LOUISVILLE, KY – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has announced the launch of its newest industry council, the KAM Automotive Council. The new Automotive Council, which will meet August 8 for the first time, will focus on promoting and growing Kentucky’s automotive industry, one of the Commonwealth’s leading employers and economic drivers. The automotive sector in Kentucky includes such
LOUISVILLE, KY – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers’ (KAM) Defense and Aerospace Council (DAC) will meet on July 16 to hear from one of the country’s foremost aerospace journalists, Matthew Fulco, Business Editor of Aviation Week. The DAC works to promote and grow Kentucky’s defense and aerospace sector, which encompasses companies designing and building products and components for use in
SOMERSET, KY– SPEDA purchased and leased property to the jail to expand re-entry program If hard work is the key to success, there is no better symbol than the physical key that changed hands Tuesday evening. That key is to a warehouse the Somerset-Pulaski Economic Development Authority (SPEDA) purchased from Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in 2021 and leased to the Pulaski
MURRAY, KY– HempWood, an innovative lumber alternative that uses hemp and a soy based glue to make organic flooring and other products, has won the second annual Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky Tournament Presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance. HempWood’s victory was announced Monday by KAM and Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance during a trophy
FRANKFORT, KY– The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched the KAM 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky Tournament Presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance. Now in its second year, the competition is an online voting, bracket-style tournament that allows Kentuckians to pick the 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky from among the thousands of world-class products manufactured in the
BOWLING GREEN, KY – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) announced the 2023 Manufacturer of the Year and Manufacturing Employee of the Year Award winners during KAM’s Kentucky Manufacturers Summit & Awards Dinner Thursday evening in Bowling Green. “Manufacturing is the top driver of Kentucky’s economy, representing more than $34 billion of Gross Domestic Product,” said KAM President and CEO