SME is an organization for individuals, students,

educators and companies involved in all facets of

manufacturing. Founded in 1932, it is dedicated to

advancing and educating the manufacturing industry.

This is accomplished through a variety of tactics and

outlets including events, media, membership, training

and development, and an education foundation. SME

focuses its efforts on several areas of manufacturing:

aerospace and defense, energy, medical and

motorized vehicles.

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SME FACT SHEET

One SME Drive, Dearborn, MI 48128 800.733.4763 | 313.425.3000 | service@sme.org | sme.org

SME Education Foundation | smeef.org

The SME Education Foundation’s mission is to prepare youth for advanced manufacturing careers through outreach programs encouraging more than 60,000 students over the years to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a particular focus on technology and engineering. This is accomplished by providing scholarships, grants and in-kind gifts, as well as investing in youth programs.

SME FACT SHEET

Membership | sme.org/benefits

SME members are successful manufacturing practitioners and business owners with experience across a variety of fields and from leading manufacturing companies and institutions, including Boeing, Caterpillar, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, NASA, Northrop Grumman, John Deere, America Makes and many more. Members have access to a tremendous network of manufacturing innovation from peers and the connectivity SME provides.

Media | advancedmanufacturing.org

SME’s Advanced Manufacturing Media group is a leading source for news and in-depth technical information about advanced manufacturing in North America. It serves an audience of more than 100,000 manufacturing professionals who subscribe to its trusted Manufacturing Engineering magazine, iTunes App, annual yearbooks, e-newsletters, technical papers and other products. Coverage is focused on manufacturing for the world’s most critical industries: aerospace and defense, motorized vehicles, medical and energy.

Training & Development | toolingu.com

Tooling U-SME is an industry leader in manufacturing training and development. The organization works with educational institutions as well as manufacturers, including Fortune® 500 companies, across manufacturing industries to build the workforce of the future. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and more than 5,000 companies rely on Tooling U-SME’s expertise, relationships and online learning and assessment programs to address workforce needs.

One SME Drive, Dearborn, MI 48128 800.733.4763 | 313.425.3000 | service@sme.org | sme.org

Events | sme.org/events

SME events are value-driven, face-to-face marketing solutions to jumpstart personal relationships with manufacturing decision makers. Annually, more than 90,000 manufacturing professionals from leading companies choose SME events because each show embodies that same passion for innovative production, connections to manufacturing experts and unbiased solutions to the industry’s most complex problems.