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PMA greets attendees at FABTECH 2013.
the association’s technical meeting moved out of the United States for the first time, as more than 900 stampers met in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jon Jenson took over as AMSA pres- ident in 1975, focusing his efforts, and those of the 14-person AMSA staff, on
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Early moves made under Jenson’s direction included the 1977 creation of an AMSA political-action committee (PAC), primarily to support challengers
and congressional races with open seats. The philosophy: Focus on change in order to elect a pro-business and pro-manufacturing Congress. AMSAPAC became the Precision Metalforming Association Political Action Committee (PMAPAC) in 1987, when AMSA changed its name to PMA to recognize the broadening of members’ processes beyond only metal stamping. PMAPAC became PMAVIC (PMA Voice of the Industry Committee) in 1995.
AMSAPAC arose from realization of the federal government’s impact on the metal forming industry. During this period, OSHA had made the voluntary ANSI B11 machine-safety standards the law of the land. Within five years, PMA membership had increased from 400 to about 800 companies. The safety standards have resulted in a safer industry today, but the PAC efforts did pay dividends in challenging excessive costs and regulatory inefficiencies.
As mentioned earlier, PMA’s lobby- ing efforts took on a particular urgency
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