CMC Report October 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) met on October 8th, 2025. Our meeting began with follow-ups from the Connecticut Manufacturing Innovation Forum and the AMEP biannual meeting. We are continuing discussions with Sam Spain regarding the FIRST program and have received a calendar of competition events to share. We expect a ...Read more
CMC Report October 2025 - by Justin Swanson Following is a recap of this month's CMC meeting from October 13. Meeting Overview Administrator Paul Amarone opened the meeting by welcoming attendees and providing updates on current policy priorities. He introduced two new members, Danielle Cloud, CBIA’s Public Policy Associate, and Steven Berkowitz of Albert Brothers. Both shared their professional ...Read more
CMC Report September 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) met on September 18th, 2025. As expected, the Fall season has taken off with a flurry of activities, some of which are presented below in approximately chronological order. On September 10th, the NESMA Board met at the MASC Center to view a demonstration of a Pensa ...Read more
CMC Report September 2025 - by Justin Swanson Following is a recap of this month's CMC meeting from September 8. The September 8 CMC meeting focused on leadership updates, legislative developments, and strategic priorities for the manufacturing community. Administrator Paul Amarone provided an update on the ongoing Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO) search, noting that a candidate with expertise in ...Read more
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CMC Report July 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) met on July 9th, 2025. Given the time of year, and as we had expected, we were only a small group, so we had a simple open discussion attempting to answer these two questions: 1) What new technologies are likely to be widely used by ...Read more
CMC Report July 2025 - by Justin Swanson Following is a recap of this month's CMC meeting from July 14. 1. Introduction Facilitator: Administrator Paul Amarone opened the meeting. Speaker: Turned over to David Steuber, Chief of Staff, DECD (Department of Economic and Community Development). 2. Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Search Update Presented by: David Steuber (DECD) Status of ...Read more
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CMC Report June 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee met on June 11th, 2025. As the school year was winding down, we took the opportunity to take a somewhat retrospective look at the school year, during which the NESMA TDC announced, promoted, sponsored and otherwise participated in over thirty events. We asked each attendee about ...Read more
CMC Report June 2025 - by Justin Swanson 2025 Legislative Session Recap The 2025 Connecticut legislative session was one of the busiest in recent history, with over 4,000 bills introduced and several major policy changes impacting manufacturers. NESMA, through the Connecticut Manufacturers' Collaborative (CMC), tracked 134 bills, with key wins including expanded “right-to-repair” access (SB 3), new funding for ...Read more
