Valley Industrial Association (VIA), Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships (GCAMP), Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES): MFG Day Field Trips

Established in 1902, the organization we know today as the Valley Industrial Association was founded to give area manufacturers and the businesses that serve them a place to connect for professional growth, shared information and common resources that can help operations, and to support causes important to industry. Originally founded...

The Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, or GCAMP, is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Charitable Organization with a mission to work towards creating a sustainable manufacturing workforce in the Greater Chicago Region. GCAMP is a coalition of area manufacturers, educators at all levels, trade associations, workforce boards, and municipal economic developers that...

Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES) is a regional delivery system established by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) which serves 17 school districts, two area career/vocational centers, one special education cooperative and Waubonsee Community College, covering a five-county area.

Smith and Richardson Manufacturing Inc. ('s&R?) headquartered in Geneva Illinois, with a subsidiary manufacturing operation located in Taichang, China is a manufacturer of precision machined, precision stamped and precision slide formed parts. We are ISO certified, combining technology and people to meet present and anticipated needs of our customer. Strategic...

Diamond Envelope was started with a mission of building timeless relationships with outstanding customer service. That motto and mission has never changed and continues to be the core focus of all our employees. With over 80 employees working 24/7, we manufacture over 1 billion envelopes annually. Our employees have the...

Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. has been designing and building plastic injection and compression molds of superior quality since 1944. Our customers in the automotive, appliance, building supply, electronics, housewares, lawn & garden, and sporting goods industries have first-hand knowledge of our attention to detail, our customer service, and our...

Founded in 1994, Eagle Flexible Packaging is an innovative printer and converter of flexible packaging specializing in Preformed Pouches, Roll Fed Film, Rollstock with pre-applied zippers, and Laminate Structures. An in-house Prepress Department enables us to provide the utmost in quality printing, control and flexibility. Utilizing state-of-the-art technologies such as,...

Americhem Systems, Inc. is a custom engineered, modular equipment fabricator located just outside of Chicago, Illinois. We've been in business 30+ years and have supplied equipment to some of the largest companies in the world. We pride ourselves on becoming the supplier of choice for corrosion resistant, custom engineered, modular...