Northern Colorado Manufacturing Partnership (NOCO), held their All Members meeting on July 12th at EWI in Loveland and included a networking celebration of the partnership’s 5 year anniversary. The attendance was at capacity with an outstanding energy level as manufacturers and service providers network and partner together to solve problems and grow manufacturing in Northern Colorado.
Heidi Hostetter, Chair of NOCO kicked the event off with an update of the partnership that has grown its manufacturer members 20% since March 2017, now totaling 230 and continuing to grow. Other partnership stats included:
Student Tours
- 100 companies participated to date (11 in 2018)
- Students impacted to date: 1,615 (126 in 2018)
Manufacturing Tours
- 2017: 171 attendees and 5 site tours
- 2018 to date: 90 attendees and 3 site tours
Lunch and Learn Events
- 2017: 170 attendees and 8 events
- 2018 to date: 98 attendees and 6 events
Regional Advisory Meeting
- 2018: 104 attendees with 35 manufacturers
- NOCO volunteers were recognized and awards given to the following:
Outstanding Board Member:
- Mina Cox of Specialty Products who serves as NOCO Treasurer
Outstanding NOCOM Volunteer:
- Katie Woslager, Senior Grant Manager with OEDIT
Outstanding Committee Chair:
Kyle Kingrey of BI, Inc. serving at Mfg. Rocks Committee Chair
Outstanding Industry Partner Volunteer:
Sylvia Robinson of TOLMAR, Inc.
Outstanding Public Partner Volunteer:
Josh Weisman, Poudre High School Shop Teacher
Outstanding Industry Partner:
EWI Colorado, Rick Gardner
Outstanding Public Partner Volunteer:
City of Loveland
The presentation portion of the meeting ended with promotion of NOCO’s annual trade event called NOCOM which is scheduled for April 11, 2019 from 9-5 at The Ranch in Loveland, CO. The theme for 2019 is “Connecting The Supply Chain”. NOCOM 2018 grew by 24% with over 900 in attendance. They are expecting another double digit increase for 2019. More about this event can be found at https://nocomfg.com/nocom/.