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Registration is now open for the 2024 Florida Manufacturing Days! This annual event is a time for manufacturers and other industry stakeholders to meet with legislators and statewide partners to discuss and advocate for manufacturing related issues and to learn more about the legislative process. The events and meetings hosted during this time are an opportunity for participants to not only network but lend their voice in shaping Florida's manufacturing business environment. Florida Manufacturing Days will be held on February 13 & 14, 2024 in Tallahassee, FL. You can find more information and register here . #LatestNews

Save the Dates! 2024 Florida Manufacturing Days will be held on January 23 & 24, 2024. This annual event is a time for manufacturers and other industry stakeholders to meet with legislators and statewide partners to discuss and advocate for manufacturing related issues and to learn more about the legislative process. The events and meetings hosted during this time are an opportunity for participants to not only network but lend their voice in shaping Florida's manufacturing business environment. You can find more information, including sponsorship opportunities, on our website here .

The Florida Manufacturing & Supply Chain Advocacy Council celebrated the “2023 Florida Manufacturing Days” on January 24 and 25 in our state capitol with a delegation of nearly 50 manufacturing stakeholders. During the two days, attendees met with over 60 legislators. Florida is home to over 24,000 manufacturers, who employ 423,000 workers. Every $1 in manufactured goods produces $2.68 across all other sectors. Thank you to our sponsors Clifton Larson Allen, Florida Economic Development Council, and Southern Manufacturing Technologies! And thank you to all who participated! Join us in 2024! #LatestNews

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This week we were happy to have hosted excellent discussions with U.S. Senator Rick Scott and manufacturers about issues affecting manufacturing! Thank you to Senator Scott for your time, as well as all of the manufacturers who joined the roundtable. Thank you to the Manufacturers Association of Central Florida (MACF) for co-hosting and co-coordinating. Companies in attendance included: One Fat Frog Food Trucks & Trailers, Knight's Armament Company, Custom Metal Designs, Inc., Lockheed Martin, Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association (CFHLA), Q4 Services, Inc., Nautique Boat Company, Earnest Products, OptiGrate Corp. (an IPG Photonics Company), GWS ...

We had excellent visits and discussions with Senator Marco Rubio this week! Thank you to Southern Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., Bay Area Manufacturers Association (BAMA), SkyWater Technology Foundry, and Manufacturers Association of Central Florida (MACF) for hosting and inviting us. We enjoyed meeting with the Senator and some very impressive Florida manufacturers.

In July, as a part of the Florida Manufacturing 2022: Making Manufacturing Careers Campaign, Representative Andrew Learned toured Adams in Tampa to learn more today to learn more about this expert in fluid Power, Robotics, vision and automation products and to determine the needs of other local manufacturers. Rep. Adams is a member of the Florida Legislature's Manufacturing & Supply Chain Caucus and presented Adams with an inaugural Caucus Challenge Coin. Doug Adams, Rep. Learned, and Kevin Carr also recorded an episode of Adams' podcast moderated by Nate Valentine. We will keep you posted on the release date of the podcast!

One July 20, 2022, representatives of the Advocacy Council visited E-ONE with Florida Senator Keith Perry. E-ONE, located in Ocala, is an industry leader in the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of fire trucks worldwide. And every E-ONE fire apparatus is built from the ground up, customized for each customer. Senator Perry is a member of the Florida Legislature Manufacturing & Supply Chain Caucus. He visited E-ONE as a part of a year-long campaign titled Florida Manufacturing 2022: Making Manufacturing Careers focused on increasing awareness of manufacturing and highlighting those companies in our state that are creating high-wage high-value jobs. ...