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November 2016
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ACE Clearwater Hosts - MFGDAY2016 -
National Manufacturing Day, or MFGDAY2016, was just celebrated across the country and the Southern California region. More than 2,500 companies nationwide opened their doors to students, graduates, teachers and curious professionals eager to see what manufacturing looks and feels like today. They came to see what technologies and innovations are transforming the industry – into one which provides rewarding, creative challenges, safer environments, sustainability, and solid career opportunities to a strong workforce. ACE Clearwater, based in Torrance, with facilities in Paramount and Compton, hosted a very special event (in its fourth year) with 35 of its employees manning 20 different work centers, demonstrating very specific, advanced metal forming, stress and strength analysis, welding and assembling – all coming from their production of custom aerospace and power generation components. Jay Timmons, President and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) travelled from Washington, D.C. to join Kellie Johnson, President of ACE Clearwater and Vice President Gary Johnson, who is also currently President of the Paramount Chamber of Commerce, at the event. Eleven of ACE’s key suppliers were also present to demonstrate the technologies they provide to ACE and the industry. Those suppliers included Matheson TriGas, Lincoln Electric, Stratasys 3D Printers, FARO Laser Measurement, Fanuc Robotics, 3D Infotech, Verisurf 3D Software, GoEngineer, and STEM Energy Storage Solutions. More than 650 local area middle and high school students, along with local community college attendees, graduates and their respective teachers came to the Compton facility to learn, share and discover what Paramount Chamber of Commerce
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Students test their skills on the welding simulator.
manufacturing is today. From Raw Material Traceability through Final Inspection, each work station gave students a first-hand look into 3D Printing, Precision Laser Measurement, Non-destructive Testing (NDT), Welding Simulators, Quality Inspection, Hands-free Computer Operations, Reverse Engineering, 400-ton Hydroforming, Computer-driven Plasma Laser Cutting/Trimming, Drop Hammer Metal Forming, Battery-powered Plant Power Operations, Robotics, Virtual Reality Visors, Part Identification Controls and 3D Modeling Software. Guests also learned about Outstanding Women in Manufacturing at a STEP Ahead Program exhibit, a yearly national recognition of 150 women and their vital roles in business, sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers.
Schools who participated this year were Paramount’s Alondra Middle School and Paramount High School–West Campus, El Camino College, Hawthorne High School, Buena Vista High School, Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science, L.A. Harbor College, Paramount Community Day School, Cabrillo High School, Mt. San Antonio College Welding Class, and Lynwood High School. Joining these great schools were companies who wanted to learn from ACE’s event for their own Manufacturing Days, King’s Hawaiian Bakery, McMasterCarr, Geoform and the L.A. Job
Corps. The California Manufacturers and Technology Association also attended. After a bustling tour, extreme discovery and in-depth learning experience, all guests enjoyed a gourmet food truck lunch outside under open tents, for an after-event discussion of everything they saw. “In the four years ACE has been hosting MFGDAY, we have to admit that this year was, hands-down, the best one ever,” says Arthur Wong, Director of Facilities for ACE. “We are going to be hard-pressed to improve on this next year! But we will try, never the less…”
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