This week the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) partnered with Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), Port Tampa Bay and Tampa Bay Partnership to host the 2016 State of Manufacturing Tour. As the state affiliate for NAM, AIF is pleased to be part of educating Florida’s businesses, employees, and students on why it is that manufacturing is so important to the United States.
Thursday, Jay Timmons, President and CEO of NAM, as well as Tom Feeney, AIF’s President and CEO, addressed students from the University of South Florida on the education and career opportunities available to them in the field of manufacturing through the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
NAM is set to visit seven states across the U.S. to highlight the importance of manufacturing in America and lay out solutions that will create more jobs, seize global leadership and expand the circle of opportunity so wide that the American Dream is available to everyone.
Click this link to read an op-ed released from both NAM President and CEO, Jay Timmons, and AIF President and CEO Tom Feeney for more information on the effect of manufacturing in the U.S.
