A Manufacturing Summit with local and national speakers will address the crisis in US manufacturing with a town hall style meeting on October 6th 2010. The event, sponsored by the two California chapters of the Metals Service Center Institute, will be held at the Pacific Palms Hotel and Conference Center, One Industry Hills Parkway, City of Industry in California.
The California Manufacturing Summit, one of a series of similar events organized by MSCI chapters around the country, is designed to alert the metals and manufacturing communities to game changing public policy issues that threaten the nation's ability to continue to be a world center for manufacturing. The MSCI Southern California and Northern California chapters have joined to present the program to members, manufacturers, politicians and friends of manufacturing from around the state.
Mr M Robert Weidner III president & CEO of MSCI said that "MSCI first raised concern about the declining state of capital goods and consumer durable manufacturing six years ago, and since that time, the situation has not improved significantly. In many respects, the specter of laws and regulations that will raise costs, lower competitiveness and leave us open to illegal trade practices has grown. It's time to arm our members, their customers and others with an interest in a strong manufacturing base with the information they need to be effective in the public policy confrontations yet to come."
Mr Nicholas A Gonzales president of the Southern California Chapter and also VP of Westmet International of Fullerton said that "We believe that North American manufacturing is under attack. Entire categories of goods are no longer made in this country, and manufacturers are extremely hesitant to expand or locate facilities here. We all know how damaging the recession has been. Add to that the negative impact of proposed taxes, new health care requirements, climate change regulations, labor laws, China's continuing mercantilist policies and the like, and we all face a long, difficult period in the months and years ahead."
Mr Weidner will be moderator for the event. Additional speakers include:
1. Mr Bill Jones VC of O'Neal Industries of Birmingham and also chairman of the MSCI national organization
2. Mr David Goodreau sales manager Superior Thread and Rolling and also executive director San Fernando Valley Chapter at National Tooling & Machining Association
3. Mr David H Hannah chairman & CEO of Reliance Steel & Aluminum
4. Mr Michael Hoffman president & CEO of Macsteel Service Centers USA and also vice chairman of MSCI
Candidates for public office have been invited to the event. In addition, time will be provided for a question and answer period and discussion about options that everyone has to work on behalf of the nation's manufacturing base.
