Manufacturing Day and Month powered by SME Membership. We’re proud to support Manufacturing Day and help foster learning and collaboration between manufacturing companies and young creators. Manufacturing Day is an opportunity to promote the importance of manufacturing on a local, national, and global level. Companies across the industry come together to dedicate time and effort to connect with young professionals and educate the next generation of manufacturers. SME supports programs and initiatives that push the industry forward and help to advance manufacturing. We’re proud to participate in Manufacturing Day. 

Manufacturing Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday in October. SME joins thousands of manufacturers across North America to showcase what modern manufacturing looks like. Throughout the entire month, we’ll have a series of events celebrating STEM and careers in manufacturing. There will be traditional webinars along with Shop Talks. All shop talks are virtual, open-forum discussions – facilitated by a moderator – focused on a key or emerging industry-related topic or product. Subject-matter experts will be invited to share their insights, experiences, and testimonials related to the topic. Explore all Manufacturing Month events at the links below. All events are open to SME members and non-members.

Note: Occasionally, Google Chrome will not load the registration pages properly. If you see a white screen when attempting to register for any of the events below, please copy and paste the link into a different browser. If the problem persists, please contact membership@sme.org. We are working to resolve this issue.