A Manufacturing Innovation Challenge with students from Penn Trafford High School and FS‑Elliott kicked off this month. This is the beginning of the students working as outside consultants on a forward‑thinking manufacturing challenge. During the kickoff visit,...
The Manufacturing Innovation Challenge officially kicked off with students from Fort Cherry High School visiting ChemDAQ to begin their role as outside consultants on a real-world manufacturing challenge. During the initial visit, students toured the facility and were...
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...
