Technical Development Committee Report February 2026 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) meeting was held virtually on February 11th, 2026. Here are a few updates between then and now. We have begun working on updating the TDC “roster”, meaning those who will receive communications relative to the committee, such as meeting invitations, event announcements and ...Read more
Technical Development Committee Report January 2026 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) meeting was held virtually on January 14th, 2026. It was hoped that at the time of the meeting, and as the next school semester begins, there might be a flurry of announcements of career readiness events in the region, but they are only ...Read more
CMC Report December 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee meeting was held virtually on December 10, 2025. Phoebe Gonzales from CONNSTEP was welcomed as a first-time attendee, and the meeting format and expectations were reviewed . Attendees included representatives from various organizations such as Southington Tool & Manufacturing, Plainville Schools, CT Technical High School System, ...Read more
CMC Report November 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee (TDC) met on November 12th, 2025. We started the meeting by reminding attendees that although Manufacturing Month (October) is behind us, NESMA member companies remain willing to host plant tours for students. On October 22nd and 24th, 8 students (employees) of Lee Spring volunteered to take ...Read more
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 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 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 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 May 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee met on May 21st, 2025. It’s been a busy few weeks given the number of events, some of which I will recount approximately in date order. On May 7th, NESMA hosted a Wafios Student Webinar on Electric Vehicle (EV) Products. Three schools signed up, and several ...Read more
CMC Report April 2025 - by Al Mangels The NESMA Technical Development Committee met on April 9th , 2025. At this time of year, as the traditional school year nears its end, much of the focus has been on the various career readiness events being held around the region, as students make decisions about their future careers and courses ...Read more
