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		<title>Fabtech Shatters Attendance Record</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/12/02/fabtech-shatters-attendance-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Kuvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A record 35,457 people attended Fabtech 2011 last month in Chicago, a 35-percent increase over the previous Chicago-held show in 2009. Several exhibitors received record lead counts, one noting that, “The results from this show should prove to skeptics that manufacturing is alive and well in North America.” Says first-time exhibitor Jim Gillespie, of Fast-Rite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Checked Out the Small Business Lending Fund?</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/08/15/have-you-checked-out-the-small-business-lending-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/08/15/have-you-checked-out-the-small-business-lending-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gaskin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cash flow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PMA and NTMA member companies worked tirelessly to create the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF), established as part of the Small Business Jobs Act signed into law by President Obama. There is now a $30 billion fund for smaller banks—those with less than $10 billion in assets—to lend to small-business owners. The program allows for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Deal:  No Time for Manufacturers to Relax</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/08/05/debt-deal-no-time-for-manufacturers-to-relax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/08/05/debt-deal-no-time-for-manufacturers-to-relax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gaskin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the debt-deal negotiations over and the crisis at least temporarily averted, PMA’s One Voice team has turned its attention to the next phase of the deficit-cutting process: the so-called “Super Committee,” consisting of 12 members of Congress. Manufacturers and businesses have so far successfully opposed the imposition of new taxes and the removal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator, Welcome to Our Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/07/22/senator-welcome-to-our-plant-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/07/22/senator-welcome-to-our-plant-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gaskin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[automotive suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metal forming industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill once said, “All Politics is Local.”  With a tip of the hat to Tip, have you ever considered hosting your elected representative at your plant?  Hosting members of Congress at your facility is a great way to educate them about the real-world challenges your company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch a 2 min., 40 sec. Press Installation</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/06/21/watch-a-2-min-40-sec-press-installation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/06/21/watch-a-2-min-40-sec-press-installation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Kuvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the wonders of time-lapse videography, a nearly 5-hr. press delivery and installation process has been compacted into just 2 min., 40 sec. The video captures installation of a 150-ton Oak stamping press at Perfection Spring and Stamping Corp., Mount Prospect, IL. Watch it—it’s very entertaining.]]></description>
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		<title>Lobbying &#8211; Worthwhile or a waste of time?</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/lobbying-worthwhile-or-a-waste-of-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/lobbying-worthwhile-or-a-waste-of-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gretchen Zierick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from the PMA/NTMA Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. Often we feel we are wasting our time, but this is an exciting year to be in D.C. Here are some of the highlights. We held a Government Affairs Team meeting on Tuesday morning, just before the Legislative Conference began. Tuesday-afternoon speakers included Elizabeth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PMA and NTMA: Attitude Sets Example</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/pma-and-ntma-attitude-sets-example/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/pma-and-ntma-attitude-sets-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Clay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from the PMA/NTMA One Voice Advocacy “Fly-In” in Washington D.C. Spring break and the lack of a concurrent PMA Board meeting took a toll on our numbers, but we managed to cover much of the Hill regardless. In a straw vote taken during our legislative briefing session , PMA and NTMA member-company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cherry Blossoms Fading in Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/06/cherry-blossoms-fading-in-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/04/06/cherry-blossoms-fading-in-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gaskin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[automotive suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon footprint]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in Washington, D.C., for PMA’s 2011 joint legislative conference with NTMA, under the banner of our One Voice advocacy collaboration (www.metalworkingadvocate.org).   Interesting week to be in town . . . our capital city is in full bloom with beautiful cherry blossoms at the very time when other aspects of Washington are very ugly. A government shutdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metalforming Pioneer Award Nominations Open</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/03/17/metalforming-pioneer-award-nominations-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/03/17/metalforming-pioneer-award-nominations-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Sansone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a national survey of manufacturing organizations conducted by Deloitte, The Manufacturing Institute and Oracle: “The most significant finding, perhaps even startling in consistency of pattern, is that the most profitable companies rate every one of the 36 People Management Practices as more important to future business success than do the least profitable companies.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Pioneers</title>
		<link>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/02/08/calling-all-pioneers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pma.org/blog/index.php/2011/02/08/calling-all-pioneers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Sansone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know that the metalforming industry is full of innovative companies with exemplary business practices and top-notch employees. It&#8217;s time to identify yourselves&#8211;the PMA Eductional Foundation (PMAEF) is looking for you. PMAEF has been awarded a $194,000 grant from the Hitachi Foundation to identify and develop case studies of successful metalforming-industry employers. We&#8217;re seeking to identify and promote [...]]]></description>
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