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News and Upcoming Events

SME Atlanta is proud to announce our theme for 2012: GEORGIA MADE!
Our tours & presentations this year will center around the reasons and benefits as to why companies choose to bring or keep their manufacturing in the Peach State. We are excited to promote manufacturing enterprises that grow, attain global competitiveness, and make metro-Atlanta a new manufacturing leader.

Check out our upcoming and past events below!

February 16, 2012 - Tour of YSS Athletics

Join us on February 16th as SME & NetworkingMFG host a joint tour of YSS Athletics, a custom athletic apparel manufacturer in Snellville, GA. YSS Athletics started as a result of a high school varsity coach who was frustrated with uniform vendors and was challenged by her principal to make her own team's uniforms. The company has now become a well-known name in the sports uniform industry producing innovative uniforms in terms of custom design & custom fitting, especially for the female athlete. In fact, all of their uniforms are designed with the customer and the program in mind - their customers can come to the facility and design their own uniforms. We will tour their facilities and hear about how the company uses the latest technology for apparel manufacturing, which is often only seen in off-shore plants, to produce all of its apparel right here in Snellville, Georgia, helping them to remain committed to keeping their athletic apparel "Made in the USA".

Click here to go to our Events page to learn more and register to join us on February 16th!    

Past Events

January 26, 2012 - History of Mfg Presentation: How Dalton Became the Carpet Capital of the World

SME kicked-off 2012 with a special presentation on the history of manufacturing in Georgia - specifically, Dalton's incredible domination of the carpet industry. On Thursday, January 26th, guest speaker Douglas Flamming, Professor in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech told the fascinating story of southern entrepreneurship and regional transformation that led to Dalton, Georgia becoming the carpet capital of the world. Many thanks to Dr. Flamming for taking time out of his busy schedule to provide us with an engaging night of talking about manufacturing history in the state of Georgia.

October 18, 2011 - Tour of Millennium Mats (Suwanee, GA)

Thanks to the team at Millennium Mat for a great tour of their manufacturing facility in Suwanee, GA on October 18th. The group had a great time and was glad to have the chance to see a state of the art facility that has re-shored products from Mexico and China by increasing efficiencies, utilizing recycled products and a implementing a state-of-the-art monitoring system.

September 20, 2011 - SME Laser Marking & Engraving Presentation/Demo Presented by: MECCO Marking & Traceability

Dave Sweet, President of MECCO Marking and Traceability, gave a great presentation on laser marking technology. Thanks to Dave for making the trip to the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center and providing a very interesting talk and demo.

August 25, 2011 - SME Happy Hour at SweetWater Brewery!

 Thanks to all who came out and joined us at Sweetwater Brewery on August 25th. Everyone had a great time catching up after our summer break!

May 24, 2011 - Tour of Price Industries

Thanks to our friends at Price industries for putting on a great tour on May 24, 2011. We appreciate the efforts of our gracious hosts and enjoyed seeing the top-notch facilities!

 April 19, 2011 - Chicago White Metal Casting in-depth Die Casting Seminar - Joint SME/ASME Event

Many thanks to Jody Scollard who gave an interesting and informative presentation on advanced die casting and the work that Chicago White Metal Casting has done in this area. We also want to send a special thanks to the folks of ASME's Atlanta Chapter for their efforts in creating a great joint event.

March 24, 2011 - Tour of Applied Industrial Technologies Distribution Center

On Thursday, March 24th, SME Atlanta toured through Applied Inudstrial Technologies' distribution center in Lithia Springs, GA. It was exciting to see one of North America’s largest industrial distributors of bearings, power transmission components, hydraulic components and systems, pneumatic components and systems, industrial rubber products, linear components, tools, safety products, general maintenance and a variety of material handling products. Thanks to our hosts at Applied for providing such an interesting tour!

February 15, 2011 - Tour of WIKA Instrument Corporation

On February 15th SME Atlanta toured through WIKA Instrument Corporation with a total of 43 attendees!  Thanks to all of you who joined us for the tour and many thanks to our gracious hosts at WIKA who made it all possible.

November 16, 2010 - Tour of Meggitt Training Systems!

On November 16th SME Atlanta toured through Meggitt Training Systems and had a great time using the simulators that Meggitt has built its strong reputation on. Many thanks to our hosts for putting on a tour that everyone enjoyed!  

FABTECH Volunteer Opportunities - Complimentary Registration!

SME "Members Only" Meet and Greet at FABTECH - November 3rd!

SME held a "members only" meet and greet event on Wednesday, November 3rd in the Showcase Theater at FABTECH.  Click here to see the details of this event! 

North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding event returned to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from November 2-4, 2010!

Click here to see all of the details from the event.

SME's Manufacturing Engineering magazine now available online!

Manufacturing Engineering, SME's authoritative flagship publication is now available for viewing online! Click here to see a video about all the exciting benefits and features of the new format on the SME International site.    

October 28, 2010 - Lunch and Tour of Bonnell Aluminum!

The Bonnell Aluminum tour on October 28th was a fun and interesting lunch meeting.  Thanks to all of you who attended the tour and a special thanks to Bonnell Aluminum for hosting us!

September 21, 2010 – Tour of Nisshinbo

Thanks to everyone who attended the tour of Nisshinbo North American operations on September 21st! We also want to send a special thanks to our gracious hosts at Nisshinbo - they put on an excellent tour! 

August 26, 2010 – Tour of SweetWater Brewery

We had a fun time at the SweetWater Brewery and were glad to see many new and familiar faces!  Thanks to all who came out and made it a great night.  We hope to plan similar mixers in the future so stay tuned to the website for more information!