AeroOne 2025: Midwest’s Premier Aerospace Summit Returns with Exclusive Roundtables and Industry Powerhouses

Rochester, MI — The Aerospace Industry Association of Michigan (AIAM) is excited to announce its fourth annual AeroOne Summit, taking place September 3–5, 2025, at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the return of one of AeroOne’s most sought-after experiences—the Aerospace Roundtables. Widely recognized as one of the Midwest’s premier aerospace events, AeroOne […]

Revolutionizing Shop Performance with FactoryTwin’s Digitalization and Analytics Platform

Revolutionizing Shop Performance with FactoryTwin’s Digitalization and Analytics Platform FactoryTwin is a full-service shop digitalization firm and supports high mix – low volume manufacturing. FactoryTwin brings the benefits of advanced data analytics to manufacturers so they can reduce complexity in their operations and make ‘better decisions faster’. Designed to be affordable for Small & Medium […]

AIAM Webinar: Earned Sick Time Act

On January 21st, AIAM hosted the Webinar: Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). We hope attendees found the session informative and valuable as we explored the upcoming changes in Michigan’s sick time legislation. In case you missed it you can find a recording of the webinar here. Our panel of experts from Miller Canfield, UHY LLP, […]

Meet Claira – Your AI Talent Assistant 

AIAM Member Claira is passionate about helping the manufacturing industry understand the talent they have, and the individual competencies they should be looking for when hiring. Learn how to take advantage with a discount only for AIAM Members. Regardless of industry, specific innovations or new technology, workforce is the lynch pin that will influence growth […]

AIAM Foundation  

The AIAM Foundation works to create a diverse pipeline of talent, strengthen small businesses, and raise awareness for aerospace in the state. Learn how.  The AIAM Foundation was established as the philanthropic arm of the Association. Resources raised through the Foundation will directly impact programs focused on strengthening the talent pipeline, supplier support programs for […]

Small Business Association of Michigan – Benefits for AIAM Members 

AIAM partners with SBAM to bring more opportunities to our members. Read about how you can take advantage. DID YOU KNOW… AIAM MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE A PREMIUM LEVEL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN MEMBERSHIP?   BENEFITS INCLUDE   Insurance Solutions to Attract and Retain Top Talent   SBAM is dedicated to bringing insurance solutions to your company, while saving […]

New Member Spotlight – Calder Capital 

Learn more about AIAM Member Calder Capital! Calder Capital is a Michigan-based M&A Advisory Firm specializing in representing sellers of manufacturing, and industrial services companies with enterprise values ranging from $1M to $250M. Additionally, we assist strategic buyers in identifying platform and bolt-on acquisition opportunities within the same market segments.   On the sell-side, our chief […]

Thank you to AIAM Foundation Corporate Partner Barron Industries! 

Read about Barron Industries and how their precision machined castings are being used by multiple leading aerospace companies Barron Industries is a leading manufacturer of precision machined castings and assemblies for military and commercial aerospace applications. Their turnkey manufacturing process offers complete single-source capability, significantly reducing cost and delivery times. Capabilities include investment casting with […]

Advocating for the Industry 

Learn how AIAM works to promote Michigan’s aerospace industry through our annual Legislative Day AIAM held our annual Legislative Day on Tuesday, February 20th in Lansing. We started out the day with an early morning breakfast between AIAM board members, the Aerospace Caucus, and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, which was hosted by McAlvey Merchant […]

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