Summer Bridge Program 2008
Company Site Visits
Friday, June 20
3M
3M Center
Building 0225-01-S-23
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
2–4 p.m.
Description: 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products, and we're a leader in scores of markets – from health care and highway safety to office products and optical films for LCD displays. Our success begins with our ability to apply our technologies – often in combination – to an endless array of real-world customer needs. Of course, all of this is made possible by the people of 3M and their singular commitment to make life easier and better for people around the world.
Friday, June 27
Boston Scientific
4100 Hamline Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55112-5798
2–4 p.m.
Description: For more than 25 years, Boston Scientific has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing a broad and deep portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services across a wide range of medical specialties. These less-invasive medical technologies provide alternatives to major surgery and other medical procedures that are typically traumatic to the body. In less-invasive procedures, devices are usually inserted into the body through natural openings or small incisions and can be guided to most areas of the anatomy to diagnose and treat a wide range of medical problems.
Friday, July 11
Bepex International, Inc.
333 N.E. Taft Street
Minneapolis, MN 55413
2–3:30 p.m.
Description: Bepex International is your global food and chemical processing equipment and systems provider for thermal processing, polymer processing , drying, agglomeration, size reduction, compaction, briquetting, liquid/solid separation, mixing and blending for the food, chemical and polymer markets.
Friday, July 18
Honeywell (Plymouth)
12001 Hwy 55
Plymouth, MN 55441-4744
2–4 p.m.
Description: Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Whether you're flying on a plane, driving a car, heating or cooling a home, furnishing an apartment, taking medication or playing a sport, Honeywell products touch most peoples' lives everyday. We are building a world that's safer and more secure … more comfortable and energy efficient … more innovative and productive.
Friday, July 25
General Mills, Inc. (Chanhassen)
8000 Audubon Road
Chanhassen, MN 55317
2–4 p.m.
Description: General Mills is the world’s sixth largest food company. They market in more than 100 countries and hold the No. 1 and No. 2 position in virtually every category in which they compete. From the cereals you loved as a child to the latest craze in yogurt, our Supply Chain organization produces, packages and distributes the entire spectrum of General Mills brands. It costs less to produce a case of General Mills product today than it did in 1990 - even after adjusting for inflation. That's why the General Mills Supply Chain is one of the most respected supply chains in industry today, and our Manufacturing and Engineering functions are key to that success. We hire candidates with engineering backgrounds for both manufacturing management roles, as well as technical engineering and technical management roles.
Friday, August 1
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
1000 Lake Hazeltine Dr., M/S R280B
Chaska, MN 55318-1084
2–4 p.m.
Description: Beckman Coulter, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing instrument systems, tests and supplies that simplify and automate laboratory processes. Spanning the biomedical testing continuum—from pioneering medical research and clinical trials to laboratory diagnostics and point-of-care testing—Beckman Coulter's 200,000 installed systems provide essential biomedical information to enhance health care around the world. The company, based in Fullerton, Calif., reported 2007 annual sales of $2.76 billion with more than 78 percent of this amount generated by recurring revenue from supplies, test kits and services.
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