COLORADO SPRINGS -- Students visited the company Allegion Thursday to learn about careers as part of National Manufacturing Day.

They got the chance to see not only items being assembled, but they also got to learn about the science and technology behind manufacturing, as well as the needs of the industry to function.

Rick Medina, the Operations Manager at Colorado Springs Allegion, says Thursday was a great opportunity for young people to learn about an industry that has many career paths to offer.

"I gotta get the next people ready to go, right, the next people behind us, right, and it's a great opportunity and it's such a vast operation and it's a vast company that there's so much you can do, so many places you can go," said Medina.

Allegion also offers tours to the public who want to see what goes on at a manufacturing facility.

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