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Music City Set to Host
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MetalForming/December 2018
www.metalformingmagazine.com
...the metalforming industry’s premier conference on metal stamping and tool-and-die technology.
The Metal Stamping and Tool & Die Conference, presented by PMA in association with Metal- Forming magazine, will feature keynote presentations, educational breakout sessions for stamping and tool and die, exhibits and a networking reception for more than 200 attendees and spon- sors. It all happens January 29-30, 2019, in Nashville, TN, featuring track ses- sions covering new, emerging, evolving and maturing technologies, and indus- try trends impacting companies involved in metal stamping, die design and die construction.
Who should attend? Well, just about anyone and everyone—from company presidents and CEOs to engineers and engineering managers, die designers and tooling engineers, plant and oper- ations managers, and tool and die mak- ers. The agenda is chock full of tech- nical presentations promising to keep metalformers informed of the latest- greatest equipment and processing innovations including:
• Understanding and Selecting Sheet and Coil Material
• Best Practices in Sheetmetal Form- ing to Succeed in a Competitive Envi- ronment
• Innovations in High-Speed Machinery
• Cutting and Punching High- Strength Steels and Aluminum
• Tool & Die Welding Repair.
Keynotes Kick Things Off
On Tuesday morning, January 29, the conference gets rolling with a keynote presentation, Avoiding Legal Risks in Labor and Employment Rela- tionships. Speaker Zan Blue, a partner with the Nashville law firm of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP, advises companies in structuring relationships with workers and clients, whether as employment, leased-employee or inde- pendent-contractor arrangements. His work aims to help companies minimize legal risks and provide a positive work environment. He also advises and rep- resents employers in union campaigns, contract negotiations and with respect to unfair labor-practice allegations and
On the agenda: keynote presentations, educational breakout sessions for stamping and tool and die technology, exhibits, and a networking reception for more than 200 attendees and sponsors.