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Varex Imaging to host Manufacturing Day Event for local college & university students

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, October 18, 2017 – In celebration of Manufacturing DaySM 2017, Varex Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX) will open its doors on October 20th to more than 40 students from various colleges and universities in the Salt Lake Valley. This event is being held as part of a larger effort to change people’s perceptions about today’s manufacturing environment and draw attention to the outstanding opportunities that a career in manufacturing can provide. Planned activities include a Q&A sessions with engineers and manufacturers from Varex, a tour of Varex’s facility and a robotics demonstration from Universal Robots.

Varex is partnering with the University of Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center for this Manufacturing Day event. Manufacturing Day is a national event celebrated annually during October that is executed at the local level and supported by thousands of manufacturers as they host students, teachers, parents, job seekers and other local community members at open houses, plant tours and presentations designed to showcase modern manufacturing technology careers.

“We are extremely pleased to host an event like this. As a major manufacturer of X-ray components this will allow students to learn more about our med-tech manufacturing and tour our facility to get a first-hand experience of the many processes that go into producing finished products. We are optimistic this will help students gain a better sense of the numerous career opportunities in manufacturing,” said David Frick, Vice President of Manufacturing for Varex Imaging Corporation.

“The University of Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center is excited to partner with Varex Imaging for their Manufacturing Day event. Utah’s growing economy requires more skilled manufacturing workers. We hope that by highlighting manufacturing and engineering careers at this event, the next generation of our workforce will see the many opportunities in these careers,” said Theresa Drulard, Center Director of the University of Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership. More information on Manufacturing Day is available at www.mfgday.com.

 

ABOUT VAREX IMAGING
Varex Imaging Corporation is a leading innovator, designer and manufacturer of X-ray imaging components, which include tubes, digital flat panel detectors and other image processing solutions, which are key components of X-ray imaging systems. With a 65+ year history of successful innovation, Varex’s components are used in medical imaging as well as in industrial and security imaging applications. Global OEM manufacturers of X-ray imaging systems use the company’s X-ray sources, digital detectors, connecting devices and imaging software as components in their systems to detect, diagnose and protect. Varex employs approximately 1,800 people located at manufacturing and service center sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Varex, visit vareximaging.com.

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President Trump Proclaims October 6, 2017, as National Manufacturing Day

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

America’s manufacturers have laid the foundation for our Nation’s vibrant economy and have secured our reputation as an economic superpower. Our manufacturing products consistently set the global standard for design and quality. American manufacturing has been enduringly successful because it is the potent combination of the two great pillars of the American economy: the American entrepreneur and the American worker. The American entrepreneur is renowned throughout the world for a steadfast determination to deliver value and innovation to the global marketplace. The American worker has consistently demonstrated the unique and precious ability to harness unmatched work ethic and ingenuity and turn visions and dreams into reality. On National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the American manufacturers and their workers who drive our economy, strengthen our national security, and give meaning to the famous phrase, “Made in the USA.” We also highlight the many new and exciting opportunities for future generations to create the next wave of world-class American products.

Today’s American manufacturers are consistently finding new ways to incorporate advanced technology into the traditional assembly line to produce previously unfathomable breakthroughs in areas like aerospace, medicine, and computers. These manufacturers are writing their chapter into the story of American innovation, while providing countless job opportunities to machinists, designers, computer programmers, and engineers, among others. In 2016, manufacturing contributed more than 11 percent to our gross domestic product and employed more than 12 million workers. The American manufacturers of the 21st century employ innovative minds equipped with problem‑solving skills and knowledge steeped in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to build their incredible products. It is no surprise, then, that manufacturing workers earn higher annual salaries, on average, than similar workers employed in other sectors.

For too long, we have taken manufacturing, which represents the pioneering, hard-working American spirit, for granted. Due to government neglect and inaction we have witnessed our Nation’s manufacturers move their jobs and innovation overseas. Remarkably, we have stood by as our outdated tax system has required job‑creators to put their money toward tax preparation and a bloated government, rather than into new jobs and innovations. It has also trapped earnings that could be invested in America, and instead encouraged corporations to invest overseas. Our business tax rate is currently 60 percent higher than that of our average foreign competitor in the developed world. By contrast, my tax plan would lower the tax rate for businesses, so they can stay and do business here and bring back profits invested abroad. Careless and unfair trade deals are also at fault for the diminished state of American manufacturing today. These deals have severely disadvantaged American exports. My Administration, however, will right these wrongs and ensure a level playing field for American manufacturing going forward. Our manufacturers and workers deserve no less. American drive, ingenuity, and innovation will ultimately win, and our great manufacturing sector will thrive once again.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 6, 2017, as National Manufacturing Day. I call upon all Americans to celebrate the entrepreneurs and workers in manufacturing who are making our communities strong.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-second.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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