A fixture in the Rockford business community for more than four decades, Rockford Systems, LLC. announced today it will be commemorating National Manufacturing Day, October 6, 2017, with an Open House featuring a machine safety presentation, interactive safeguarding demonstrations, networking with machine safeguarding specialists, participation in the #selfieforsafety community service campaign, refreshments and a free gift bag for attendees. Students, educators, community and business leaders are invited to learn about machine safeguarding and its important role in the manufacturing process.
Manufacturing Day is an annual celebration of modern manufacturing during which companies like Rockford Systems, LLC. invite members of their local communities, including students, educators, businesspeople, media and political leaders, to their facilities in a collective effort to educate them about manufacturing career opportunities and improve public perceptions of manufacturing. Manufacturing Day is co-produced by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), The Manufacturing Institute and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and this year marks its fifth anniversary.