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MiMfg Magazine
May 2018
MMA is Tackling Talent, Training and Taxes
on Behalf of Michigan Manufacturers
PRIME® School
Launched in Fraser
Contact: Mike Johnston
517-487-8554 • [email protected]
Six local manufacturers in
Macomb County announced a
partnership last month with
Fraser High School to provide
skills training for local students
of manufacturing careers.
Dominion Technologies
Group, Fori Automation, General
Motors, I.F. Metalworks, Oakley
Industries and Superior Heat
Treat, LLC will collaborate
through MMA and SME’s
PRIME® program to develop and
launch an advanced manufacturing
education program at Fraser High
School beginning in the 2018-19
academic year.
“We all need to recognize
and compliment the tremendous
leadership and future vision of local
manufacturers and Superintendent
Richards in working together to
build a talent pipeline that will
create career pathways for
students for many years to come,”
said Mike Johnston, MMA vice
president of government affairs.
“Talent has become a primary
barrier to growth for manufacturing
and this remarkable partnership is
key to driving Michigan’s future.”
PRIME builds a collaborative
network of students, educators
and industry professionals to
inspire and inform students of
manufacturing career pathways.
Learn more about this and
other MMA-led talent initiatives
at mimfg.org .
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Highlights from the press conference
to announce the latest MMA/SME
PRIME ® Program Macomb County.
Enhanced Skills Training
Bill Passes Senate
Contact: Delaney McKinley
517-487-8530 • [email protected]
MMA continues to drive the
expansion of the Skilled Trades
Training Fund (STTF), a
tremendously successful tool
being used to combat the skills
gap in Michigan. Following MMA’s
testimony and involvement, the
Senate voted 36-1 in favor of
Senate Bill 946 (Senator Ken
Horn, R-Frankenmuth) to
continue supporting a program,
designed and implemented by
Governor Snyder’s administration,
which has provided $72.9 million
in competitive awards to more
than 2,000 Michigan companies
for short-term training.
“MMA is proud to see the
necessary legislative support to
ensure that this valuable program
lives on into the future,” said
Delaney McKinley, MMA senior
director of government affairs and
membership. “The STTF enhances
talent, productivity and employment
retention to increase the quality and
competitiveness of Michigan’s
employers and talent pool.”
“MMA members are extraor-
dinarily supportive of the STTF. I
can tell you that when manufacturers
are talking to economic developers
in other states, they are showing
them this program as a model of
how to support employers in
developing talent,” said McKinley.
“What’s unique about this program
is that it is truly demand-driven.
It allows employers to be creative
and develop the training program
that best fits their business and
their workforce.”
The bill will now move to
the House for further review
and a vote is expected soon. All
manufacturers are encouraged to
reach out to their Representative
and express support for the
program and this legislation.
Learn more about the STTF
and other talent related issues in
MMA’s Key Conversation with
Senator Ken Horn on page 6 and
at mimfg.org .