize tours, proclamations, and sponsorship for official manufacturing day t-shirts.

    Read the rest of the story: http://flate-mif.blogspot.com/

  • October 03, 2014 11:56 AM | Anonymous

    Hillsborough County Commissioners issued a Manufacturing Day Proclamation on Oct. 2, 2014.




  • October 03, 2014 11:36 AM | Anonymous


    Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos presents BAMA Director, Becky Burton, with a Florida Manufacturing Day proclamation at the City Commission meeting, Oct. 2, 2014.


  • October 03, 2014 9:19 AM | Anonymous

    Jay Timmons, National Assoc. of Manufacturers; and Doug Oberhelman from Catepillar discuss the economy on CNBC.


  • September 26, 2014 1:36 PM | Anonymous


    Pinellas County Board of Commissioners Proclaims Friday, Oct. 3, 2014,
    as Manufacturing Day in Pinellas County!



    In attendance for the Proclamation on Sept. 23 were (left to right) Jill Flansburg, Dennis Stotts,
    Dave Stailey, Commissioner Karen Seel, Ann Paxton, Becky Burton and Danielly Orozco.


  • September 25, 2014 10:41 AM | Anonymous

    Starting Monday, September 29, The Science Channel will air more than 200 favorite episodes of "How It’s Made" and “How It’s Made: Dream Cars,” culminating in new episodes of the series at 10 PM ET/PT on Friday, October 3 — Manufacturing Day!

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Read the 2015 Florida Manufacturing Brief from Enterprise Florida

Labor Market Industry Profile

Florida manufacturers are critical to the state’s economy. In June 2013, Florida manufacturing
was 4.4 percent of the employment for all industries. Manufacturing is separated into durable
goods manufacturing and nondurable goods manufacturing. Durable goods manufacturing
accounted for 66.7 percent of June 2013 manufacturing employment and nondurable goods
manufacturing accounted for 33.3 percent.


There were 18,510 Florida manufacturers in June 2013, with employment of 323,341 jobs.
Employment was up 5,660 jobs (+1.8 percent) over the year.


Read the entire report here

County
Number of Establishments
Employment December 2013
Pinellas 1,297 30,317
Hillsborough 1,114 24,651
Pasco 317 3,185
Hernando 106 1,509
TOTALS 2,834 59,662


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International Trade

Click here for the Slide Show from the tour of the
Tampa Port on May 14, 2016.


If you need information on how to sell your goods to other countries,
here are some contacts that can help you.


Dan Bjerk is a Senior International Trade Specialist at the Tampa Bay Export Assistance Center,
the local office for the U.S. Commercial Service of the International Trade Administration of the
U.S. Department of Commerce located in Clearwater, Florida.

Tampa Bay Export Assistance Center

U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Administration

13805 58th Street North, Suite 1-200, Clearwater, FL 33760

727.464.7347

Dan.Bjerk@trade.gov

www.export.gov

Brent Barkway joined the staff of Pinellas County Economic Development in August 2014, as a Business Development Manager specializing in Export Development, Foreign Trade Zone management, business expansion and relocation projects. He focuses on helping local companies discover new global markets for their products and services. Brent honed his economic development skills in Lee County, where he managed the relocation of Hertz Corporate Headquarters, which resulted in the creation of hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in economic impact in Southwest Florida.

Pinellas County Economic Development

13805 58th St. N., Suite 1-200, Clearwater, FL 33760

727-464-7411

bbarkway@pinellascounty.org

Lorrie Belovich is Director of International Business Development for the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation and partner in the Tampa Bay Export Alliance. She is responsible for both international trade and foreign direct investment. She works closely with the international stakeholders in Tampa Bay, such as the Tampa International Airport, Port Tampa Bay, Visit Tampa Bay and the Mayor’s office, to align the international business strategy for Hillsborough Country. Lorrie also manages the official outbound trade and business development missions led by Mayor Buckhorn and other elected officials.

Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation

101 East Kennedy Blvd. | Suite 1750, Tampa, FL 33602

813.518.2654

lbelovich@tampaedc.com

Gonzalo Padron joined Port Tampa Bay as director of marketing and business development for Latin America in August 2014. Prior to joining the port’s executive team, Padron was manager of strategic customers at DHL Global Forwarding. Padron began his industry career extensively traveling the Caribbean and Latin America as a senior account executive for ocean carriers Tecmarine Lines and Seaboard Marine.

Port Tampa Bay

1101 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602

welliott@tampaport.com

office: 813-905-5150

mobile: 813-361-2892

M. Javier Zuniga’s expertise includes corporate and partnership tax compliance, partnership structures, international taxation, individual taxation and forensic accounting. Javier is also part of PDR CPAs R&D tax credit and cost segregation studies practice areas.

PDR CPA

727-785-4447

mzuniga@pdr-cpa.com


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