Screen Machine Industries, Inc. Welcomed Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney for Factory Speech
Screen Machine Industries was proud to host an event for front-running presidential candidate Governor Mitt Romney on July 27, 2011, which was attended by approximately 350 employees, community members and news correspondents. Steve Cohen, President of Screen Machine, gave Mr. Romney a tour of the plant after a roundtable discussion regarding the creation of more manufacturing jobs. In attendance were several Ohio manufacturing executives and local politicians.
The focus of the speech was on increasing US manufacturing through exports by negotiating fair and competitive international trade policies. After climbing onto the stage on the Pataskala, Ohio factory floor Mr. Romney hailed Screen Machine as an "extraordinary manufacturing facility". Screen Machine Industries, Inc. has been discovering sales gains through international markets after focusing its first 38 years primarily domestically. "Our growth is going to be in exports," said President Steve Cohen. "There are many countries out there in heavy mining-oriented businesses and there is a strong desire for American-made machinery.".
Three of the company's flagship machines served a backdrop to the speech, including the 6036T Track Mounted Stacking Conveyor, the Spyder 516T Screening Plant and the 4043T Impact Crusher. The setting provided a formidable impression of the scale and importance of the manufacturing industry to the United States and showed that we are still capable of being a dominant player in the world's economy. As host of this event, we were proud to be able to display our contributions to the industrial sector of our county, state and national economies.
