We are excited to report that Florida manufacturers who received services through FloridaMakes have reported a combined total of over $906 million in measurable impacts (total survey data through Q4, 2018). The results break down to include:

• Increased or retained sales: $592.3 million
• Total cost savings: $87.3 million
• Total investments: $226.6 million (equipment, new products, skills and other)
• Jobs created or retained: 5,915

The survey results represent data from 266 firms. On average, $3.4 million in total impact and over 22 jobs were created or retained per firm. 

The findings were reported directly by manufacturers through a third-party outside survey conducted on behalf of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

FloridaMakes is a great resource and can help your company address current challenges, create new opportunities for growth and achieve measurable results.  To learn how FloridaMakes’ services can unlock growth opportunities and cost savings for your company, contact your FloridaMakes’ Business Advisor at info@floridamakes.com.

FloridaMakes is an industry-led public-private partnership operated by participating regional manufacturer associations throughout Florida. As part of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership network, FloridaMakes is the official representative of NIST MEP in the State of Florida. Learn more at www.floridamakes.com.

Recently BAMA held a workforce development roundtable discussion in partnership with FloridaMakes and FLATE.  The group of over 25 people was composed of manufacturers, educators, and community leaders in economic development.  Both manufacturers and educators shared the great things we are doing in the Tampa Bay area, and identified a few key challenges we face.  The one challenge echoed by all of the manufacturers was the lack of skilled labor available to fill open positions.  In order to address this issue the group decided that fostering a stronger relationship between manufacturers and educators was critical, and that one way to do this in a relatively short period with realistic deliverables was to create an Instructor Incubator Committee.

Many of our local educational institutions have a difficult time finding instructors for the industrial or manufacturing courses they offer.  The Instructor Incubator Committee, composed of manufacturers, will identify several topics or skills that are important to the job functions at their facilities, and identify candidates from the manufacturers that can provide instruction on the those topics or skills.  The instructors would not have to teach for an entire semester, they would only need to teach a specific topic as a guest lecturer.

 Help BAMA by participating in this exciting new endeavor

Contact Committee Chariperson, Peter Cirak for more information:  PeterCirak@sealdynamics.com

HRP's fast-paced RCRA seminar is designed to provide both entry-level and experienced environmental managers with a comprehensive review of state and federal hazardous waste regulations. The four-hour seminar assists industry in meeting their annual RCRA training requirement. Regulatory examples and case histories are used during this seminar to emphasize and reinforce aspects of the hazardous waste regulations. The key training topics include:

• What wastes are hazardous?
• Satellite accumulation requirements
• Hazardous waste classification differences
• Container management requirements
• Universal wastes
• Used oil requirements
• Enforcement
• What to do if inspected

Certificates of Completion will be provided to all attendees.

RCRA: $245pp/$225pp for multiple registrants from same company 

Embassy Suites Tampa Brandon, 10220 Palm River Rd, Tampa, FL 33619
(813) 653-1787

Click here for more details - http://bit.ly/hrp-fl-training

The highly-interactive DOT four-hour training program is designed to provide both entry level and experienced environmental managers with an in depth understanding on how to properly prepare a hazardous material package for transportation and their responsibilities under the DOT’s Hazardous Material Transportation regulations. The Hazardous Material Transportation Training Manual, which is designed to address the types of issues environmental professionals face on a daily basis, provides a clear and concise reference on how to complete each step for hazardous materials transportation. Topics to be introduced and discussed during the four-hour session include the following:

• Classifying a Hazardous Material;
• DOT Hazard Classes;
• Hazardous Substances/Marine Pollutants/Elevated Temperature Materials;
• How to read and use Hazardous Material Table 172.101;
• Proper Shipping Name Identification;
• Proper Packaging;
• How to Mark and Label hazardous materials packages;
• How to prepare Shipping Papers;
• Placarding Requirements;

• Training and Record Keeping requirements;
• Safety and Emergency Response Information requirements; and
• DOT Security requirements.

Certificates of Completion will be provided to all attendees who successfully pass the required quiz. Every attendee will receive a copy of the most recent Emergency Response Guidebook.

DOT: $195pp/$180pp for multiple registrants from same company

Click here for more details - http://bit.ly/hrp-fl-training

Roy Sweatman, the president of Tampa-based Southern Manufacturing Technologies was interviewed by Fox 13 News to address the challenges manufacturers face in finding skilled people to fill manufacturing jobs.

Read more here.

BAMA member Seaway Plastics Engineering was recently featured on the segment, Made in Tampa Bay on Fox 13 News.  Seaway is a custom plastic injection molding company  specializing in low to mid volume production located in the Port Richey area. 

Read the full story here.

Upcoming PLCs Certification Training at St. Petersburg College

Manufacturing is alive and well in the U.S. Industrial automation in industry is providing a growing number of jobs for technically trained people who can build, program, integrate, service, maintain and operate PLCs. Job opportunities include programming, packaging, power generation, mining, machine design, and building automated systems, maintenance, transportation, systems integration, component testing, technical sales, quality control, electrical, mechanical, computer, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. PLC Technicians install and repair industrial electronic equipment including I/O networks, data highways, and variable speed drives, process control equipment, and write PLC programs for a wide variety of automated control systems ranging from simple on-off controls to robotics.

Upcoming Course Dates:

June 4 – July 1, 2018

July 2 – July 29, 2018

August 6 – Sept 2, 2018

The 5 day hands-on lab classes are conducted at BRAAS Company:
230 Douglas Rd., Oldsmar, FL 34677

Lab times: 1-4 PM or 5-8 PM
(Monday – Friday)

The 30 hour SPC Workforce Institute PLCs Certification Program is a hybrid program providing 12 hours of online courseware, 15 hours of intensive hands-on lab activities, and 3 hours of online preparation for the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI) exam.
3 hours of course credit can be articulated to AS Engineering degree program.

Register today by clicking this link and selecting the dates and lab sessions that you would like to attend.

For more information regarding PLCs training, please contact Fred Tucker with the Workforce Institute at 727-791-2409 or tucker.fred@spcollege.edu.

Fred Tucker, GCDF

Program Coordinator, Manufacturing

727.791.2409

tucker.fred@spcollege.edu

Mettler Toledo plans to have 600 people employed at their new facility in Pasco County in the next few months, of which, 185 of those are new jobs. 

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Pinellas SBE Community Conversation

Come share your experiences, successes and barriers in doing business with Pinellas County Government. Our Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Purchasing and Economic Development departments will be listening to the voices of our citizens and local business owners to enhance the SBE program.

Meeting Location: SPC Epi-Center, Clearwater
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Time: 9 - 11 AM

This activity is free

Click here for more info and to register.