Press Releases

Partners in Progress publishes and distributes press releases to highlight the signatory sheet metal industry. For information regarding the content of any of these press releases or to submit a partnership success story, contact Partners in Progress at editor@pinpmagazine.org.

• SMACNA and SMART partner with Tootris to help members find quality child care during hard-to-fill hours (2/24)
• Labor-management advocacy press release (9/2023)
• Lactation pods offer women in sheet metal privacy and remove barriers (9/2023)
• Ensure air quality upgrades completed by certified workforce (9/2023)
• Sheet metal industry welcomes belonging excellence with new program (8/2023)
• Transformational technologies in the sheet metal industry are also securing more work hours (7/2022)
• High school sheet metal training programs increase career readiness (6/2022)
• SMART and SMACNA take proactive measures to help tackle the skilled labor shortage challenge in Florida (12/2021)
• SMART union and SMACNA contractors go beyond construction expertise to volunteer in their communities (11/2021)
• SMACNA contractor and SMART workforce work together on World Trade Center Memorial (9/2021)
• Gamified training attracts a new generation to sheet metal (6/29/21)
• Sheet metal industry training centers share valuable lessons about post-COVID education (3/15/21)
• SMACNA Western Pennsylvania and SMART Local 12 create Peer-Focused Video to Beat COVID Restrictions on Face to Face Recruitment (2/15/21)
• HVAC industry labor-management partners take action against school ventilation dangers in the fight against COVID-19 (11/15/20)
• Expert partnerships in the HVAC industry working to minimize COVID-19 transmission in hospitals (10/15/20)
• International Training Institute ramps up distance learning in response to COVID lockdowns (9/15/20)
• Third generation sheet metal worker appointed to New Jersey COVID-19 recovery council (8/15/20)
• Zahner and SMART Local 68 mobilize with HKS and Make4Covid to provide PPE For care workers (7/15/20)
• Indiana sheet metal firm provides intubation protection for COVID doctors (6/15/20)
• Sheet metal worker helps build emergency room triage tents in Long Island (5/15/20)
• SMACNA contractors and the SMART union workforce partner in collaborative COVID-19 efforts (5/15/20)
• ICB fire life safety professionals give owners and tenants peace of mind (4/15/20)
• Hiring HVAC expertise protects from the silent killer (4/15/2019)
• Detroit’s Access for All, building trades are partners in progress (9/11/2017)
• SMACNA president focuses on mentorship (6/9/2017)
• Safety survey releases lowest number in a decade (5/17/2017)
• California woman makes history with SMACNA (5/16/2017)
• Sheet metal workers keep it local with UNiCON Rochester (1/3/2017)
• Construction academy provides opportunities without student debt (8/22/2016)
• Meet Partners in Progress via redesigned website (8/4/2016)
• Construction apprenticeship idea: ‘Build People’ as well as buildings (3/13/2015)
• Some California homeowners get help via HVAC rebates (1/27/2015)
• New Brazilian aquarium’s building envelope designed and made in Missouri & Texas (11/21/2014)
• Chicago-area metal roofing customers get quality – plus five-year peace of mind (10/21/2014)