Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance

10/02/2026

🏭 Manufacturing is stronger when we’re connected.

BNMA brings together manufacturers and industry partners from across Western New York to build relationships, share resources, solve challenges, and create new opportunities.

Whether you're looking to grow your network, strengthen your workforce, find new suppliers, or simply stay connected to what’s happening in our region’s manufacturing community — BNMA membership puts you in the room.

🔗 Learn more about becoming a BNMA member.

https://www.bnmalliance.com/membership/

The Buffalo Niagara Manufacturing Alliance assists Western New York manufacturers in areas of policy, economic development, job training, grants, loans, advocacy, networking, and competitiveness.

10/01/2026

MPower 2026 is bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and experts for a full day of conversations built around the challenges and opportunities facing manufacturers today.

From AI and automation to supply chain resilience, precision measurement, and marketing our speaker lineup is bringing real-world experience and practical insights you can take back to your business.

Whether you're looking to strengthen your supply chain, understand how AI can fit into your operation, improve inspection and measurement, reach new customers, or simply connect with the people shaping manufacturing in Western New York, MPower is where those conversations happen.

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/mpower

09/28/2026

MPower is almost here!

Join Western New York’s manufacturing community for a day of industry connections, expert-led sessions, innovative solutions, and 60+ exhibitors all under one roof.

🎟️ General Admission tickets are available now — don’t miss your chance to be part of MPower!

Get your tickets today: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/mpower

09/25/2026

A multimillion-dollar operation can still be slowed down by one inefficient step.

A manual approval.

An outdated spreadsheet.

A recurring quality check.

A scheduling problem.

A part that repeatedly arrives late.

A process everyone follows simply because “that's how we've always done it.”

Manufacturing improvement doesn't always require a massive capital investment.

Sometimes the highest-return question is simply:

What's slowing us down?

09/24/2026

A Stronger Manufacturer Makes a Stronger Supply Chain

When one local manufacturer becomes stronger, the impact rarely stops at its own doors.

Its customers benefit.

Its suppliers benefit.

Its employees benefit.

Other manufacturers relying on its capabilities benefit.

That's why strengthening individual manufacturing companies strengthens the larger Western New York industrial ecosystem.

BNMA exists to help create the connections, resources and opportunities that keep that ecosystem moving forward.

We're stronger when the companies around us are stronger too.

09/22/2026

Western New York doesn't lack manufacturing capability.

Sometimes we simply lack visibility into where that capability exists.

A buyer shouldn't have to already know every company in the region to find the right manufacturer.

And a manufacturer shouldn't have to rely entirely on being personally known to be considered for an opportunity.

That's the gap MXP is designed to help close.

More visibility.

Better discovery.

More opportunities for manufacturers to find one another.

09/21/2026

MPOWER COUNTDOWN

Don't Just Attend. Participate.

The best MPower experience won't happen from the back of the room.

Ask the question.

Introduce yourself to the exhibitor.

Sit next to someone you don't know.

Tell another manufacturer what your company does.

Ask what they're working on.

Share the problem your team is trying to solve.

Take the contact information.

Follow up the next morning.

Opportunity usually doesn't announce itself.

Sometimes it starts with a five-minute conversation.

We'll give you the room.

What happens inside it is up to you.

https://www.eventcreate.com/e/mpower

Join us on October 08

09/18/2026

Thank you to Amrex Chemical Co Inc for joining us as a Silver Sponsor of MPower 2026!

We appreciate your support of BNMA and our mission to strengthen, connect, and grow Western New York’s manufacturing community. Partnerships like these help make MPower possible.

We’re looking forward to having Amrex Chemical be part of this year’s event!

09/17/2026

We’re proud to recognize Epicor as a Gold Sponsor of MPower 2026!

Thank you for investing in an event designed to bring manufacturers, industry leaders, and resources together under one roof. Support from organizations like Epicor helps us create more opportunities for connection, education, and growth throughout Western New York’s manufacturing community.

We’re excited to have you with us at MPower!

09/16/2026

Manufacturing Is Getting Smarter

The competitive advantage in manufacturing isn't only about who has the newest equipment.

Increasingly, it's about who gets the most intelligence from their operation.

Production data can help manufacturers identify:

• Where downtime is occurring

• Where quality issues begin

• Which processes create bottlenecks

• Where maintenance may be needed

• Where efficiency can be improved

The machines make the product.

The information can make the operation better.