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Members Only 03 February 2012

e-News from Washington (February 3, 2012)

The unemployment rate fell again last month. The Senate passes the STOCK Act. Debates over taxes and regulations continue. (more)
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02 February 2012

Hundreds of Manufacturing Leaders to Gather for the Second Edition of The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth)

Four leading associations will combine resources to host the second edition of The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth), a gathering of hundreds of manufacturing leaders, March 8-11, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. Collectively representing a cross-section of the industry, AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology, the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA), the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) will combine their annual meetings to pursue the common goal of building sustained U.S. economic growth by strengthening the country's manufacturing sector. (more)
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26 January 2012

FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint to Support U.S. Manufacturing Jobs, Discourage Outsourcing, and Encourage Insourcing

In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a Blueprint for an America Built to Last, encouraging companies to create manufacturing jobs in the United States. Here's the Administration's Fact Sheet on the proposals to support American manufacturing. (more)
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25 January 2012

2012 Finance & HR Benchmarking Surveys

Find out how you compare with similar companies in your industry by participating in AMT's confidential benchmarking surveys.  AMT member companies participating in the survey will receive the compiled reports free of charge. Includes the Executive Compensation, Financial Performance, Operating Metrics, Professional Employee Benefits & Compensation, and Plant Employee Benefits & Compensation surveys.

The 2012 data collection period will begin February 16 - if you would like to join this program, contact Julie Germain at jgermain@AMTOnline.org or 703-827-5222 to get your company set up in our online survey entry system.
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17 January 2012

President's Jobs Council Presents 2011 Year-End Report

The President's Jobs Council has released its 2011 year-end report, Road Map to Renewal. It includes recommendations for revitalizing manufacturing, improving education, spurring innovation and creating jobs -- all important elements of long-term economic growth and competitiveness. (more)
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09 January 2012

January 9, 2012 - USMTO News Release for November 2011 Manufacturing Technology Orders

November U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $430.17 million according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association and AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the USMTO program, was down 6.9% from October but up 26.6% when compared with the total of $339.68 million reported for November 2010. With a year-to-date total of $4,956.51 million, 2011 is up 73.9% compared with 2010.
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AMT Meetings & Events

MTConnect Institute TAG & Working Group Meetings

February 14 - 15, 2012

St. Pete Beach, FL

2012 AMT Manufacturing Technology Forum

March 07 - 08, 2012

Orlando, FL

The MFG Meeting - Manufacturing for Growth

March 08 - 11, 2012

Orlando, Florida

2012 AMT Mini Trade Mission to China

March 26 - 27, 2012

Shenzhen, China

AMT/USA Pavilion at SIMM 2012

March 28 - 31, 2012

Shenzhen, China

USMTO is a joint program run by AMT and AMTDA to provide the most up-to-date statistics in the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian machine tool market.
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MTConnect is an open communication standard that provides the capability to pass data from machine tools to higher level systems for further processing using the XML based standard.
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