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Cultivating a World Class Manufacturing Cluster
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Events
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If You Missed the DFARS Deadline, What Now?
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Cyber DFARS Compliance for 2018
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CMMC wants to help you get up to speed! Join us for a two-day DFARS training on June 19-20, 2018 hosted by CMMC and the Illinois Defense Network in the Chicago Metro Area. If you are a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor that processes, stores or transmits Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), you must meet the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) minimum security standards or risk penalties and losing your DoD contracts.
Take advantage of this important grant-funded training opportunity, provided to you at no cost. It will be led by the Imprimis Cyber Compliance Center which provides a broad spectrum of services and resources to companies that need to gain compliance with cybersecurity regulations and standards.
Register today!
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Join ExporTech in Chicago Southland
 ExporTech provides companies with a systematic process for entering or expanding in global markets and connects them with the best international business experts in the region. The next cohort is scheduled for May 22, June 26, and August 7. Limited spots available. Contact Lisa Reijula to find out if this program is right for you. Click here to learn more. |
Purdue University's "Manufacturing Innovation Event"
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Inclusion & Industry 4.0 - Forging a High-Wage Future for Chicagoland
You are invited to participate in the
upcoming summit "Inclusion and Industry 4.0 - Forging a High-Wage Future for Chicagoland" on June 6, 2018, 9:00am-3:00pm at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Labor, workforce, community, business, and political leaders will come together to develop an action plan to revitalize manufacturing in the Chicago region and support the needs of diverse communities. Learn more about the untapped potential of manufacturing to expand economic opportunities for diverse communities and how this summit aims to place diverse communities at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution.
Register today!
This event is co-hosted by the Industrial Union Council-AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Manufacturing Renaissance, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Institute. This summit is the third in a regional series organized by the High Wage America campaign of The Century Foundation's Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative to develop bold ideas to make America a high-wage society again in manufacturing communities across the country.
The Century Foundation,
a national policy think tank that works on economic development and manufacturing policy, also published a
commentary
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ighlighting the successful model of the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (CMMC is part of the first cohort).
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Italian Trade Agency's Innovation Days
The Italian Trade Agency's
Innovation Days 2018 program starts the week of June 25th in Detroit, MI before making its way to Rockford, IL on June 29th. Innovation Days aims to connect US and Canadian manufacturers within the Advanced Manufacturing and Automotive industries to Italian innovation.
Register today!
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Resources
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Save energy and money by taking advantage of ComEd's existing programs and tools for your business.
Click here
to learn more.
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"Making Chips" Podcast
Think differently about manufacturing. Listen to "Making Chips" podcast, a resourc to equip and inspire the metalworking nation. Since its launch, the popular podcast has evolved into an inclusive multiplatform manufacturing resource that includes a YouTube series, live events, workshops, and leadership articles. Listen today!
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The
Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC)
works to strengthen the region's 4000 metal and machinery manufacturing firms
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CMMC offers manufacturers the tools, services and resources to improve and grow their businesses through collaboration and networking, market intelligence, and promotion of the region as the nation's leading center for manufacturing.
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