STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo November 16 in Waterbury-2,000+ Students Anticipated

WATERBURY, Conn. - Oct. 30, 2015 - PRLog -- The Waterbury Regional Chamber’s Manufacturing Council will host its fifth annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology EXPO on Monday, November 16, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Coco-Key Water Resort, Hotel and Convention Center, 3580 East Main Street in Waterbury. Admission is free and open to the public.

With support from the Waterbury Board of Education, Granville Academy and the Smaller Manufacturers Association (SMA), more than 2,000 middle and high school students from throughout the Greater Waterbury region will attend the EXPO to directly interact with local area manufacturing and technology executives and to view exhibits and demonstrations to learn about career opportunities through STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

A featured exhibitor and presenter at the 2015 EXPO will be SkyVue LLC of New Jersey, an aerial video production company that uses drones they will demonstrate during the event.

Rich DuPont, Waterbury Regional Chamber’s Manufacturing Council Chairman, stated, “Every year this EXPO expands because it is notably successful in providing middle and high school students unique opportunities to talk directly with local manufacturing and technology firms and to learn about high earning career opportunities in these exciting and expanding fields.” The EXPO will feature interactive manufacturing and technology company exhibits and demonstrations to highlight the direct connection between STEM and manufacturing and technology careers.

Waterbury Regional Chamber President and CEO Lynn Ward commented, “This is the fifth annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology EXPO that our Manufacturing Council has coordinated. Each year there has been a steady growth in both student and vendor participation. This year it has been expanded to welcome the anticipated more than 2,000 students. It’s very encouraging to see so many young boys and girls genuinely interested in learning about manufacturing and technology careers. The majority of the Chamber’s manufacturing members express the strong need for skilled, talented professionals in these increasingly vibrant industries.”

One of the largest chambers of Commerce in Connecticut, the Waterbury Regional Chamber (www.waterburychamber.com) has a membership of more than 1,000 businesses in the Greater Waterbury region including Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oakville, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, and Woodbury.

Sponsors of the 2015 EXPO are Braxton Manufacturing Company, Inc. as the top-level Brass Sponsor, The Platt Brothers & Company as a Zinc sponsor, and The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc., Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals Inc. and the Smaller Manufacturers Association of CT (SMA) as Copper Sponsors. Nickel sponsors are Naugatuck Valley Community College, IMTI-Industrial Management and Training Institute, Post University, Click Bond, Inc., UniMetal Surface Finishing, and Traver IDC.

To learn more, visit www.waterburychamber.com, call 203-757-0701, or email to info@waterburychamber.com.