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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR METALWORKING SKILLS (FAIRFAX, VA.)...

assumes management of the Student Summit at the International Manufacturing Technology Show held this September in Chicago. "NIMS has a demonstrated record of setting high standards to prepare our youth for tomorrow's work force,

and will provide strategic vision needed for IMTS 2006 and beyond," says Peter R. Kelman, vice president for exhibitions at the Association for Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Va.

www.nims-skills.org; www.amtonline.org

THE ASSOCIATION FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VA.)...

starts a program called Leadership for Cultural Change, offering small- to mid-sized companies a chance to work together to stimulate change in how their employees think and do their work.

www.ame.org

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • Machine Tool Consumption Up 38.4%
  • In August, US machine tool consumption amounted to $225.52 million, according to AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology (McLean, VA), and the American Machine Tool Distributors' ......
  • Equipment Sales Increase By 18%
  • Machine tool sales rebounded in November, posting a solid 18.3% increase over October sales, according to the latest figures in the US Machine Tool Consumption ......
  • Machine tool sales lagging
  • Orders for machine tools increased slightly during August, but year-to-date industry sales remain sluggish at 24.7% behind 2001 levels, according to the latest figures from ......
  • News from AMT
  • The National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) (Washington, DC) has awarded AM-Assodation for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) (McLean, VA) a $5000 grant to promote manufacturing career activities ......
  • IMTS 2000 Student Summit Offers Career Opportunities.
  • Teachers, school administrators and students are being encouraged to seize an incredible teaching and learning opportunity that comes around only once every two years. The ......
  • IMTS prepares for biennial event in Chicago Sept. 6-13
  • The International Manufacturing Technology Show will host more than 1,200 exhibitors at Chicago’s McCormick Place on Sept. 6 through Sept. 13. IMTS, held every other ......
  • Why Go to the Show?
  • US manufacturers continue to demonstrate their need for highly capable new equipment, as shown by the 18% increase in US manufacturing technology consumption in the ......
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  • President Bush seems to have achieved his objective of closing the borders to potential terrorists. Unfortunately, in the process, the bureaucracy charged with this task ......
  • Advancing manufacturing.
  • This fall, the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) will be arriving at the McCormick Place in Downtown Chicago, Illinois over the two-week span of September ......
  • IMTS, by the numbers.
  • This was the 75th anniversary of the first IMTS and the 55th anniversary of its debut in Chicago. In 1947 the show was held in ......
  • MARKET TRENDS
  • U.S. WIND ENERGY INSTALLATIONS...
  • Largest Industry Trade Show Proves Successful for Hurco.
  • INDIANAPOLIS -- Hurco's (NASDAQ:HURC) participation in the 26th International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) held at Chicago's McCormick Place September 6-13 proved beneficial with a 35% ......
  • IMTS 2000 Preview.
  • A preview of the manufacturing show to be held September 6-12 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL ... Founded in 1927 as the Machine Tool Show, ......
  • First-Half Machine Sales Up 31.9%
  • During the first half of 2004, US sales of machine tools reached $1249.68 million, a nearly 32% increase over sales of $947.66 million during the ......
  • AN END TO TRIAL AND ERROR
  • There aren't many Scottys in the world. Scott Peterson (or Scotty, as co-workers call him) represents a fading breed, a master CNC programmer capable of ......