Summit will include 12 roundtables and 3 keynotes.
Press Release Summary:
Sponsored by FMA and TPA, Metal Matters 2009 Leadership Summit will explore best practices and technology advancements in metal fabricating and tube and pipe producing. It will feature 3 keynote addresses and 12 issue-focused roundtable discussions covering business growth, going global, steel, shop management systems, proven web-marketing-sales tactics, and how to grow the bottom line. Workshop sessions will focus on estimating, plant layout/workflow, and lean leadership.
Original Press Release:
Metal Matters 2009 Leadership Summit Unveils Keynote Presentations, Issue-Focused Roundtables
Registration for March 25-27 Event Available Online, Via Phone or On Site
ROCKFORD, Ill., Feb. 10, 2009 - This year's Metal Matters 2009 Leadership Summit, the fourth annual conference that explores best practices and technology advancements in metal fabricating and tube and pipe producing, will feature three leading industry keynote addresses, 12 critical issue-focused peer- and consultant-facilitated roundtable discussions and 125 of the industry's top leaders and executives.
The three-day conference, sponsored by The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), and The Tube & Pipe Association, International (TPA), begins March 25 at Carefree Resort & Villas near Phoenix.
Executives seeking to gain expert perspectives to help them in today's competitive market can register to attend online at www.fmanet.org, via phone by calling 888-394-4362, or in person on-site at the event.
Keynote presentations will be delivered by Robert Haskins, president of Wilson Tool International, Tom Stundza, chief industrial commodities analyst for Purchasing Magazine, and Dr. Chris Kuehl, FMA's economist and managing director of Armada Corporate Intelligence.
Haskins, a key leader in the implementation of lean manufacturing at Wilson Tool facilities around the world, will discuss how the lean journey transformed operations at the company.
Stundza, who coordinates Purchasing Magazine's coverage of supply, demand, delivery lead-times, and prices of industrial commodity materials, will speak on the steel outlook for 2009.
Kuehl will deliver an enlightening and engaging keynote presentation, "Fabrinomics: The Fabricator's Guide to the Economy," that interprets current economic conditions into data impacting the industry.
Roundtable discussions focused on leadership, operations, and technology will cover business growth, going global, steel, shop management systems, proven web-marketing-sales tactics, and how to grow the bottom line. The event also will include popular workshop sessions enhanced for '09 on estimating, plant layout/workflow, and lean leadership.
Attendees can review tabletop exhibits of products and services to get up-to-date on industry advancements. Networking opportunities include a welcome reception, luncheons and a golf outing at Rancho Ma±ana Golf Club. Special events are planned for guests of attendees.
The event also will honor the recipients of the 2009 national business performance competition sponsored by FMA, The FABRICATOR® magazine, TPA and TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal® magazine. Awards will be presented to Shickel Corp. for winning the 2009 Fabricator of the Year and to Plymouth Tube Company - Eupora Plant for receiving the 2009-TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal Industry Award.
Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), is a professional organization with more than 2,300 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show. FMA also has a technology affiliate, the Tube & Pipe Association, International (TPA), which focuses on the unique needs of companies engaged in tube and pipe producing and fabricating.
