Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) is a unique not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping manufacturers GROW and become MORE COMPETITIVE, at home and around the world. EMC has grown to become Canada's largest manufacturing consortium and with over 1,000 hands-on industry events annually, is the most active manufacturing organization in North America! Founded in the mid-1980’s and incorporated in 1997, EMC is responsible for contributing significant knowledge, expertise and industry resources towards the success of nearly two-thousand consortium member manufacturers, employing hundreds of thousands of Canadians, in soon to be 60 consortium regions and spanning more than 450 communities. Including EMC’s online membership, over 5,000 member manufacturers are participating COAST-to-COAST, representing over 180,000 individual members employed in manufacturing… creating a solid network from British Columbia through to Newfoundland! EMC’s total manufacturing audience includes 40,000+ employers and 600,000 manufacturing employees.