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26 | /insight on manufacturing • July 2014 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m EVENT|nEWs Save the date: Manufacturing firSt expo & conference iS oct. 22 t he fourth annual Manufacturing First Expo & Conference will be held Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. The event includes booth talks, keynote speakers, hundreds of exhibits, lunch and networking opportunities. Last year, the conference had more than 800 registered attendees. Visit the Manufacturing First speakers page at www. manufacturingfirst.com/speakers/index.php for updated listings of visitors and topics. Speakers include: » Seth Mattison, founder and CEO of Futuresight Labs and Strategic Partner at BridgeWorks, LLC » diego tamburini, Manufacturing Industry Strategist of Autodesk » david deLong, president of David DeLong & Associates » rajan Suri, emeritus professor of industrial engineering at UW-Madison » Bob Macintosh, president of Nicolet Plastics » greg Morris, additive technologies leader at GE Aviation » Steve Sakai, president of CMD Corp. Manufacturing First Expo is presented by First Business Bank-Northeast, in partnership with Insight Publications and NEW Manufacturing Alliance. F iMagination network to diScuSS 'Branding' at aug. 12 Meeting t he Imagination Network, an inventors and entrepreneurs club offered by the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation, will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12 at the Elks Lodge, 33 Sheboygan St. The discussion will focus on branding, and is appropriate for both start-ups and established companies. To register or sign up for the email list for future topics, please contact the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation at 920-929-2928 or info@fcedc.com. F PLANT|nEWs FDL Firm stars on science channeL Fond du Lac-based Wells Vehicle Electronics, a manufacturer of parts for automotive, marine, off-highway and industrial sectors, showcased its manufacturing facility and process for an episode of "How It's Made." Wells opened the doors of its electronics plant in 2013 to a camera crew for the Science Channel show sent to capture each step in the production of automotive oil pressure sensors. The producers and film crew shot more than 14 hours of footage at the company's electronics facility and the final product is a four-minute segment that aired in May on a half- hour long episode of the TV series. "The 'How It's Made' segment captured product being assembled in Wells' state-of-the-art clean room and throughout our robotically controlled assembly lines, and showcases the technology implemented and precision executed in Wisconsin's manufacturing industry," says John Zochert, director of marketing and product management for Wells Vehicle Electronics. This past May, nearly a year after the camera crew visited, the episode a television crew from the Science channel documents the life of oil pressure sensors in wells vehicle electronics' clean room. c o u r t e s y o f W e l l s V e h i c l e e l e c t r o n i c s Seth Mattison david deLong rajan Suri