FABTECH 2014 Brings Top Manufacturing Leaders from Around the

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014
UPDATE
FABTECH 2014 Brings Top Manufacturing
Leaders from Around the Globe to Atlanta
The depth and breadth of manufacturing’s
reach into the U.S. and global economies was
on display at the recent
TRADESHOWS
FABTECH 2014 exposition and conference in Atlanta. Held
November 11-13 at the Georgia World
Congress Center, the event set records for
numbers of attendees, exhibitors and floor
space at a FABTECH Atlanta show. It also featured briefings by high-level speakers and
timely industry panel discussions.
More than 30,250 attendees from more
than 70 countries attended FABTECH 2014.
Inside
• 2014 Awards of Excellence in
Metalforming Winners Honored . . . . . .2
• Post-Election Analysis for the
Metalforming Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
• PMAEF Announces New Pioneer
Company Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
• Record Attendance at Fourth Annual
WiM SUMMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
• PMA Receives “Delivering on the
Promise” Award from American Jobs
for America’s Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
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During the three-day expo, attendees visited
1,477 exhibitors to see live equipment
demonstrations—including hundreds of new
technologies—and compare products sideby-side to find cost-saving solutions. The
exhibits covered more
than 550,000 net
square feet. Attendees
also benefited from
the FABTECH educational conference that
included expert-led
sessions on some of
the hottest topics in
manufacturing.
“FABTECH gives
us the opportunity to
meet the type of customers that we couldn’t possibly know exist
out there,” said Arnie
Mayher, Jr., Stripmatic
Products Inc. Watch FABTECH show floor
videos here.
Manufacturers heard keynote presentations from senior executives at two Fortune
50 companies, Walmart and Google. In addition, a State of the Industry panel discussion
led by executives at leading companies such
as Caterpillar, Inc. and others offered insights
on the future of U.S. manufacturing.
In honor of Veterans Day, FABTECH placed
a special emphasis on military veterans during
events on November 11. A briefing was held
with five leaders of organizations dedicated to
helping close the manufacturing skills gap by
connecting veterans and National Guard
members with manufacturers. FABTECH
attendees and exhibitors in Atlanta also raised
money through the FABTECH Expo Cares
program to benefit Workshops for Warriors, an
accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
dedicated to training, certifying and placing
veterans in manufacturing careers. More than
$10,000 has been donated, and contributions
are still being accepted at www.fabtech
expo.com/fabtechexpocares.
One special networking opportunity at
this year’s show was the Industry Night event
held on November 12 at the newly opened
College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
Nearly 1,000 attendees gathered to enjoy the
fan experience and network with industry
peers.
The next FABTECH event will be
FABTECH Mexico in Monterrey, Mexico on
May 5-7, 2015. FABTECH 2015 will be held
in Chicago on November 9-12, 2015. Stay
connected with FABTECH on Twitter,
LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube by visiting
its social media page.
UPDATE
2014 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming
Winners Honored
The winners of PMA’s 2014 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming
were recognized for their achievements at a special ceremony held on
November 10 in conjunction with FABTECH in
AWARDS
Atlanta, GA. Presented annually, the awards recognize the high standards of achievement set by the metalforming
industry in the areas of design, safety, training and education, process
control, quality, productivity and product development.
PMA applauds the achievements of the 2014 winners:
• Trans-Matic Manufacturing Company, Holland, MI, received
the Higgins-Caditz Design Award for re-engineering several
door closer components in the 4040XP and other heavy-duty
door closers made by the LCN division of Allegion.
• Pentaflex, Inc., Springfield, OH, won the Pitcher Insurance
Agency Safety Award for its outstanding safety and health program. Key elements include creating safety awareness, correcting potential safety issues and training employees in safe practices.
• Metal Flow Corporation, Holland, MI, received the Zierick
Manufacturing Corporation Productivity Award for reducing
work-in-process and finished-goods inventory, and improving
quality on a product where two parts were deep drawn and
welded together.
• Trans-Matic Manufacturing Company, Holland, MI, won the
Ulbrich Award for Competitive Excellence in Product
Development for developing a deep-drawn titanium housing
for a premium-value air wrench tool.
• Pentaflex, Inc., Springfield, OH, was named the winner of the
A.R. Hedberg Training & Education Award for its comprehensive education and training program. Key elements include
communication, problem solving, and employee self-improve-
ment and advancement.
• Workshops for Warriors, San Diego, CA, received the Clips &
Clamps Industries Educational Institution Award for its outstanding efforts to train veterans and place them into metalworking careers.
Additional awards not presented in 2014 include the Link Systems
Process Control Award and the Waukesha® Metal Products
Excellence in Quality Award.
Watch the video presentation featuring the winning companies’
accomplishments, and read more about their efforts in the December
issue of MetalForming magazine.
Apply for a 2015 Award of Excellence!
PMA encourages innovative companies to submit an entry for the
2015 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming. Winners will be presented
with a $1,500 cash prize and a commemorative plaque and flag at
FABTECH 2015 next November in Chicago.
Additional benefits include:
• Having your accomplishments highlighted in a special video presentation
• Being featured in the awards promotional display at FABTECH 2015
• Prominent coverage in MetalForming magazine, reaching more than
55,000 readers in the metalforming industry
• Customized press releases to key customers, suppliers and metalworking markets
• Key presence on PMA’s website, visited by nearly 100,000 people
annually
• Induction into the winners circle included in the next Awards of
Excellence brochure
Entries for the 2015 competition will be accepted in early 2015, with
July 31 as the deadline to enter. Visit www.pma.org/awards for details
or contact Christie Carmigiano at 216/901-8800 or
ccarmigiano@pma.org with questions.
2014 Post-Election Analysis for the Metalforming Industry
Voters went to the polls on November 4 and
ushered in yet another
ADVOCACY
wave of change in
Congress—one that allowed Republicans to
take control of the U.S. Senate and install Sen.
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as the new Majority
Leader. In the House, Republicans now hold
their largest majority in 86 years.
PMA’s Voice of the Industry Committee
(PMAVIC), the association’s political action
committee, contributed nearly $100,000 to
pro-manufacturing candidates for Congress in
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the 2014 elections, with a 98 percent success
rate. Thank you to all members who supported PMAVIC this year! With your support,
many friends of manufacturing are headed to
Washington, D.C. in January as part of the new
Congress.
The Franklin Partnership, PMA’s government relations team in Washington, D.C., prepared a detailed analysis of the outcome the
election, expected congressional leadership
changes, key committee positions, and a look
ahead to the 114th Congress. View The
Franklin Partnership memo.
Mark your calendar for April 21-22, 2015,
to join your metalforming-industry peers at
the 7th Annual PMA/NTMA One Voice
Legislative Conference. Congress is expected
to tackle some tough issues, such as taxes in a
difficult environment, while the EPA, OSHA
and others are issuing more regulations in the
final two years of this Administration. Watch
your e-mail in early January for additional
details about the conference and registration
information.
www.pma.org
UPDATE
Noted Speakers to Address Manufacturing
Executives at New Conference
Several prominent speakers will participate in PMA’s Executive
EVENTS
Development Academy
(EDA), a new conference designed to support
manufacturing-industry leaders as they
build, lead and sustain innovative organizations.
During this two-day boot camp, taking
place January 7-9, 2015, in Tampa, FL, manufacturing executives will be able to refresh
and hone their skills while getting briefed on
the latest technology and trends impacting
their businesses.
Among the noted speakers addressing the
group will be bestselling author, esteemed
columnist and successful business owner
Gene Marks, Marks Group PC, who will discuss the latest political, economic and technological tends that will dominate business
through 2017. His weekly columns and blogs
for The New York Times,
Forbes,
The
Huffington
Post,
Philadelphia
Magazine Inc. and
FOX Business are
read by thousands
of business owners
around the country.
Marcus
Sheridan,
CEO of TheSalesLion.com,
will discuss how manufacturing executives can
use the Internet to generate more leads, traffic
and sales. In 2009, he started his sales, marketing and personal development blog—The
Sales Lion—and has grown The Sales Lion
brand to be synonymous with inbound and
content marketing excellence.
Additional keynote speakers include:
• Scott Zimmer, BridgeWorks, who will
PMAEF Announces New
Pioneer Company Manual
The PMA Educational Foundation (PMAEF) announces the
release of a new learning tool in its ongoing
FOUNDATION
Metalforming Pioneer Program. A new online
manual entitled “Making the Business Case for
Workforce
Development
in
the
Metalforming Industry” can be accessed
at www.pma.org/foundation/hitachi.
This new manual serves as a how-to
guide your company can use to model
some of the best-practice ideas of the metalforming pioneer companies by topic. Its
chapters
cover
Machine
Operator
Training/Apprenticeships,
Leadership
Development, Training for Lean Manufacturing, Safety, Internship
Programs, Employee Engagement, and How Training is Incentivized.
Each chapter highlights segments from articles and updates from the nine
recognized companies with practical examples of implementation techniques. And it illustrates how the companies have improved bottom-line
performance through implementation of their workforce practices.
Continuing work on the Metalforming Pioneer Company initiative
is being done through a grant from the Hitachi Foundation awarded
to PMAEF to promote employer practices that enhance business value
while also boosting economic opportunities for its employees.
There’s a wealth of information here that you can use to learn
more about their best practices and how your company can apply
these concepts to model similar programs to meet your specific
needs. For more information, contact Dave Sansone at 216/9018800 or dsansone@pma.org.
www.pma.org
discuss generational issues and how to
solve them
• Lou Longo, Plante Moran, who
will give a presentation on international business
• Christina McKenna, Bluestone
Executive Communications, who will
address effective executive communications
“We created this conference to address
the needs of our industry’s leaders and the
program focuses on topics that are essential
to the continued success of our businesses,”
said PMA 2014 Chairman of the Board Jody
Fledderman, president and CEO of Batesville
Tool & Die, Batesville, IN.
For the complete program agenda and
registration
information,
visit
www.pma.org/eda or contact Allison Grealis
at 216/901-8800 or agrealis@pma.org.
PMA Member Participates
in Capitol Hill Briefing
on Tax Issues
Wes Smith, president and CEO of E&E Manufacturing Co. in
Plymouth, MI, visited Washington, D.C. on
ADVOCACY
November 14 to speak at a Capitol Hill staff
briefing about several important tax issues for manufacturers including bonus depreciation and investment provisions.
“Not only do we need to maintain investment-tax provisions such
as Bonus Depreciation and Section 179 Expensing, manufacturers
need some stability,” said Smith. “We need to plan ahead.”
He continued, “Unfortunately, Congress is not helping.
Uncertainty from Washington causes employers like us to slow or stop
investing. If we can’t make these provisions permanent, at the very
least, Congress must extend them for all of 2014 and 2015.”
Visit www.metalworkingadvocate.org to learn more about PMA’s
efforts related to tax reform and other policy issues.
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Members Network with International Peers
Nearly 50 PMA members and spouses participated in the 18th International
Council of Sheetmetal Presswork Associations (ICOSPA)
Congress, on October 26-29 in Strasbourg, France. There,
they networked with 200 metalforming-industry executives and spouses from
France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan and China.
The Congress offered an outstanding opportunity to discuss business issues,
attend plant tours and share industry-specific management practices with peers.
PMA ICOSPA Delegate Ralph Hardt and PMA 2014 Chairman of the Board
Jody Fledderman gave presentations on the North American manufacturing
market as well as PMA’s efforts to help members develop and train skilled workforces.
Immediately prior to the ICOSPA Congress, many PMA members gathered in
Hannover, Germany to attend EuroBLECH—the world’s largest metalforming
exhibition. Those in attendance enjoyed not only the tradeshow but also a PMA
networking reception and dinner, hosted by Tebis America.
INTERNATIONAL
PMA ICOSPA Delegate Ralph Hardt, president of Jagemann
Stamping, updates Congress participants on the state of the
North American metalforming industry.
Record Attendance at Fourth Annual WiM SUMMIT
More than 280 women in the manufacturing sector participated in
the fourth annual Women in Manufacturing
EVENTS
(WiM) SUMMIT in Schaumburg, IL,
September 29-October 1, 2014, making this year’s conference the best
yet.
This annual networking and educational event featured manufacturing plant tours of Bag Makers, Inc., Motorola and S&C Electric;
professional development tracks on topics such as lean manufacturing and negotiation skills; a best-practices panel discussion on the
attraction, retention and advancement of women in the industry;
keynote presentations; and social events to expand participants’ networks.
Keynote speakers included David Roszmann, chief operating officer at Chicken of the Sea; Chandra Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Manufacturing, U.S. Department of Commerce; Ginger Wange,
manager of STEM development, PBS
SciGirls; Christina McKenna, president
of Bluestone Communications; and
Jon Jordan, executive stylist and image
consultant at Jon Jordan Media.
In addition, more than $9,000 was
raised at the second annual WiM Silent
Auction, with proceeds supporting
WiM’s mission to attract, retain and
advance women in the manufacturing
industry.
Mark your calendar for SUMMIT
2015, scheduled for September 23-25,
2015, in Minneapolis, MN. Please contact Kristin Moore at 216/9018800 or kmoore@pma.org for more information.
Registration
Registration is open.
Book your
your hotel now.
now.
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The power of
Manufacturing.
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UPDATE
PMA Receives “Delivering on the Promise” Award
from American Jobs for America’s Heroes
PMA is pleased to have been recognized by American Jobs for
America’s Heroes (AJAH), a nonprofit military
INDUSTRY
hiring campaign, for our work to help military
veterans find employment in the manufacturing sector.
PMA President Bill Gaskin attended AJAH’s first annual
“Delivering on the Promise” awards ceremony at the National Guard
Association of the U.S. headquarters in Washington, D.C., on October
23, to receive the award.
Brigadier General Ivan Denton, Director of Manpower and
Personnel (J1), praised PMA’s efforts, stating, “PMA has actively promoted the AJAH campaign on the PMA website as well as in frequent
newsletter articles, on blog posts and on social media to educate PMA
members on how to best reach veterans. PMA’s commitment to AJAH
shows that PMA knows that manufacturing is good for veterans and
veterans are good for manufacturing.”
In accepting the award, Gaskin commented, “PMA members who
have hired veterans report that these men and women have qualities
that make them exceptional candidates for manufacturing jobs—
qualities like a strong work ethic, a commitment to training, a respect
for safety and an attention to precision and detail. That’s why we’ve
been happy to be involved with AJAH and the good work this organization is doing.”
The AJAH campaign, which comprises more than 160 trade and
professional associations, nonprofit organizations and state
Chambers of Commerce, is a nonprofit coalition with the National
Guard to help unemployed National Guard members, veterans and
spouses find skilled jobs in the private sector. More than 1,300
PMA President Bill Gaskin accepts the award presented by Brigadier
General Ivan Denton, Director of Manpower and Personnel, National
Guard Bureau.
employers are registered to post jobs through AJAH. Currently, tens of
thousands of National Guard members are unemployed.
See the AJAH short video on the campaign and register for free to
post job openings on the AJAH website.
New Conference to Help Companies Grow
in Mexico Market
If your company is doing business in
Mexico or is interested
EVENTS
in doing so, the Mexico
Executive Forum and Technical Conference is
the event for you. Hosted by MetalForming
magazine and PMA, this conference is
designed to help metalforming companies
take advantage of growth in the Mexico
market.
Scheduled for February 10-12, 2015, in
Queretaro, MX, the Mexico Executive Forum
and Technical Conference will bring together
senior U.S. executives who currently do business in Mexico, those who are interested in
doing business in Mexico, and supplier executives who know the process of moving
materials across borders for roundtable discussions on February 11. Also invited to participate are executives from Mexican facilities, to share their experiences.
The Executive Forum will be conducted in
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English and facilitated by a team from Plante
Moran, including Lou Longo, partner, global
services; Scott Sneckenberger, partner, global
services; and Alejandro Rodriguez, manager.
They will address talent identification/hiring,
financial and operational structuring issues,
communication challenges and opportunities among U.S./Mexico counterparts, and
technology advancements being used within
the Mexican industry.
In addition to roundtable discussions, participants will enjoy lunch, a plant tour of a
local high-profile manufacturing company,
and a networking reception.
The technical conference sessions, which
will take place on February 12, will be conducted in Spanish and include presentations
on technologies that are important to the
metalforming industry. Topics include die
protection, press and die maintenance, pressroom best practices and ERP software.
Visit www.pma.org/mxtechcon for additional details about this event or contact
Marlene O’Brien at 216/901-8800 or
mobrien@pma.org.
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UPDATE
PMA Marketplace
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Essential
Training Tools
Metalworking Skills
Assessment
Designed to evaluate the skills of
workers with limited
manufacturing experience, each assessment package
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Test A, 10 copies of
Test B, an administration guide and an
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Available in both English and
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Occupational Aptitude &
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The 60-item, multiple-choice test
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MEMBER BENEFITS
New Members this Month
PMA welcomes new member Lee Spring Company, a specialty
spring manufacturer. The company signed up its Bristol, CT, and
Brooklyn, NY, facilities for membership, and is looking forward to
getting its employees at these locations involved in the many
networking opportunities that PMA offers.
A. Raymond Tinnerman Mfg. Hamilton, Inc.
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Rep: Lisa Cleaver
Lee Spring Company
Brooklyn, NY
Rep: Sanjeev Rivera
Allegheny Coatings
Ridgway, PA
Rep: John Dutton
McMichael Insurance Agency
Streetsboro, OH
Rep: Jeffrey Shupe
FluidForming Americas, LLC
Hartsville, TN
Rep: Paul Benny
Monarch Steel of Alabama
Decatur, AL
Rep: Jon Campbell
John Bouchard & Sons Co.
Nashville, TN
Rep: Josh Maddox
SEI MetalForms
Dallas, TX
Rep: Mike Drinkwater
Jor-Mac Company
Lomira, WI
Rep: Paul Luber
Sight Machine
Ann Arbor, MI
Rep: Brian Gillespie
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Visit Marketplace for a wide
selection of technical materials,
business and safety products,
management books and
professional services. For more
information contact Marianne Sichi
at 800/540-1757 or
msichi@pma.org.
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Lee Spring Company
Bristol, CT
Rep: Marcel Ouellette
Strengthen your association by helping to grow the PMA membership.
If you know of a company that would be a good fit for membership, please send
contact information to Janet Krall at jkrall@pma.org and she will reach out to the
company with membership information.
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