Manufacturing Innovators To Meet At 'The Fuge'

WARMINSTER, PA — Some of the manufacturing industry's most innovative minds will gather on the spot where early astronauts prepared to go into outer space.

The Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center will host the seventh annual Greater Philadelphia Manufacturing Summit on Friday, Oct. 12, at The Fuge. Formerly Johnsville Centrifuge, the site, at 780 Falcon Circle in Warminster, is where, in 1959, the Mercury Seven astronauts began their centrifuge training.

The summit will bring together local and national technology companies, regional manufacturers, academics, makers designers and students for a day of inspiration and education. Organizers say this year's summit focuses on subjects including innovation and advanced manufacturing technologies.

There will be speakers, interactive exhibits and technology demonstrations.

Brian Beaulieu, CEO and principal of ITR Economics, will be the keynote speaker. There will be demonstrations of robotics and other advanced technologies, as well as tours of the historic Johnsville Centrifuge.

Tickets to the 2018 Manufacturing Summit are on sale now and more information is available online.

DVIRC is a regional economic development organization dedicated to supporting the profitable growth of small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers. Its mission is to strengthen regional manufacturing companies by helping them continuously improve their competitiveness and profitable growth.

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