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Trophy Presentation
This year’s winners of the coveted “Having Fun” trophy at the CMMA Annual Golf Outing was the team from MAC LTT. Members include Will Allen, Ryan Somsel, Alex Rusch and Mark Upton (pictured below from left to right). This week, I had the honor of presenting the...
2021 CMMA Annual Scholarship Golf Outing
The 2021 CMMA Annual Scholarship Golf Outing was a great success. It rained the entire night before and only stopped one hour before tee time. Many thought our 10 and 0 record of never having a rainout or even rain delay was in jeopardy. In the end, Mother Nature...
2021 Scholarship Challenge Winners
The Central Michigan Manufacturers Association (CMMA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Scholarship Challenge. This year the competition was particularly fierce and deciding the winners was difficult. In the end three individuals were selected...
CMMA’s Newest SiG | Supply Chain Management
We have a new SIG and it’s called Supply Chain Management! “As the newest Special Interest Group from CMMA, Supply Chain Management, was developed for all manufacturing and associate member businesses to improve supply chain management. This group finds value in...
Capital Visit | Going Pro Talent Fund
On Tuesday, November 12, Harry Leaver attended a meeting at the Capital in Lansing. The agenda was the Going Pro Talent Fund. Many thanks to Senator Ken Horn for arranging this meeting and chairing it. Since this initiative first started in 2014, thousands of...
Coming Home Video
Central Michigan is known for its world-class manufacturers and on October 11th, graduating students and returning young professionals to the Great Lakes Bay region had the opportunity to meet many of them at the Discover Great Lakes Bay Coming Home event. As interest...
Executive Roundtable SIG Meeting at Avalon & Tahoe
41 business leaders attended the Executive Roundtable SIG meeting at Avalon & Tahoe on 17 September. The topic was “Operational Excellence”. For this meeting, we tried a new format and had a panel of individuals from Avalon & Tahoe, the MMTC, and Fullerton...
CMMA Annual Meeting at Bucks Run, Mt. Pleasant
Described by many as a very enjoyable event. Over 150 folks registered for the meeting. The energy level was high all night long. Socializing and networking were in full swing all evening. Rocky Dowell of American Mitsuba blessed us all by singing our national...
2019 Scholarship Winners
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS! We have an Annual Golf Outing and monies raised at the event go towards scholarships that are given out each year. This year, the CMMA board had a great deal of difficulty in trying to select the winners. In fact, we...
2019 CMMA Golf Outing
The 9th Annual CMMA Golf Outing held at Maple Creek in Shepherd is now in the books. It was, by all accounts, a great success. 120 golfers teamed up (30 Foursomes) to enjoy the day and compete for top honors. This year’s winning team was “TEAM CMMA”. They demolished...
MFG Excellence Awards
Aircraft Precision Products, Inc. Michigan Manufacturers Association held their MFG Excellence Awards dinner on November 8, 2018 and one of our members was chosen for the MFG Community Impact Award! Congratulations goes out to Aircraft Precision Products, Inc. APPI in...