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Spotlight on PMA
Learn Best Practices from
Metalforming Pioneer Companies at FABTECH
Learn how industry-leading metalforming companies have implemented best-prac- tice initiatives and effectively engaged their workforces during the Metalforming Pioneer Company Panel Discussion, being held during FABTECH 2014. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Georgia World Congress Center, Room B302. There is no cost to attend the event, but space is limited.
This special panel will feature three Metalforming Pioneer Companies: E.J. Ajax, Diemas- ters Manufacturing and Marlin Steel Wire Products. These companies have been rec- ognized by the PMA Educational Foundation’s Metalforming Pioneer Award Program, estab- lished through a grant from the Hitachi Foundation to identify companies that combine successful business results through well-defined values, culture, policies and practices.
Each of the three companies will discuss:
• How their shop-floor training programs were designed, modified and improved and how they measure its effectiveness;
• Roadblocks to developing and maintaining a successful training program and how they were overcome;
• Typical career pathways at their companies and how employees progress;
• Training resources (training products, local schools, credentials, etc.) used to cre- ate and enhance the training program; and
• How this training has improved the company’s bottom line and fostered employ- ee career growth.
Register to attend at www.pma.org?e=892.
Upcoming Calendar
of Events
November 4-5
Stamping Higher-Strength Steel Seminar, Cleveland, OH
November 11-13
FABTECH 2014, Atlanta, GA
November 11
Metalforming Pioneer Company Panel Discussion, Atlanta, GA
November 19
Art to Part with 3D-Printed Tooling Webinar
December 3
Business Continuity Planning Webinar
Visit www.pma.org or contact PMA at 216/901-8800, info@pma.org for details.
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