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R&D Tax Credit, Section 179 Expensing and Bonus Depreciation Keys to Keeping U.S. Manufacturing Strong Tuesday, December 02, 2014 Washington, DC, December 2, 2014 – The National Tooling and Machining [...]

01/08/2015 This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act to change the definition of a full-time employee under the health care law to 40 [...]

President Obama talked up a resurgence in U.S. jobs and manufacturing while many are calling for more to be done. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Advertisement The state of the union is [...]

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS - The Rock River Valley Tooling and Machining Association (RRVTMA) awarded three $1,000 scholarships at their 2013 Apprentice Appreciation dinner on June 5, 2013. This is the first [...]

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 [...]