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N E W M A N U F A C T U R I N G A L L I A N C E
ABOUT NEWMA
The NEW Manufacturing Alliance
(NEWMA) is a group of manufacturers
working together with educational
institutions, workforce development
boards, chambers of commerce
and state organizations to promote
manufacturing throughout
Northeast Wisconsin.
3 All Stars: Looking back,
moving forward
Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Nercon Eng. & Mfg., Inc.
4 All Star Megan Brown
Samuel Pressure Vessel Group
All Star Devin DeBaker
Optima Machinery Corp.
5 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Ariens Company
6 All Star Jake Held
Alliance Laundry Systems
All Star Grecia Hernandez
Rockline Industries
7 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Johnsonville, LLC
8 All Star Katie Ketter
Valley Packaging Industries, Inc.
All Star Nichole Kuehne
Heartland Label Printers
9 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Waupaca Foundry
10 All Star Tyler Morrison
Jacobs
All Star Brad Pomplun
TIDI Products
11 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Optima Machinery Corp.
12 Industry 4.0
14 All Star Josh Shumaker
Georgia-Pacific
All Star Yolanda Vazquez
NPS Corp.
15 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Rockline Industries
16 All Star Mentor John Gromoske
Samuel Pressure Vessel Group
All Star Mentor Linda Schroeder
American Tent & Sidewall
17 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Sargento
18 NEW Manufacturing Alliance
member listing
19 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Georgia-Pacific
20 NEW Manufacturing Alliance
facts and figures
21 All Star nominees
Sponsor-Paid Profile:
KI
22 Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Fabio Perini North America
23 Other Resources
Sponsor-Paid Profile:
Excellerate Manufacturing
24 Sponsors
ON THE COVER:
Megan Brown, a welder at Samuel Pressure Vessel Group,
is one of 10 Manufacturing All Stars featured in this issue.
FOUR OBJECTIVES:
1. CREATE a positive view of
manufacturing careers.
2. GROW partnerships between
K-16, media and manufacturers.
3. PROMOTE workforce development.
4. ADVANCE collaborative efforts
that promote the health of
manufacturing.
For more information, visit
the NEW Manufacturing
Alliance website
www.newmfgalliance.org
CONTENTS
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INSIGHT ON MANUFACTURING
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