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The Future of Manufacturing in America
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The Future of Manufacturing in America

Tony Demakis, Max Preston, Caitlin DeMasellis and Christina Fuges
Alliance Sales, 2020
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In this Manufacturing Alliance filmed podcast hosted by executive Tony Demakis, seasoned leaders and younger managers from the mold-making industry discuss how manufacturers can recruit, train and retain a new generation of workers. As younger employees push to use forms of technology and off-site work that proved their value during the pandemic, traditionalists still distrust whether remote work can be sufficiently productive. However, the panelists report that manufacturers are changing their corporate culture to reach younger workers. Some support remote or hybrid work while others are developing mentorship and training programs.

Summary

As exemplified in the Mold Making industry, as older manufacturing workers retire, companies must recruit and train a new generation of labor.

In this video of the Manufacturing Alliance’s “Chat and Chow” podcast, Tony Demakis, president of Illinois-based Alliance Specialties and Laser Sales, hosts a discussion with Caitlin DeMasellis of Ideal Machinery, Max Preston of Smart Attend and Christina Fuges, editor of MoldMaking Technology magazine.

With workers retiring and insufficient formal manufacturing training available for new, younger employees, the mold-making industry must develop in-house training and mentorship programs, even if these initiatives are expensive and time-consuming undertaking. Other manufacturers find themselves in a similar dilemma. 

Max Preston, the general manager of Smart Attend, a production data and solutions company, is an under-30 manufacturing executive...

About the Speakers

This “Chat and Chow” Manufacturing Alliance podcast was hosted by Alliance Specialties Tony Demakis with guests Caitlin DeMasellis of Ideal Machinery, Max Preston of Smart Attend and Christina Fuges, editor of Mold Making Technology magazine.

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