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PMA has developed training systems for machine setup and operation, safety, dimensional variation, lockout- tagout, economic literacy, and new-hire orientation, with new web-based training on the way.
version of the coil-fed training system, and an updated version (in 1999) of the coil- and manually fed systems. Train- ing systems also have been developed for safety, dimensional variation, lock- out-tagout and economic literacy.
The association has followed these efforts with CD-based safety-training aids, and within the past year, PMA debuted Onboarding ME, a DVD ori- entation program for new employees in metalforming operations. Now, the
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Roy Hardy on the Future of PMA
With a pedigree steeped in engineering, manufacturing and our industry’s workpiece metals of choice, Roy Hardy has assumed the leadership position at PMA as its new president, and is tasked with charting its future course. He looks to do that by emphasiz- ing membership engagement, growing membership, promoting advocacy and continuing a commitment to technology transfer and training.
A Metals Guy’
A self-described third-generation metals man—his grandfather worked in a ductile iron foundry for 35 years and his father’s career was spent as a metallurgist at Huntington Alloys—Hardy has had a lifelong fascination with this type of work.
“As a kid on plant tours where my dad worked, I watched metal being poured, twist- ed, bent and recycled to be used again...I’ve always wanted to be a metals guy,” he says.
Graduating from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Hardy worked his way through nearly every link of the metal-parts supply chain, then owned a company supplying steel mills, the heattreating industry and forging companies. For the past eight years he has served as president of the Forging Industry Association.
Focus on Advocacy, Membership and Training
“PMA’s mission is to assist members in being more competitive in the global econo- my, and I know we can compete if it’s on a level-playing field,” Hardy says, “so we will continue to be active in government advocacy, telling the PMA story.”
Recognizing that PMA’s effectiveness as an advocate is directly related to its size and strength, Hardy seeks an increase in membership in coming years and more engaged