MFG Day, observed

Eighth-graders learn about 3 local industries

At the Viracon factory, Southeast Bulloch Middle School eighth-graders, left to right, Patience Kirby, Lane Brewster and Mandrell Prescott, race to put on personal protective equipment required to work in architectural glass production, including aprons with leggings, two pairs of gloves, hearing and eye protection. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

MFG DAY-Viracon Contest Web — At the Viracon factory, Southeast Bulloch Middle School eighth-graders, left to right, Patience Kirby, Lane Brewster and Mandrell Prescott, race to put on personal protective equipment required to work in architectural glass production, including aprons with leggings, two pairs of gloves, hearing and eye protection. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

About 100 eighth-graders took a look inside three local manufacturing plants and Ogeechee Technical College's industrial maintenance training lab Oct. 6 for Manufacturing Day. The middle school students also heard from representatives of participating industries Briggs & Stratton, Great Dane Trailers and Viracon over lunch provided by the Development Authority of Bulloch County in Ogeechee Tech's Natural Resources Building. "We're glad to be a partner in it, and really probably the most important part is working with the Board of Education to get younger kids interested in manufacturing as a possible career," said Development Authority CEO Benjy Thompson.

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