ROCKFORD - The Rockford metropolitan area was named one of the top 20 "Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs" in a recent study because of the area's manufacturing employment growth. [...]
One Voice Coalition Defeats NLRB Poster Rule On May 7, 2013 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the National Labor Relations Board “Poster Rule.” The [...]
NTMA Apprenticeship Aptitude Test April 13, 2013 The Rock River Valley Tooling and Machining Association (RRVTMA) is offering an apprenticeship aptitude test on April 13, 2013 at 8:00 AM. The [...]
Contact: Christie Carmigiano Precision Metalforming Association Phone: 216- 901-8800 ext. 2110 ccarmigiano@pma.org Tuesday, February 19, 2013 CLEVELAND, OH—February 19, 2013—According to the February 2013 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, [...]
State of the Union Address Mentions Manufacturing On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address to Congress. Lasting exactly sixty minutes, the President [...]
Congratulations to Teresa Beach-Shelow for this prestigious award! Bob Trojan Rock River Valley manufacturing expert Bob Trojan discusses the many facets of manufacturing: technology, education, training, events, people and [...]
District 205 is in process of establishing career academies in each of the high schools over the next couple of years. The plan is to have the following four academies: [...]
We are honored to announce NTMA as an official endorser of 'Manufacturing Day', October 5th, 2012. Manufacturing Day has been designed to expand knowledge about and improve general public perception [...]
The House yesterday passed H.R. 436, a bill to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax put in place by the health care law. While we face an uphill battle [...]
Congratulations to the 2012 apprentice class and thank you to the sponsoring companies for their support. Tool & Die Maker Jeffery McKibben - Industrial Molds Shawn VanBarriger - Continental Machine [...]