Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (MPMA)

On Thursday the MPMA Education Foundation Board got together to award our scholarship winners. We had an excellent pool of applicants this year. The 16 winners will be notified via email next week!

Thank you to the board members for taking the time to dedicate to helping strengthen the precision manufacturing workforce in Minnesota.

A shoutout to Alex Wong for hosting us at Dunwoody College of Technology.

Congratulations to Alex! Great to see young people finding what they love and thriving in it. Even better when precision manufacturing is involved! The future face of our industry right here!



Pine Technical & Community College

Meet Commencement Speaker Alex Fackelman - Pine Technical and Community College Read more about Meet Commencement Speaker Alex Fackelman on the Pine.edu Blog!

Last week MPMA President, Steve Kalina had the opportunity to attend the MTEEA High School Super Mileage competition at Brainerd International Raceway.

This event is an amazing display of high school students building and engineering cars to perform in different categories using a measured amount of fuel. It is impressive to see them work together on these cars. It is hours and hours of their free time to make the car a success.

A special congratulations to the Armstrong #13 car for winning our Quality of Craftsmanship award and thanks to Mars Supply for their donation. There are many industry partners that support these students by helping them produce customized parts for their cars.

The MPMA Education Foundation was happy to feed these 350 hungry minds with pizza for the day!

Congratulations to all the students, teachers, parent volunteers, industry donors, and others who make this event possible.

A shout out to MPMA member Metal Trade Solutions for distributing a Minnesota Manufactured banner to Watertown-Mayer schools. We love to see industry partnering with education to build the next generation of precision manufacturers in Minnesota. This is the type of partnership that gets the next generation of precision manufacturers into the industry. Do you have a school near your shop to partner with? We can help with connections. Reach out to [email protected].

On Friday, Metal Trade Solutions LLC of Winsted MN, in conjunction with Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (MPMA), presented Mrs. Roeglin, CTE teacher at Watertown-Mayer H.S., and Jim Burns, School Board member, with a banner for the shop. MPMA and MTS are proud to support Career and Technical Education pathways in Minnesota High Schools. Precision manufacturing offers modern, clean careers with highly competitive wages. MTS is also a proud former employer of work-based learning students from Watertown-Mayer.

❤️🩷 Moms 🩷❤️

MPMA and the precision manufacturing community want to wish the Minnesota Wild good luck in their game against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday and Monday. They have been supportive of our community so we want to support them back. Thanks Nordy for sporting the I am Minnesota Manufactured cowboy hat! Go Wild!

Graduation season is in full swing! From college to tech school to high school. The MPMA Job Board is full of opportunities.

If you see a posting that is a few months old it is because the company has selected it to be open for a longer period of time because they have more than one opening.

https://www.mpma.com/job-listings

Companies with current openings:
Brenk Brothers
Metal Trade Solutions
Domaille Engineering
AirCorps Aviation
Klesk Metal Stamping
Twin City Staffing
C-Axis
FactoryTwin
Chandler Industries

Registration is now open for the 42nd Annual MPMA Golf Open Classic Presented by Lube-Tech.

⛳ See. ⛳ You. ⛳ There.⛳

https://www.mpma.com/events-calendar/43rd-mpma-open-golf-classic-presented-by-lube-tech

Thank you Lube-Tech for being the Title Sponsor!

We are giving you a heads up! Registration for the 42nd Annual MPMA Golf Open Classic Presented by Lube-Tech will open on Monday, May 4. Watch your inbox for the email! Do you not get MPMA emails?

Sign up here.
https://share.hsforms.com/14StFcFF6QqWZD4KRNT5A9Qe2777

Date: Tuesday July 21
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Bunker Hills Golf Club

More details about golf can be found here.
https://www.mpma.com/events-calendar/43rd-mpma-open-golf-classic-presented-by-lube-tech