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Corporate Event Ideas for Manufacturing Companies
The activities manufacturers book most: hands-on builds, competitions and charity drives that a plant, engineering or sales team can run together, on site or at a meeting.
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What corporate events work for manufacturing companies?
Events that let people build something. Since 2022, manufacturing companies have booked charity builds with us more than anything else, led by Bike Build Donation, then mini-golf and wheelchair builds. For a shorter slot in a meeting, they choose game shows like A Minute 2 Win It! and Best Corporate Feud. The median group is 50 people, and about one event in six is 100 or more.
Every activity runs indoors or outdoors at about 25 square feet per person, so it fits a plant floor, a training room or a conference ballroom, and we deliver anywhere in the U.S. with no added travel costs.
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12 corporate event ideas for manufacturing companies
Bike Build Donation
The activity manufacturers book most with us. Teams earn parts in quick challenges, assemble the bikes and hand them to children from a local nonprofit. Most groups run 35 to 100 people.
Bike Build Donation®1.5 to 2 hours
Mini-golf build with a food donation
Teams engineer a mini-golf hole from a kit, play the course they built, then donate the food that weighted the holes. It has scaled from a team of 30 to a plant-wide event of 550.
Mini-Golf Build and Food Donation1.5 to 2 hours
A Minute 2 Win It!
One-minute challenges with cups, balloons and pencils, scored live by our host. It suits a mixed group of plant and office staff, and runs about an hour and a half.
A Minute 2 Win It!1.5 to 2 hours
Best Corporate Feud
A hosted survey game show with buzzers and team captains. It fits a 60 to 90 minute slot in a kickoff or a holiday party, for 20 to 100 people.
Best Corporate Feud1 to 1.5 hours
Earth, Wind and Solar
Teams build working wind and solar models and race them. It plays well with engineering teams who like to test what they make.
Earth Wind and Solar1.5 to 2 hours
Bridge to the Future
Each team builds one section of a bridge without seeing the others, then the sections have to meet. It suits a group from different sites, shifts or departments.
Bridge to the Future2 to 2.5 hours
Operation Military Care
Teams pack care packages for service members, with photo and video challenges along the way. Manufacturers have run it for groups from 65 up to 470.
Operation Military Care1.5 to 2 hours
Igniting Team Performance
A facilitated workshop with hands-on challenges for a leadership or supervisor group, built around how the team communicates under pressure.
Igniting Team Performance®2 to 3 hours
Speed Networking
Short timed rounds with prompts so people meet colleagues from other plants and departments. It works well at an annual meeting when teams rarely cross paths.
Speed Networking1 to 2 hours
City SmartHunt
Teams race around a host city on iPads, solving clues and taking photo challenges. A good fit when a sales or distributor meeting brings people in from out of town.
City SmartHunt®2 to 2.5 hours
Go-Kart Competition
Teams build and race their own karts. It suits a group that likes to compete and to see whose design holds up.
Go-Kart Competition1.5 to 2 hours
Build-A-Rollator
Teams assemble rollators, the four-wheeled walkers, and donate them to people who need help getting around. It suits a group that wants a precise, hands-on build.
Build-A-Rollator1.5 to 2 hours
Why these formats fit manufacturers
They are physical
a build, a race or a bridge gives an engineering-minded group something to make together.
They cross sites and shifts
one bridge or one course needs every team to finish its part.
They scale
the same activity works for a team of 30 and a plant-wide event of several hundred.
They give back locally
bikes, food and care packages go to organizations near the plant.
Activities manufacturers book
The activities above, plus Team Olympics, which plants use for shift celebrations.
- Bike Build Donation®The activity manufacturers book most with us. Teams earn parts in quick challenges, assemble the bikes and hand them to children from a local nonprofit. Most groups run 35 to 100 people.
- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Competition to Collaboration®- Length
- 2.5 to 3 hours
- Group size
- Up to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Operation Military CareTeams pack care packages for service members, with photo and video challenges along the way. Manufacturers have run it for groups from 65 up to 470.
- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
We Care for Schools- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
Food Truck Face-Off- Length
- 2 to 2.5 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor
- Go-Kart CompetitionTeams build and race their own karts. It suits a group that likes to compete and to see whose design holds up.
- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Best Corporate FeudA hosted survey game show with buzzers and team captains. It fits a 60 to 90 minute slot in a kickoff or a holiday party, for 20 to 100 people.
- Length
- 1 to 1.5 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor
Team Olympics- Length
- 1.5 to 2 hours
- Group size
- 30 to 1,000+ people
- Setting
- Indoor / Outdoor
What clients say
Our Operation Military Care program was very well organized. Great icebreaker, engaging challenges, our group loved meeting the men and women in our armed forces as well. We received great feedback on the presentation and the facilitator. Huge hit! We loved it.
Cara
Southwire Company
Thank you for facilitating such a meaningful program from our team at Honeywell. It was the perfect choice. The We Care for Schools donation made to the schools and local charities from this program had a profound effect on our group.
Katherine
Honeywell
I just wanted you to know that the Food Truck Face-Off event your company delivered was so great, our group still talks about it! I was so worried because it was my first event with this group, but it was awesome! Thank you!
Julie
Advance Auto Parts
Frequently asked questions
Can you run an event at our plant?
Yes. Builds, care-package activities and game shows run indoors or outdoors at about 25 square feet per person, with a sound system for groups of 50 or more. We deliver anywhere in the U.S. with no added travel costs.
Which activities suit a mixed group of plant and office staff?
Hands-on builds put everyone on the same footing: Bike Build Donation, the mini-golf build and Go-Kart Competition. For a leadership group, Igniting Team Performance adds a structured workshop.
How long do these events take?
Bike Build Donation and Operation Military Care run 1.5 to 2 hours. Bridge to the Future runs 2 to 2.5 hours. A game show fits in 60 to 90 minutes.
When do manufacturers usually book?
January and February are the busiest months, for kickoffs and annual meetings, followed by September and October. For a January kickoff, book in the fall.
Do the donations go to charities near us?
Yes. Our charity team confirms a recipient near your site before the event, so the bikes, food or care packages stay in your community.
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Plan an event for your plant or team
Tell us your date, city and head count and we will come back with programs that fit, a detailed proposal and a facilitator who has run it before.