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The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing For Growth) brings together a broad spectrum of manufacturing business owners and top industry executives for a 4-day forum on how we can work together to restore manufacturing to its rightful place as an engine that drives the U.S. economy.
Due to Popular Demand - Early Bird Rate Extended for Manufacturing Technology Forum to Feb. 17
This unique event highlights a number of innovative technologies and specifically how these technologies are utilized within the greater manufacturing community. The key word this year for the Forum is “innovation,” and the keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr. Don Kinard explaining innovative technologies and how the Joint Strike Fighter is manufactured. Register Today!
For the first time a panel will be held to discuss Tooling with an emphasis on minimum quantity lubrication, coatings and coolants. And due to increased interest, there will be a presentation on R&D Manufacturing Advances in Brazil as well as China, Germany, and North America. See full agenda.
The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing For Growth) brings together a broad spectrum of manufacturing business owners and top industry executives for a 4-day forum on how we can work together to restore manufacturing to its rightful place as an engine that drives the U.S. economy.
Due to Popular Demand - Early Bird Rate Extended for Manufacturing Technology Forum to Feb. 17
This unique event highlights a number of innovative technologies and specifically how these technologies are utilized within the greater manufacturing community. The key word this year for the Forum is “innovation,” and the keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr. Don Kinard explaining innovative technologies and how the Joint Strike Fighter is manufactured. Register Today!For the first time a panel will be held to discuss Tooling with an emphasis on minimum quantity lubrication, coatings and coolants. And due to increased interest, there will be a presentation on R&D Manufacturing Advances in Brazil as well as China, Germany, and North America. See full agenda.
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10 February 2012e-News from Washington (February 10, 2012)The House approves limited line-item veto power for President Obama. Companies begin urging Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Transportation bill in Congress is on the move after the Senate decided to debate it. (more) |
07 February 2012AMT Signs Association Letter Urging Bonus Depreciation ExtensionAMT joined 115 associations in urging House and Senate conferees to add a temporary extension of 100% bonus depreciation to the payroll tax cut bill they are considering. Current law allows businesses to immediately expense 50% of the cost new equipment bought and placed in service in 2012, down from 100% in 2011. The associations urged the lawmakers to extend 100% expensing through 2012 to support business investment and job creation.(more) |
02 February 2012Hundreds 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) |
26 January 2012FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint to Support U.S. Manufacturing Jobs, Discourage Outsourcing, and Encourage InsourcingIn 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) |
25 January 20122012 Finance & HR Benchmarking SurveysFind 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. (more) |
17 January 2012President's Jobs Council Presents 2011 Year-End ReportThe 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) |
09 January 2012January 9, 2012 - USMTO News Release for November 2011 Manufacturing Technology OrdersNovember 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.(more) |
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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.
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.
