Recently RMI Board Member Susan Ganz (Lion Brothers), was featured in a Baltimore Sun column by Jay Hancock. Here is an excerpt… Lion Brothers is outsourcing again. Unpaid child laborers will design one of the Owings Mills company’s newest embroidered emblems. That’s a good thing, in this case. If the factory of the future […]
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Recently, local manufacturer Chesapeake Bay Candle (Glen Burnie, MD) hosted Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Jane Oates, and RMI’s Mike Galiazzo. The group toured Chesapeake”s 125,000 square foot facility (opened in June, 2011), the company’s first manufacturing plant based in the United States. The plant has 35 […]
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In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke about renewed efforts to train workers for manufacturing. This is good news. RMI has been a leader in working with community colleges, through the Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing and Engineering (TIME) Center, to develop relevant curriculum. RMI was an early supporter of the National […]
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We had a very successful four days. Companies from as far as San Antonio, Texas attended! NEXT WORKSHOPS SUMMER 2012
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To the average person, the operation required to produce boxes for grocery stores, medical and beverage companies may not seem that complex, but at Green Bay Packaging Inc. (GBP), their approach is quite the contrary. After all, how much sophistication does it take to make a square or rectangular box that just needs to be […]
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Nearly 150 participated in RMI’s Town Hall Talks on October 27th Senate President Mike Miller and Senator Klausmeier announced legislation dubbed” Kathy’s bill” to support manufacturing. ACTION ITEM: RMI will work directly with the Senators to pass this and other bills to help manufacturing during the 2012 legislative session. Senator Klausmeier and Senator Kittleman, both […]
Read moreHundreds gathered for an RMI rally in support of the manufacturing industry in Maryland. The event was headlined by Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars (made here in Maryland).
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