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Trusted Partner

August Ash

Engineered Digital Strategy For Manufacturers Ready To Grow

August Ash is a digital partner helping manufacturers plan, design, and build high-performing websites and digital strategies. With over 26 years of experience, we take an engineered approach to marketing by allowing data and proper analysis to guide every decision we make. Our work is guided by our core values—Care, Grit, Grow, Good-Natured, and Clarity—and structured around the entrepreneurial operating system (EOS)-driven approach that keeps teams aligned and accountable. We’re committed to long-term partnerships and stand behind our guarantee of providing honest answers to tough questions.

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Trusted Partner

Blue Net Inc.

Our Mission Is To Completely Eliminate IT Tasks, Problems, And Stress For Minneapolis Businesses

Our team stays on top of the latest technology and business trends to help companies meet and exceed their IT needs through:

  • Increased productivity and efficiency
  • Personal service and customized solutions
  • Security and compliance, including access to multiple secure data centers
  • Prevention of the unexpected through continuous monitoring

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Trusted Partner

Blue Sparq Marketing

Blue Sparq Marketing is a Minnesota-based, woman-owned, fractional marketing agency that specializes in helping manufacturers and industrial brands grow. We partner with you to provide strategic marketing leadership, expert execution, and measurable results—without the cost and complexity of building a large internal marketing team.

Our team understands the unique challenges manufacturers face, from complex products and long sales cycles to reaching engineers, buyers, distributors, and decision-makers. We help industrial organizations build stronger brands, generate qualified leads, modernize marketing efforts, and align marketing with sales goals to drive sustainable growth.

Whether serving as an outsourced marketing department or augmenting an existing team, Blue Sparq provides all the marketing you need and none you don’t. From strategy to branding, graphic design, social media, digital marketing, content, automation, and analytics, we activate the program you need to move businesses forward.

As a proud supporter of the Manufacturers Alliance, we are passionate about helping manufacturers strengthen their market position, connect with customers, and achieve their growth goals.

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Trusted Partner

Caddi

Unlock The Full Value Of Your Engineering Data

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tokyo and Chicago, CADDi was built by industry veterans from McKinsey and Apple to solve one of manufacturing’s most persistent challenges: lost and fragmented engineering knowledge.

CADDi combines deep expertise in Japanese design and manufacturing with advanced AI to help teams turn disconnected data into usable intelligence. Its flagship platform, CADDi Drawer, organizes engineering drawings and data into a searchable system, making it easy to find past designs, understand part history, and reuse proven solutions across the organization.

Rather than replacing your existing systems, CADDi works alongside your PLM and ERP as a shared intelligence layer that connects engineering, procurement, quality, and operations.

Manufacturers use CADDi to:

  • Recover and reuse critical engineering knowledge
  • Reduce duplicate work and design inefficiencies
  • Improve cross-functional visibility and collaboration
  • Accelerate decision-making with structured, searchable data
  • Strengthen continuous improvement across the product lifecycle

Recognized globally for innovation, CADDi has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and earned the SaaS Award for Best Business Intelligence and Engineering Management Software.

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Trusted Partner

MyTech Partners

Technology That Keeps Your Production Moving

For more than 25 years, MyTech Partners has supported manufacturers across the Twin Cities with dependable, forward-thinking IT solutions. As a Managed Services Provider, we specialize in helping manufacturing companies strengthen security, simplify complex systems, and build technology strategies that support long-term growth.

Manufacturing environments are different. Legacy equipment, compliance requirements, hybrid infrastructure, and supply chain pressures all demand IT that is both resilient and practical. MyTech Partners brings deep industry understanding and steady operational support to help you stay protected, productive, and competitive.

Manufacturers partner with MyTech to:

  • Strengthen cybersecurity across plants, offices, and remote teams
  • Reduce downtime with proactive monitoring and responsive support
  • Align IT strategy with production and business goals
  • Support compliance and evolving industry standards
  • Simplify technology with clear, approachable guidance

Purposeful. Reliable. Simple. Helpful.

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Trusted Partner

North Risk Partners

Insurance Solutions That Protect Your People, Property, and Performance

North Risk Partners specializes in insurance solutions for people and businesses. We Face Risk Head On through service – to our clients, to our communities, and to each other.

We offer commercial insurance, employee benefits, home, auto, farm, life, surety bonds, and more with a commitment to education, right-fit coverage, and attention to preventing avoidable losses. With 27 locations across the Midwest, we are small enough to be local and large enough to give you options.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When and Where is the Super Social?
July 16, 2026 at The Fowling Warehouse in Minneapolis.

When and Where is the Manufacturer of the Year Conference?
October 6, 2026, at The Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center.

When and Where is the Mega Meeting?
December 11, 2026, at The Club at Golden Valley in Golden Valley.