multi-million-dollar Industry 4.0 PPE Resilience Grants Program

by | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized

MEDIA ADVISORY: Oakland County Executive David Coulter and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel join Automation Alley CEO Tom Kelly to announce multi-million-dollar Industry 4.0 PPE Resilience Grants Program

The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping and accelerating the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector, and Industry 4.0 technologies are leading the way.
Who

Scheduled Speakers:

  • Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel
  • Oakland County Executive David Coulter
  • Automation Alley Executive Director and CEO Tom Kelly
  • Sean Carlson, Deputy Oakland County Executive
  • David Woodward, Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairman
  • Penny Luebs, Oakland County Board of Commissioner
What

The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping and accelerating the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector, and Industry 4.0 technologies are leading the way. Oakland County, in partnership with Macomb County and Automation Alley, has created the Personal Protective Equipment Resilience Grant Program to address the urgent need to move Oakland County and Macomb County-based companies quickly into the digital manufacturing age of Industry 4.0 to help improve our region’s manufacturing agility and response to future disruptions.
Where

Automation Alley
2675 Bellingham, Troy 48083
When

Jun 30, 2020, 1:40 PM
Additional Info

Media Contacts:

Safety measures:

  • All persons will be screened prior to entering the news conference, including recording temperature.
  • A mask will be required to enter the building. One will be made available for those who don’t have one. Hand sanitizer will be available at the door.
  • News media who attend will be socially distanced six feet apart.

Those who do not wish to attend will be able to watch the news conference on the Executive Office Facebook page (@OakGov.EO) and ask questions by conference call.

How to participate:

  • Participating reporters RSVP to Jaime Fenner at [email protected] by noon to indicate your participation on the conference line so the County Executive will call on you
  • Please mute your phone until Q&A begins. Press *6 to mute and unmute your line
  • Do not place the conference call on hold because all other callers will hear your on-hold message or music
  • There is an audio delay on Facebook Live, so, please do not have Facebook audio on in the background if you are on the conference call as well