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October 2025 Back to Top
NTMA’s signature event! Targeting Presidents, Owners and C-Level professionals for endless networking and learning opportunities.
2025 TMAC Metroplex Manufacturing Day isn’t just another campus visit, it’s a full (electric) throttle, hands-on, career-connected experience designed to get students excited about what’s possible in modern manufacturing.
If you’re an instructor looking to show students how their interests connect to real careers, this is the event for you. And If you’re a manufacturer, you’ll see tomorrow’s workforce in action, meet instructors who are shaping talent, and learn how to bring the Werk Wagon to your own facility.
We’re loading up the coolest tech, the sharpest minds, and the most useful career exploration tools this side of the shop floor.
Join the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) and Impact Center Arlington as we bring together students and manufacturers to network and learn about the new innovations that are available in manufacturing careers. Registration is free for attendees!
What’s Happening at the Event?
- The Werk Wagon
A mobile, modifiable, tech-packed training lab that brings automation, robotics, and industrial maintenance training directly to your school or facility. Touch it, walk through it, picture it pulling up to your parking lot. It’s a full manufacturing classroom on wheels. - Mozee
Experience a driverless, electric, multi-passenger vehicle developed right here in North Texas. Mozee’s a hit with students and manufacturers alike and a great way to show how automation, AI, and how software meets the shop floor. - Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County – VR Goggle Experience
Step into a virtual job site. These headsets let students experience real work environments in manufacturing, welding, construction, and more, without leaving the event. It’s immersive, realistic, and a great way to explore careers they may not have considered. - Lockheed Martin College Work Experience Program (CWEP)
Learn how students can work with one of the world’s largest aerospace companies. CWEP will show your students how they can launch a career in aerospace and defense while still in school. - University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI)
From robotics to advanced R&D, UTARI is where high-tech ideas go from whiteboard to working prototype. Their demos show how research and real-world solutions collide.
Breakout Mini-Sessions for Modern Makers
These mini-talks feature creators and professionals reshaping manufacturing and community through creativity, business, and social impact.
Who Should Attend:
- Instructors and program leaders at high schools, CTE centers, and vocational training schools
- STEM educators looking to connect curriculum to real-world careers
- Manufacturers who want to meet future hires, find real workforce training tools, or just stop saying “skills gap” into the void.
- Students interested in technology, problem-solving, building things, or just figuring out what comes next
30 minutes | Complimentary | Advance registration required
This presentation will explore common fire hazards in businesses across the nation. It will go over how different industries and operations can be at risk, and highlight how to identify various
fire hazards to help prevent them before they start.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
➤ Current Statistics and Trends
➤ Common and Special Hazards
✦ Spontaneous Combustion
✦ Thermal Runaway
➤ Safe Practices
Speakers
- Fenn, Daniel E.
Sr Risk Consultant-Fire SpecialistFED - Field Services
- Backlund, Christopher M.
Risk Management Learning ManagerFED - Field Services
November 2025 Back to Top
Join us for a half day of camaraderie, competition, and clay shooting at the North Texas NTMA Clay Shoot. This exciting event brings together members, industry partners, and friends for a fun-filled day that supports networking, team building, and friendly rivalry. Ticket includes: 3 hours of shooting, 1 gun rental per cart, 4 boxes per person, instructors, eye & ear protection, range fees, 100 targets, snacks, water, golf carts, and catered BBQ lunch.
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Foursome: $800 / $1,100
Pair: $400 / $550
Single: $200 / $275
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE!
Sharpshooter Sponsor $1,000
- Two shooters
- Prominent recognition on signage, emails, & social media
- Opportunity to provide giveaways
- Chance to welcome attendees and share a brief message.
Lunch Sponsor $750
- One Shooter
- Signage at lunch buffet
- recognition on signage, emails, & social media
- Opportunity to provide giveaways
- Verbal recognition.
Station Sponsor $250
- Prominent recognition at each station.
| Contact: |
Betty Vrcek
ChapterExec@ntmaNorthTexas.org |
30 minutes | Complimentary | Advance registration required
Certain employees are critical to the long-term success and profitability of your business. Their expertise, customer relationships, and unique skills are valuable assets, and your own financial security may rely on their continued commitment and high performance. The unexpected loss of even one key employee could impact your business’s value and profitability for years to come. This webinar will provide insights into identifying these essential team members and offer strategies to help retain them.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
➤ Today’s challenges with retaining employees
➤ How to identify the key employees in a business
➤ The true cost of employee turnover
➤ Learn about the three pieces of Federated’s Triple Protection Plan and how it can help reward and retain key employees
Speakers
- Groh, Ryan R.
Advanced Life Marketing & Disability Income ConsultantFED - Life
- Backlund, Christopher M.
Risk Management Learning ManagerFED - Field Services
December 2025 Back to Top
Join PMA and NTMA's One Voice advocacy team for an overview of the latest government actions affecting the industry.
Thank you to our December webinar sponsor, Federated Insurance!
Step up in the present and the future of automation and robotics here in the great state of Texas!
We are here to show you what Texas can offer in terms of technologies, solutions, ideas, artificial intelligence components, end-of-arm tooling, and robots of every kind.
All the main automation and IIoT brands will be there, this is made for you, end-user:
- No need to travel around the country to see automated solutions
- Meet and greet your local guys (ready to help and close by)
- Stay up-to-date on the latest opportunities
- Network like no other
- Free entrance, Free parking, sleep in your bed
This event has an international breadth, with solution providers coming from Europe as well.
Join us for a 2-day amazing event, we are all about automation, we are all about building relationships!
December 9th and 10th is your time to THRIVE with Automation Stars of Texas!
Exhibitors and sponsors, use this link to reserve your booths and signs + banners + tables.
April 2026 Back to Top
SAVE THE DATE!
A gathering the best and brightest up-and-coming industry leaders to network, share knowledge and brainstorm about tomorrow’s manufacturing industry. This event targets the leaders of the next generation, and showcases new technologies and processes. Help them build and grow their relationships with these industry influencers and be top of their mind.