Manufacturing 2.0

Future of Manufacturing

Bob Trojan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:45 +0000

Here’s a link to a free webinar being offered by Industry Week…. Webinar

Italy Casts Growing Global Presence in Equipment and Machinery

Bob Trojan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:21 +0000

A good market if you export components… ItalyMachinery

UK Manufacturing Output Jumps in September

Bob Trojan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:52 +0000

More good news about manufacturing production in the UK… UK

Surely that bodes well for the U.S.

NTMA, Haas Team Up to Address Workforce Gap

Bob Trojan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:27 +0000

Haas also has a working relationship with Techworks to conduct training for manufacturers. Techworks is located at the Eigerlab… here

ILLINOIS COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN FABTECH

Teresa Beach-Shelow — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:22:20 +0000

Stop in to see their booth or listen to their educational presentation:

Speakers:

Al Julian Vice President MegaFab (Whitney/Piranha/Bertsch)

Thom Shelow President Superior Joining Technologies, Inc.

Exhibitors:

Advanced Engineered Systems Inc

ALM Corporation

AMBI Clutches & Joints Corp

Black Bros Co

BUWW Coverings Inc

Davi Inc / Promau

Electron Beam Technologies Inc

Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International

HG Farley Laser Lab USA Inc

LSP Industries Inc

Omron STI Machine Services

MegaFab: Whitney / Piranha /Bertsch

Peddinghaus Corp

Rock Valley Oil & Chemical Co Inc

Roll Machining Technologies & Solutions

Saws International Inc

The Fabricator

www.fmafabtech.com

Fox News Reports Republican Resistance to Costly Health Care Bill

Bob Trojan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:06 +0000

Anyone who has really studied the American Revolution and the elections of 1800 would know that this kind of outcry and “politiking” is nothing unusual. It’s called freedom of speech. bill

Manufacturers can’t compete if costs are dictated to by government. The colonists resisted when the Brits imposed taxes on printed materials - (otherwise know as the Stamp Act). And the name calling between the parties in 1799 looks like today.

Madam Speaker; Tear Up This Bill

Bob Trojan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:54 +0000

Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today joined dozens of his colleagues and
thousands of Americans on the steps of the U.S. Capitol for a news conference
to protest Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care.

The House is scheduled to vote Saturday on Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-page bill,
which would raise taxes $730 billion on Americans, cost 5 million more jobs,
threaten the health insurance of 114 million Americans, and spend more than $1
trillion.

Manzullo supports an alternative Republican bill that the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office states would reduce health insurance premiums up to
10 percent and cut the deficit by $68 billion without raising taxes and without
threatening the health insurance of millions of Americans.

Click here to watch
Manzullo’s speech on the steps of the Capitol this afternoon.

Federal Funds Help Manufacturers Compete

Bob Trojan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:44 +0000

Negatively impacted by foreign competition? You may qualify for federal funds here.. Funds

Open Letter to Illinois Patients

Bob Trojan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:38 +0000

The Illinois State Medical Society opposes:

Government-mandated treatment guidelines that interfere with doctors’ clinical decision-making and the doctor-patient partnership.
A government-subsidized “public option” that would unfairly compete in the health insurance market.
A “public option” that ties physician reimbursement to Medicare’s inadequate payment rates and/or mandates physician participation.
A single payor health system. ISMS believes health system reform should improve and expand upon the current public-private system and focus on incremental, evolutionary change.
Further expansion of Medicaid as a means of covering the uninsured. Given Illinois’ track record of a woefully underfunded Medicaid program, we much prefer subsidies for the private purchase of health insurance by low-income patients.

See the rest here…ISMS

FABTECH

Teresa Beach-Shelow — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:06 +0000

FABTECH is coming 11/15/09 to 11/18/09 See links below and watch the Blog for more information!

· Link for FABTECH Conference information: http://www.fmafabtech.com/educational-sessions.cfm

· Direct show link: fmafabtech.com

· Registration link: https://www.compusystems.com/servlet/ar?evt_uid=745&Show=FMA&__utma=1.1529763077.1257345018.1257345018.1257345018.1&__utmb=1.2.10.1257345018&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1257345018.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=-&__utmk=256012939