PMA Co-Sponsors Largest Gathering of Manufacturing Leaders of the Year


Calling all manufacturers!  PMA is a co-sponsor The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth): Opportunity has no limits…leap for it!  Hosted by PMA, the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) and the AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology, The MFG Meeting will take place March 5-8, 2014 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona and brings together the complete chain of manufacturing to discuss the current and future state of the industry. With a dual focus on finding solutions to business challenges and networking with peers, The MFG Meeting helps industry leaders plan for the future and make connections today. 

Meet more than 700 manufacturing leaders at the fourth edition of The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth).  This year’s conference of manufacturing companies will address such critical issues as closing the skills gap, strategic competitiveness and accelerating leadership development.  Speakers include John Walker, chairman of Oxford Economics; Alan Beaulieu, president of ITR Economics; Dr. David DeLong, president of David DeLong & Associates; and Brad Smart, president of Topgrading Inc.

Participating manufacturing executives represent suppliers for domestic and international industries including the aerospace, automotive, construction, energy, medical and many other industries.  The conference is a unique opportunity to take the pulse of manufacturing in the United States and develop new sources from the companies that are the backbone of the U.S. manufacturing sector.

Visit www.themfgmeeting.com for more information and to register!

 

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