For the 6th consecutive year, CompanyWeek and Manufacturer's Edge are hosting the Colorado Manufacturing Awards to shine a light on the region's outstanding OEMs, brands, contract manufacturers, and suppliers. 

We're again excited to invite Colorado's stellar manufacturers to nominate in one of 12 industry and four achievement categories. View the criteria

and NOMINATE your company here.

One bright spot from an otherwise crazy 2020 is Colorado's manufacturing economy. We have a unique opportunity to maintain that momentum. As a result, the CMAs have never been more important. Join us in celebrating manufacturing by nominating your company.

Contact Jessica Cowden at jcowden@manufacturersedge.com 

or Bart Taylor at btaylor@companyweek.com with questions.

A business's strategy is a guiding force for small manufacturers through the ups and downs of production, selling, and distribution. In this 6-week course, North Metro SBDC Manufacturing Consultant, Jon Jaggers, will guide your business through essential concepts for small manufacturers, all through the lens of honing your strategy and implementing new approaches. This course is designed for small manufacturing businesses who are in business and are producing a product, have less than 20 employees, and are interested in growing their business. 

Arapahoe County is administering a Small Business Relief Fund to support the most vulnerable small businesses throughout our communities. These businesses are at the very heart of our thriving economy but have been hit especially hard during the pandemic.

Applications are open from Friday, Feb. 12 through Saturday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.

I am thrilled to be reaching out to you as the new Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Association (CAMA) Board of Directors Chair!

I first want to take a moment to thank Dave Jeffrey for his past two years of leadership, dedication, and hard work as the CAMA Chair. Dave’s direction through COVID-19 was especially notable – resulting in 28 virtual member meetings since March 2020. These meetings have covered timely topics such as PPE, PPP, and automation and have led to a significant increase in manufacturer participation. His time in the role has united our membership and built upon a foundation that makes me confident that CAMA will continue to impact the Colorado manufacturing community in an important and valuable way.

I am the President of Centennial Bolt, Inc. which delivers customized, industrial supply chain and fastener hardware solutions. I am passionate about American manufacturing.

As CAMA Board Chair, I look forward to working toward CAMA’s vision of remaining as Colorado’s only statewide, member-based trade association exclusively dedicated to advancing manufacturing in Colorado.

Working with CAMA members, the CAMA Board of Directors, and CAMA staff, my focus for 2021 will include:

I look forward to meeting many of you as CAMA Chair!

Would you like to improve your understanding of the trade process and receive support to launch your business into global markets at a rapid pace?

As I prowl Covid vaccine sites for an available appointment and negotiate restrictions to avoid compromising my health and that of others, parallels with cybersecurity guidelines come to mind. (Of course, my family would say I’d find cybersecurity parallels even if downhill skiing or hiking mountain trails. Oh wait! I’ve already written those pieces.) There are some obvious similarities around social behavior and reducing contamination, but there are also similar ones around threat detection and even advanced persistent threat recovery. What physical hygiene practices learned through the Covid-19 experience can be applied to information hygiene?

Social Behavior. Maintaining a safe distance from others has become second nature, so much so that watching old (pre-2020) movies with party scenes is deeply disturbing. We can maintain safe distance in the digital world by not sharing passwords, controlling access privileges to proprietary information or devices, segregating corporate wireless communications from ephemeral wireless communications (e.g., by using a guest network for staff video or music streaming, internet surfing), and by segmenting or layering networks through the use of gateway devices (e.g., routers, firewalls) and clearly defined permissions about what kind of traffic or software is allowed (i.e., whitelist) or what kind is blocked (blacklist). (...)

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