As we move into 2026, now is the time for educators and administrators to set intentional goals for the remainder of this school year and looking for improvements in the next. Manufacturing careers are evolving rapidly, and schools play a critical role in preparing...
Southwestern Pennsylvania is rallying around a simple idea: when you make it easier to understand and access manufacturing pre‑apprenticeships and apprenticeships, more people find great careers and more employers build strong teams. That’s exactly what...
On October 3, 2025, Catalyst Connection teamed up with the ARM Institute and Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Institute to celebrate National Manufacturing Day with an exciting event at Mill 19 in Hazelwood Green. This wasn’t your typical field...
Last week marked an exciting milestone as we officially launched the 2025–26 What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? Student Video Contest in the Pittsburgh region with our annual teacher trainings! This year’s kickoff events were held at two different locations in the...
This summer, we brought together 17 passionate and highly engaged educators from across the region for our Industry 4.0 Teacher Academy – a three-day journey into the innovations shaping today’s manufacturing and technology landscape. Through expert panels,...
