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Metal Spinning Division February 2025 Meeting
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - Friday, February 7, 2025
Richardson, TX
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Join your metal spinning peers in Richardson, TX, to discuss industry topics, challenges and best practices. This is your chance to connect with many of your peers and experts in the metal spinning business. You will also have the opportunity to tour Miller CAT Corp and All Metals Fabricating.
AGENDA
Day 1—Wednesday, February 5, 2025
6:30 p.m. Optional Networking Dinner*
Restaurant TBA | Spouses/Guests Welcome
Day 2—Thursday, February 6, 2025
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, Business Conditions, Etc.
9:00 a.m. Metal Spinning Member Updates
10:00 a.m. Hot Topic/Roundtable Discussion
11:00 a.m. Annealing Metals Presentation (Virtual)
Tim Steber, Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Miller CAT Corp. Tour
2:00 p.m. All Metals Fabricating Tour
6:30 p.m. Networking Dinner*
Restaurant TBD | Spouses/Guests Welcome
Day 3—Friday, February 7, 2025
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Hot Topic/Roundtable Discussion
9:00 a.m. Political Advocacy Update (Virtual)
Omar Nashashibi, Inside Beltway
9:30 a.m. Hot Topic/Roundtable Discussion
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
*Function is an additional expense to attendee and/or spouse/guest.
SPEAKERS
Omar Nashashibi, Founder, Inside Beltway
Omar S. Nashashibi is the founder of Inside Beltway, a nonpartisan lobbying and strategic consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Having worked in the nation’s capital for more than 25 years, Omar provides strategic consulting services to companies while also lobbying the White House and Congress on behalf of manufacturing associations, defense firms, nonprofits and other sectors. He works with policymakers on trade, taxes, environmental and workplace regulations, supply chains, job training and identifying grants and funding to support projects.
Having started his career in Washington, D.C. in 1995, Omar worked for the Office of Management and Budget, a branch of the White House, a large multi-state law firm, and founded a previous lobbying firm in 2005. He graduated from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he studied Political Science and International Affairs.
Tim Steber, Regional Sales Manager, Solar Atmospheres, Inc. 
Tim Steber is a regional sales manager for Solar Atmospheres, a quality-driven vacuum heat treater. Tim has more than 40 years of experience in machining, fabricating, mechanical design engineering and technical sales. He began his career as a machinist and pursued his degree in Mechanical Technology while working. He then served as a design engineer for aseptic packaging equipment, and later with Vacuum Furnace Systems, designing vacuum-furnace hot zones, furnace chambers, water systems and inert-gas quench systems. Tim served as chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of ASM International, and currently is a member of the Chapter Council through the national office based in Cleveland, OH. He also was an adjunct lecturer at Lehigh Carbon Community College, from where he earned an associate degree in Mechanical Technology.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEETING LOCATION
Aloft Richardson
1160 State Rd., Richardson, TX 75082
972-234-4007
Discounted Group Rate:
- King or 2 Queens Room: $145 per night plus applicable taxes
- Suite: $165 per night plus applicable taxes
The cut-off date to receive the discounted group rate is Wednesday, January 22, 2025, or until sold out.
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your reservation with no penalty up to 72 hours prior to check in. Cancellations made after that will be assessed a cancellation charge of one (1) night’s room and tax.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
PMA Members—Register Through January 10, 2025 to save $100!
PMA Member: $600
Nonmember: $925
Spouse/Guest: $150
After January 10, 2025
PMA Member: $700
Nonmember: $925
Spouse/Guest: $150
Questions? Contact Julia Gannon at 216-901-8800 ext. 145.
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