05/29/2026
The Stateline Manufacturing Alliance (SMA) Manufacturing Signing Day event was a huge success! SMA recognized 33 high school students who will be moving forward into a Manufacturing career pathway either from bridging from Youth Apprenticeship to Register Apprenticeship, attending training and/or schooling, or into full-time employment opportunities! The companies that recognized this future workforce were Frito Lay, Hexpol, Jones Dairy Farm, Kuhn North America, Inc., Pieper Electric, Inc., Prent Corporation, Scot Forge, Stoughton Trailers, The Caldwell Group, Inc., The Morse Group, and United Alloy.
Congratulations to the 8 Youth Apprenticeship students from the Rock & Green County Youth Apprenticeship Consortium that were recognized: Marcus De La Cruz (Beloit Memorial High School), Lane Visger (Brodhead High School), Ryan Thomas (Turner High School), Alex Slown (Beloit Memorial High School), Jacob Popp (Beloit Memorial High School), Miguel Aguilar (Beloit Memorial High School), Colin Mortimer (Craig High School), Madex Norman (Parker High School), and Jadon Upham (Parker High School)!