Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (MPMA)

06/11/2026

Once a month we want to remind you about the MPMA Job Board. We are getting new jobs submitted weekly (almost daily). We are providing flyers to community partners with QR codes directing them to our Job Board. MPMA is also attending many job fairs continually adding new job seekers that look at our job board. And the icing on the cake is that the MPMA Job Board is now connected to the Minnesota Manufacturing Pathways Portal. This portal currently has about 300 job seekers who have willingly put their information into the portal because they are actively looking for a career in manufacturing.

Be sure to have your HR or hiring manager add MPMA to their list of people to post job openings with. Let's get those jobs filled!

MPMA Job Board
https://www.mpma.com/job-listings

Want to learn more about the Minnesota Manufacturing Pathways Portal?

For Job Seekers
https://www.mpma.com/manufacturing-pathways-job-seeker

For Employers
https://www.mpma.com/manufacturing-pathways-employers

06/09/2026

June is Safety Month!

It is a great time to stop and evaluate safety measures at your shop. We think we have a plan in place, but often times processes need to be updated annually. We have a few members that can help you with your shop safety needs.

U.S. Compliance (Environmental, Health & Safety Consulting) merged with OSHA+Environmental Compliance Systems (OECS)
IEA
Mars Supply

A shoutout to Alex Wong at Dunwoody College of Technology for taking us on a recent tour where we found this sign to help with this post.

06/06/2026

On Thursday the MPMA Education Foundation Board got together to award our scholarship winners. We had an excellent pool of applicants this year. The 16 winners will be notified via email next week!

Thank you to the board members for taking the time to dedicate to helping strengthen the precision manufacturing workforce in Minnesota.

A shoutout to Alex Wong for hosting us at Dunwoody College of Technology.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Alex! Great to see young people finding what they love and thriving in it. Even better when precision manufacturing is involved! The future face of our industry right here!



Pine Technical & Community College

Read more about Meet Commencement Speaker Alex Fackelman on the Pine.edu Blog!

05/18/2026

MTEEA Super Mileage last week at Brainerd International Raceway!

05/18/2026

Last week MPMA President, Steve Kalina had the opportunity to attend the MTEEA High School Super Mileage competition at Brainerd International Raceway.

This event is an amazing display of high school students building and engineering cars to perform in different categories using a measured amount of fuel. It is impressive to see them work together on these cars. It is hours and hours of their free time to make the car a success.

A special congratulations to the Armstrong #13 car for winning our Quality of Craftsmanship award and thanks to Mars Supply for their donation. There are many industry partners that support these students by helping them produce customized parts for their cars.

The MPMA Education Foundation was happy to feed these 350 hungry minds with pizza for the day!

Congratulations to all the students, teachers, parent volunteers, industry donors, and others who make this event possible.

05/11/2026

A shout out to MPMA member Metal Trade Solutions for distributing a Minnesota Manufactured banner to Watertown-Mayer schools. We love to see industry partnering with education to build the next generation of precision manufacturers in Minnesota. This is the type of partnership that gets the next generation of precision manufacturers into the industry. Do you have a school near your shop to partner with? We can help with connections. Reach out to [email protected].

On Friday, Metal Trade Solutions LLC of Winsted MN, in conjunction with Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association (MPMA), presented Mrs. Roeglin, CTE teacher at Watertown-Mayer H.S., and Jim Burns, School Board member, with a banner for the shop. MPMA and MTS are proud to support Career and Technical Education pathways in Minnesota High Schools. Precision manufacturing offers modern, clean careers with highly competitive wages. MTS is also a proud former employer of work-based learning students from Watertown-Mayer.

05/10/2026

❤️🩷 Moms 🩷❤️

05/10/2026

MPMA and the precision manufacturing community want to wish the Minnesota Wild good luck in their game against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday and Monday. They have been supportive of our community so we want to support them back. Thanks Nordy for sporting the I am Minnesota Manufactured cowboy hat! Go Wild!

05/09/2026

Graduation season is in full swing! From college to tech school to high school. The MPMA Job Board is full of opportunities.

If you see a posting that is a few months old it is because the company has selected it to be open for a longer period of time because they have more than one opening.

https://www.mpma.com/job-listings

Companies with current openings:
Brenk Brothers
Metal Trade Solutions
Domaille Engineering
AirCorps Aviation
Klesk Metal Stamping
Twin City Staffing
C-Axis
FactoryTwin
Chandler Industries