Metal Spinning Archives

September 11-12, 2008
Chicago, IL

Members heard from Roger Judson, PMA Exhibition Sales Manager, who announced the METALFORM, Fabtech and AWS Welding Show Co-location, and learned about ANSI standards that apply to metal spinning operations from Dave Felinski, Safety Director, The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT—sponsors of IMTS) and ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Secretariat, and Bruce Main, President, design safety engineering, inc.  Also, Fred Haberkamp hosted a tour of Columbia Metal Spinning.

February 28-29, 2008
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

John Guzik and Omar Nashashibi, Franklin Partnership, updated the group on PMA's advocacy efforts and how we are changing Washington's view of critical manufacturing issues, and how you can make a difference.

Deborah Pearce, Pearce Communications Group, LLC, provided a presentation called One Size Doesn't Fit All: Navigating our Generational Differences—the more we know about each generation the more successful our relationships will be.

Pictured are outgoing division chair, Kevin Harberts, Iowa Metal SPinners, Inc. and incoming division chair, Bill Kaupp, C.B. Kaupp & Sons, Inc.

September 13-14, 2007
Waterloo, IA

In addition to the roundtable discussion, the group toured Iowa Metal Spinners, Inc., hosted by Kevin Harverts. Allegheny Ludlum presented a program entitled The Switch Is On!™.