FMA's NBT Announces Results of officer elections.
Press Release Summary:
Nuts, Bolts, and Thingamajigs® (NBT), charitable foundation of FMA, elected new officers at its recent meeting. Wyoming Machine, Inc. co-president Traci Tapani will serve as chairwoman; Hawkeye Industries, Inc. president/CEO Bryan Hawkins will serve as vice chairman; and Moraine Park Technical College dean, manufacturing technology, Marcia Arndt will serve as secretary/treasurer. Each has been elected to one year term.
Original Press Release:
Officers Elected to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation of Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International® (FMA), elected a new slate of officers at its recent meeting.
Traci Tapani, co-president, Wyoming Machine, Inc. of Stacy, Minn., was elected chairwoman; Bryan Hawkins, president/CEO, Hawkeye Industries, Inc. of Tupelo, Miss., was elected vice chairman; and Marcia Arndt, dean-manufacturing technology of Moraine Park Technical College, West Bend, Wis., will serve as secretary/treasurer. Newly elected officers will serve one-year terms.
Grants from NBT provide seed funding for community and technical college organizers offering summer manufacturing camps designed to inspire junior high and high school students to consider careers in manufacturing, and provide scholarships to help community/technical college and trade school students studying to prepare for careers in manufacturing.
About FMA
Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), is a professional organization with nearly 2,300 members working together to improve the metal fabricating and forming industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and the FABTECH trade show.
FMA also has two technology affiliates, the Tube & Pipe Association, International (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricating and Green Manufacturer Network, a professional organization of individual members dedicated to working toward environmentally-friendly manufacturing.
Visit www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org and www.fmanet.org for more information.
Benjamin Arens
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