Exciting news worthy of comment!

December 20th, 2008 at 08:12am Teresa Beach-Shelow

The Fabricators and Manufactures Association (FMA) Foundation, located right here in Rockford Illinois….merged with John Ratzenbergers’ Foundation Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs. The Manufacturing Camps start here in Rockford Illinois became a focus for both organizations. It is a natural fit for them to come together! www.fmafoundation.com is a place to read all about it. But a fun note is this—John Ratzenberger has a new Hallmark Channel movie coming out today. Each time as he has been on TV and Radio promoting the new movie he gets to discuss his passion for manufacturing and the manufacturing camps. The response to this has resulted in his web site crashing, his servers crashing, the servers that serve his servers crashing and the FMA website almost crashing…..lots of interest for the future of manufacturing!

Way to go Supplycore MARRV! The first time we met with Peter Provenzano about his interest in quoting the FASI program it was exciting. To see them work so hard and land this 4.4 Billion dollar award (over the next 10 years) is GREAT! Congratulations to David, Megan, Peter and the rest! I hope the Manufacturing community can step up to help make it a success!

Merry Christmas to the local Manufacturing community! What a year we have had….In 2009 I hope you can find ways to partner with other RRV manufacturing companies so that you can be successful, make your present customers successful and make your partnerships look attractive to potential new customers. Looking together to find ways to service new markets is going to be the key! Keep your eye out for the Titanium event 2/3/09 sponsored by Supplycore MARRV and the Rockford Chamber Manufacturing Council. Other global events and new market opportunities sponsored by those who support manufacturing in this region… and don’t forget to ENJOY!

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