A thriving industrial economy is essential to the functioning of the City.
It ensures the production, distribution, and maintenance of goods and infrastructure, provides over half a million jobs – more than currently exist in NYC’s technology or finance sectors – and supports a pathway to the middle class.
A robust industrial ecosystem is vital to addressing the challenge of climate change, developing New York into a smart and resilient city, and creating the next wave of innovation.
Building an active, organized constituency to unify industrial and manufacturing businesses and elevate practices of high road employers.
Partnering to co-develop solutions to ensure there are reliable talent pipelines and upskilling resources for industrial businesses.
Working with City government to address challenges and create industry stability.
Facilitating a transition to Industry 4.0 — automation and data technology — and related changes in workplace culture in order to minimize the pressures of disruption.
MaiiC is led by an Executive Board of key representatives of businesses across the industrial and manufacturing sectors, and includes advisory committees which will be organized as follows:
To better understand some of the pre-conceived impressions that young people have towards manufacturing, we sat down and interviewed over 30 technical students during Manufacturing Day.
MaiiC spoke with students after the “Smart Cities” event to understand their perceptions of the industry and equip employers with lessons on how to improve recruitment of the rising workforce. Read the three key takeaways.
NYC Manufacturing Day 2019 brought together students from across New York City. Find out which aspects of the industry sparked interest in the students and encouraged them to consider a career in manufacturing.
ApprenticeNYC is a paid, full-time apprenticeship opportunity that provides classroom-based technical instruction and on-the-job training that helps New York City jobseekers develop in-demand skills in a long-term occupation with high growth potential.
ApprenticeNYC offers career tracks in Advanced Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics, and more. The first computer numerically controlled (CNC) machinist track of the program provides 10 weeks of classroom instruction and 62 weeks of on-the-job training with employers in the advanced manufacturing sector.
CEO, Boyce Technologies Inc.
President, Valente Yeast
President and CEO, Sell-Mar Enterprise
President, D&M Lumber Products
President, Lee Spring
VP, Government Affairs, Con Ed
Plant Manager, Frank Brunckhorst Co., LLC
Vice President, Faztec Industries
Executive Director, Maritime Association
General Manager, SIMS Recycling
Chairman and CEO, Food Service Partners
CEO, Shapeways
Founder and CEO, Ovenly
CEO, Brooklyn Brewery
COO, Ferrara Manufacturing
The committees are ‘meetup’ style gatherings of companies and interest groups with the aim of aligning on challenges confronting each subsector, sharing ideas, building consensus, and providing guidance to the Executive Board.
We will be in touch soon with more information on events, programs, and initiatives being launched by MaiiC.