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Past Events

Annual Golf Outing

Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Location: Lakewood Country Club, 2613 Bradley Rd., Westlake, OH 44145
Schedule: 10:30 a.m. – Registration; 11:00 a.m. – Buffet Lunch; 12:30 p.m. – Shotgun Start; Dinner to follow golf

Details...Details...Details

  1. Shotgun start will begin at 12:30 p.m. Your promptness and cooperation is greatly appreciated.
  2. Please register at the front door starting at 10:30 a.m. to receive your hole assignment and pro-shop certificate valued at $50.
  3. Driving range will be open at 10:30 a.m. at no charge.
  4. Beer and soda will be available on the golf course at the fifth tee and ninth green.
  5. All beverages before and after golf will be on "charge only" basis by signing "chits". You will be invoiced on an actual cost basis after the golf outing. NO PMA drink tickets will be honored.
  6. Golf prizes will be awarded for the following:
    • Skill prizes.
    • Team prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in Scramble competition.
    • Door prizes will be drawn immediately after dinner.
  7. Competition on the golf course will be for:
    • TEAM OPTION SKINS GAME: At your team option, each team may enter a “skins game” for $20. All money collected will be divided by the number of skins won by a team. If no skins are earned, the money will be raffled to the contestants with pro-shop prizes.
  8. Your locker room and parking attendants have been paid by the PMA Cleveland District. Additional gratuity is at your own discretion and is greatly appreciated.
  9. DIRECTIONS: Proceed on I-90 to Exit 156--Crocker Basset Rd. Turn South to Detroit Rd. (1/4 mile) and turn right (West). Proceed about 1/2 mile to Bradley Rd. and turn left (South). Travel on Bradley Rd. less than one mile to Lakewood Country Club on left (East) side of road.
  10. SOFT SPIKES: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT LAKEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB ALLOWS ONLY THE USE OF SOFT SPIKES. STEEL SPIKES ARE NOT PERMITTED. THE LOCKER ROOM ATTENDANT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CHANGE YOUR SPIKES TO SOFT SPIKES FOR A $5 FEE. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

Annual Suppliers’ Night

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Location: Holiday Inn Independence, 6001 Rockside Rd., Independence, OH (Rockside Road & I-77)
Schedule: 4:00 p.m. – Exhibits open; 4:00 p.m. – Cash bar opens; 4:30 p.m. – Buffet opens; 9:00 p.m. – Exhibit closes

The Cleveland District of PMA invites you and your colleagues to attend its annual Suppliers’ Night on April 8 in Independence, OH. Free of charge, attendees can meet face-to-face with exhibitors who will be showcasing the capabilities of both local and regional suppliers to the metalforming industry.

Thanks to the many exhibitors, this year’s Suppliers’ Night is sure to be a huge success! So far, the event features 35 exhibiting companies, which are listed below.

Tickets will be available at the door at no charge. Remember, the exhibit is open to all members and guests for free. A complimentary buffet and a cash bar also will be available throughout the evening.

Be sure to plan for future demands for quality, productivity and cost control by using this opportunity to interface with industry associates and metalforming decision-makers from across the Cleveland area.

2008 Suppliers’ Night Exhibitors

as of March 12, 2008

Senior Managers’ Roundtable

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Location: PMA Headquarters, 6363 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast; 9:00 a.m. – Program; 10:30 a.m. - Adjourn

Join the Cleveland District of PMA for its Senior Managers’ Roundtable and networking breakfast on Tuesday, March 11. Industry leaders will gather to discuss the current environment surrounding metalforming companies and pressing issues in the industry.

Wayne Boeckman, PMA’s first vice chairman and president of Texas Metal Spinning, a Division of Metal Spinners, Inc., will join us to facilitate discussion as well as report on the state of PMA and the outlook for 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for executives to network with fellow leaders of metalforming companies based in your area.

Discussion Topics:

This meeting will be excellent for senior management who are involved in P&L and strategic planning for their businesses.

Performance-Based Die Engineering Strategies

with Pete Ulintz,, Anchor Manufacturing Group, Inc.

Date: Monday, February 11, 2008
Location: PMA Headquarters, 6363 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast; 9:00 a.m. – Program; 10:30 a.m. - Adjourn

Join the Cleveland District of PMA as we gather to discuss performance-based die engineering strategies with Pete Ulintz, Advanced Product Engineering Manager at Anchor Manufacturing Group, Inc.

This presentation will focus on the impending need to replace current die- design strategies with more advanced die engineering practices. Pete will discuss the fundamental differences between designing and engineering dies and the significant implications these changes will have on our apprenticeship programs.

Pete also will discuss weaknesses in what he calls function-based die- design standards. These types of die standards are currently used by nearly every stamping manufacturer and tool and die shop in our industry. Pete makes a compelling argument for the implementation of “Performance-Based Die Specifications” (PBDS), a concept he first proposed in a technical paper (pending publication) on designing and building dies for high-strength steel stampings.

Pete Ulintz has been in the metal stamping and tool and die industries since 1978. His background includes tool and die making, tool engineering, engineering management, advance process planning and product development. He has been speaking at PMA national seminars, roundtables and METALFORM symposiums since 1996, focusing on topics such as: transfer and automation systems, tool and die design, deep-draw technology, metalforming simulation and problem solving in the press shop.

Pete also writes a monthly column, "Tooling by Design," for MetalForming magazine.

Outlook for 2008 and Industry Benchmarking
With Bill Gaskin, PMA President

Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Location: PMA Headquarters, 6363 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast; 9:00 a.m. – Program; 10:30 a.m. - Adjourn

Outlook for 2008:
Start the new year by comparing your expectations for business conditions in 2008 with your metalforming peers. Share your insights with others. Review data from the purchasing managers index, automotive forecasts, machine tool production and other economic data.

Benchmarking "Best in Class" and Profitability:
Review performance data from PMA’s latest Benchmarking Report. Compare your company’s performance against "most profitable" and "best in class" leaders. Critical measures in the areas of management, quality and productivity available ONLY from PMA’s Benchmarking service will be highlighted. How does your company compare?

•Training hours •Success in quoting
•Lost workday injuries •Supplier reject rate
•Inventory turnover •Average set-up time
•Employee turnover •Equipment utilization
•Value added per employee •Earnings before interest & taxes

And MORE!

This is an audience-interactive program so come prepared to share your insights into the outlook for 2008 and to make your estimates of "average" and "best in class" performance!

Collecting Unbiased Production Data

Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Location: PMA Headquarters, 6363 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast; 9:00 a.m. – Program;

Join the Cleveland District of PMA as we gather to discuss how to collect unbiased production data from shop floors.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and manufacturing execution system (MES) software programs often rely on data that is generated from the production floor. In many cases, this production data must be manually entered. Unfortunately, manually entered data is not always timely, accurate or unbiased.

This presentation will describe software tools that automatically collect unbiased data from presses or any other production machines, place the data into an industry standard database and make it available to other software packages.

The presentation will also cover automatic report distribution (including OEE reports) and ways to view real-time factory status using a web browser.

Our speaker, Mr. Ashok Bhide, has been the marketing manager for Wintriss Controls Group of Honeywell since 1985. Ashok is a past PMA board member, current METALFORM exhibition chair and has presented at numerous industry events.

Economic Outlook for 2008

"How Will the Economy Vote in the Presidential Election?"

Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Location: PMA Headquarters, 6363 Oak Tree Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast; 9:00 a.m. – Program;

Will the presidential election play a role in determining the 2008 economic/business outlook OR will the economy play a role in electing the President? What does history suggest? And what factors—China and foreign economies, the value of the dollar, energy and raw material prices—are shaping the 2008 outlook for manufacturing? Ultimately, does the business expansion still retain staying power or is the economy poised for a fall? And what is the cause of all the recent volatility in the financial markets? These issues will be discussed in detail by one of America’s consistently top forecasters.

Dr. Ken Mayland is president of ClearView Economics, LLC, a firm specializing in economic research and forecasting. Ken was previously the chief economist of two major financial institutions (First Pennsylvania Bank and KeyCorp). Graduating with degrees in economics from MIT (undergraduate) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. and Ph.D), he has spent more than 30 years studying the business cycle and providing economic analyses to a variety of constituencies. As a member of the BusinessWeek Annual Economic Forecasting Survey Panel, Ken hit the 2002 GDP, unemployment rate and CPI inflation projections within a tenth of a percent. Ken also was named one of the best forecasters in USA Today’s forecasting panel for 2005.

Join us to prepare your company for the financial weather ahead!

Annual Golf Outing

Date: Monday, May 21, 2007
Location: Lakewood Country Club, 2613 Bradley Rd, Westlake, OH 44145
Schedule: 10:30 a.m. - Registration; 11:00 a.m. - Buffet Lunch; 12:30 p.m. - Shotgun Start; Dinner to follow

Reservations will be taken on a first-come basis. Grab your space today because we have sold out for the last 12 years! To reserve your foursome or space for one, two or three people, please download this form and fax it to Renee at 440-201-6900. We are limited to the first 144 paid reservations for golf.

After faxing your reservation, please mail the form with PAYMENT IN ADVANCE, made payable to: PMA, CLEVELAND DISTRICT, 589 Welshire Dr., Bay Village, OH 44140.

For more details on the event, see the flyer.

COST: Event Cost: $190 (Price includes golf, grilled lunch or burgers and brats, chicken and rib dinner and $50 gift certificate)
Dinner Only: $40

Annual Suppliers' Night

Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Location: Holiday Inn Independence, 6001 Rockside Rd., Independence, OH (Rockside Rd & I-77)
Schedule: 4:00 p.m. - Exhibits Open; 4:00 p.m. - Cash bar opens; 4:30 p.m. - Buffet opens; 9:00 p.m. - Exhibit closes

The Cleveland District of PMA invites you and your colleagues to attend its annual Suppliers’ Night on April 10 in Independence, OH. Free of charge, attendees can meet face-to-face with exhibitors who will be showcasing the capabilities of both local and regional suppliers to the metalforming industry.

Thanks to the many exhibitors, this year’s Suppliers’ Night is sure to be a huge success! So far, the event features 35 exhibiting companies listed below.

Remember, the exhibit is open to all members and guests for free. A complimentary buffet and a cash bar also will be available throughout the evening.

Be sure to plan for future demands for quality, productivity and cost control by using this opportunity to interface with industry associates and metalforming decision-makers from across the Cleveland area.

EXHIBITING COMPANIES
A-S Mfg, Inc.
American Coating Specialist Inc.
Anchor Danly
Blue Chip Engineered Products
Compass Technologies
Dadco Co.
Dallas Industries/Midwest Machinery
Diamond Metal Distribution
Eagle International Sales
Forward Industries
Fuchs Lubricants
Great Lakes Tool Supply Inc.
Gregory Industries
Heidtman Steel Products, Inc.
Hyson Products
Imax Industries, Inc.
Independent Steel Co.
Industrial Parts & Service Co.
ITW Rocol North America - Metal Mates
J. Williams & Associates
Jergens Industrial Supply
Metal Tech
Microsheen Corp.
Mid America Steel Corp.
Nicholas Press Sales, LLC
Oleska Industrial Equipment Sales
Orttech Press Masters, LLC
Ready Technology
Royal Diversified Products Inc.
Schuler Inc.
Stainless Sales Corp.
Superior Die Set
Sup-R-Die Inc.
Ulbrich Stainless

Cost: FREE

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