Gail Borden to host Mini Manufacture Your Future Aug. 29

As part of its "Dinosaur Giants" exhibit, Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin will host a "Mini Manufacture Your Future," featuring local manufacturing from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, in the library's lobby, 270 N. Grove Ave.

Students and families can connect the educational exhibit with local manufacturers that make products like those highlighted in the exhibit.

Acme Design, a local fabricator, has assisted Dr. Paul Sereno, the University of Chicago paleontologist whose team found the dinosaur bones on exhibit, on another project, Spinosaurus. The Elgin firm helped created the replica skeleton for a Spinosaurus.

The Elgin area is home to more than 600 manufacturers. The Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce's website indicates that, "Elgin maintains over 72 percent of the existing inventory of manufacturing space in the northern Kane County sub-market. Elgin's location along I-90 with three full access points and proximity to major roads, the Chicago market and O'Hare Airport make it an ideal location for domestic and international businesses. Elgin also provides an abundant, skilled labor pool for manufacturers."

The library hosts these manufacturing events to connect people with opportunities, especially those in their own backyard.

Representatives from Acme Design, Fabric Images, Hoffer Plastics, NTN Bearing Manufacturing, Elgin Sweeper, MKD Electric, Zero Edge Aquariums and more will be at the library from 3 to 5 p.m.

Representatives from industry organizations such as the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association and the Manufacturing Careers Internship Program will be there as well as representatives from Elgin Community College.

"Manufacture Your Future" is offered via a partnership between the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce and the Gail Borden Public Library District.

Materials for the Gail Borden Job Fair Sept. 21 and the Elgin Area School District U-46 Career Expo on Oct. 14 will also be available at Manufacture Your Future.

For more information, visit www.gailborden.info/myf.