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The Manufacturing Institute, the NAM’s workforce development and education affiliate, announced a new partnership between the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME USA), the premier American model of manufacturing skills training, and ShopFloor Coffee, a mission-driven coffee brand that supports skilled trades and manufacturing education nationwide.

How it works: ShopFloor Coffee will donate 20% of proceeds directly to workforce development programs across the country, including FAME USA, Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and All Within My Hands, Metallica’s foundation supporting skilled trades.

• “FAME USA is proud to partner with ShopFloor Coffee to support our shared mission of growing and sustaining a highly skilled manufacturing workforce,” said FAME USA National Director Tony Davis. “It’s about creating opportunities for students, celebrating those already in the field and building a pipeline of talent for the future.”
• “We’re honored to fuel the future of manufacturing through this partnership,” said ShopFloor Coffee Co-Founder Mike Franz. “This isn’t just about better coffee in breakrooms. It’s about waking people up to the power of American manufacturing and the programs, like FAME USA, that keep it strong.”

FAME: FAME offers a cutting-edge earn-and-learn model, in which students earn associate degrees while also working at manufacturing facilities. Students across the country have gone on to many high-paying careers at major manufacturing firms.

What’s next: Together, FAME USA and ShopFloor Coffee will shine a spotlight on the stories of students, apprentices and employers shaping the future, while rallying communities to invest in workforce development in new and creative ways.