Catalyst Connection’s Catalyze 2026: Manufacturing Growth & Innovation Summit
Registration is limited to Manufacturers Only.
CATALYZE 2026 brings manufacturers together for a focused day of peer learning, shared experience, and practical insight.
This symposium is designed for small- and mid-sized manufacturers who want to see how others in the region are solving real problems, building capability, and strengthening their operations.
What You’ll Gain:
- Peer-Driven Insight – Hear directly from manufacturers facing similar workforce, technology, and growth challenges. Practical lessons. Candid discussion. Real outcomes.
- Actionable Takeaways – Breakout conversations focus on decisions manufacturers are making now across people, technology, operations, and business growth. Expect examples you can apply, not theory.
- Visibility For Your Work – The Manufacturing Showcase highlights manufacturers telling their own stories. Processes improved. Technologies adopted. Results achieved.
- Awareness Of Support Pathways – Learn how manufacturers are approaching funding, assessments, and improvement projects, including how grant opportunities are being used to reduce risk and move faster.
Keynote Speaker
Tricia Breeger
President, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
Tricia Breeger is the Chief Executive Officer of Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), a role she assumed in April 2023 after serving as President since 2022. She is the first woman to serve as CEO across the Mitsubishi Electric Group Companies. In her role, Breeger leads the company’s overall business strategy, growth, and long-term direction, with a focus on advancing digitization and decarbonization initiatives. MEPPI supports the North American power systems, critical power, and rail transportation markets with a portfolio of electrical and electronic products, systems, and services.
Elements of the Day
- Catalyst Conversations – Interactive, small-group sessions focused on shared challenges manufacturers are navigating right now. These discussions create space to compare approaches, surface patterns across companies, and explore how peers are making decisions across people, technology, operations, and business growth.
- Manufacturing Showcase – A structured spotlight on completed work and tangible outcomes. Manufacturers walk through specific initiatives, investments, or improvements they have implemented, highlighting what changed, why it mattered, and what they would do differently. The focus is on results, not theory.
- Catalyze Awards – Recognition of manufacturers demonstrating meaningful impact.