Miami · Monthly · Forum Nº 001
Where South Florida manufacturing meets.
A monthly gathering for the people building, operating, and growing South Florida’s manufacturing economy.
Manufacturing is stronger when we know each other.
South Florida is home to thousands of manufacturers — food producers, aerospace shops, medical device makers, boat builders, fabricators, packagers. Yet the people who run those companies rarely end up in the same room.
The Miami Manufacturing Forum exists to change that: one consistent place, once a month, where the region’s manufacturing leadership actually meets.
- NoA trade show
- NoA giant conference
- NoA complicated agenda
- YesLunch, introductions, useful conversations — and occasionally, an exceptional speaker
Good people. Good lunch. Useful conversations.
Built around the people who run the plants.
The people betting on South Florida production.
Running the floor, every day.
Throughput, quality, people.
Process, product, plant.
The building, the utilities, the uptime.
Sourcing, logistics, resilience.
Where production lands next.
The systems production runs on.
Welcome at the table — never working the room.
MMF is built for manufacturers and manufacturing leadership. Partners and suppliers are part of a healthy ecosystem — but nobody attends to be prospected, and seating is curated to keep the room majority-manufacturer.
One table. Once a month.
Miami Manufacturing Forum — September Lunch
- Date
- Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Time
- 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Place
- Miami, Florida Venue shared with your confirmation
- Discussion
- The inaugural table Introductions — and where South Florida manufacturing goes next
- Seating
- Limited The first tables cap at 20 seats
Reserve my seat
Ninety minutes, well spent.
Build relationships with people actually operating manufacturing businesses in South Florida — facing the same workforce, facility, and growth questions you are.
Practical ideas — and occasional speakers — on manufacturing, operations, technology, facilities, workforce, and growth. No sales decks from the podium.
Help strengthen South Florida’s manufacturing ecosystem. A region where manufacturers know each other is a region where manufacturing grows.
One conversation worth having, every month.
Each Forum makes room for a short discussion or an exceptional guest — never a pitch. Over time, this becomes an archive of the region’s best manufacturing voices.
The archive opens with Forum Nº 001.
Speakers, topics, and event notes will live here as the Forum convenes — a growing record of who has taken the floor.
About the speaker series →A stronger ecosystem is the point.
MMF believes in strengthening the entire South Florida manufacturing community — not just the room we’re in. That means pointing manufacturers toward the organizations doing serious work for the region.
The Forum is independent — founded by industry, for industry — and a deliberate ally of the institutions serving South Florida’s manufacturers.
South Florida Manufacturers Association
Serving the region’s manufacturers since 1961 — advocacy, training, plant tours, and a network every South Florida manufacturer should know.
sfma.org ↗Room for more — this space will feature the partner organizations strengthening the region alongside us.
Miami Manufacturing Forum was created and is hosted by INSOCO, a South Florida industrial design-build company working with manufacturers, food producers, aviation companies, and industrial facilities.
The goal is simple: a stronger, more connected manufacturing community.
About INSOCO ↗Get invited to the next table.
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