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For Series details and media passes, contact:
Beatrice Ghislandi
ITCC Event Coordinator
phone: 312-368-9197
email: events@itcc.org |
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For media interviews, contact:
Paul Heinze
Global Manufacturing Series chair/ITCC director
The International Trade Club of Chicago
phone: 847-382-8886
email: paul@heinze.com
Sidney Salvadori
ITCC president
The International Trade Club of Chicago
phone: 312-368-9197
email: president@itcc.org |
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ITCC News Release
Nine Midwest Manufacturers Rewrite The Rules of Global Competition
CHICAGO, IL — The International Trade Club of Chicago announced today that senior executives from nine area manufacturing companies will share their approach to facing global competition and how they developed and implemented their international business strategies on December 7 and 8, 2006 at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago.
In a peer-to-peer format – from manufacturers to manufacturers – actual practitioners will convey replicable, strategic and tactical information regarding global options and resources. The two-day GLOBAL MANUFACTURING SERIES (www.itcc-gms.org) has been designed to assist small and medium-sized Midwestern manufacturing companies compete in the global marketplace through a series of practical and timely case studies.
“Manufacturing is alive and well in the Midwest, but it needs to reclaim its leadership by engaging globally,” states Series chair and ITCC director Paul Heinze. “We intend to provide concrete and proven strategies for success. The business case studies we will present will offer actionable and replicable tactics and tools to compete globally.”
Presenting companies include Atlas Material Testing Technology (IL), Central Screw Products (MI), GR Spring & Stamping (MI), Hydrox Laboratories (IL), Mathews Company (IL), North American Tool Corporation (IL), Prince Industries (IL), and S•K Hand Tool Corporation (IL). In addition, global leader medical products manufacturer and distributor Cardinal Health (OH, IL), in collaboration with one of its top local MBE suppliers (Hydrox Labs), will discuss Cardinal's unique global diversity program and how local companies can improve their supplier opportunities with Cardinal and other large manufacturers.
According to SERIES co-sponsor Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the Great Lakes economy is the third largest in the world and in a recent survey 76 percent of area manufacturers indicate their business activity has increased in the last year. Combined, the Great Lakes Gross State Product is $3.5 trillion. Manufacturing represents 16 percent of this total.
SERIES program details:
The SERIES will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 South LaSalle Street in Chicago from 9am to 5pm on December 7 and 8, 2006 with a business networking reception following the meeting on December 7. For speaker and registration details, visit www.itcc-gms.org or contact the ITCC Event Coordinator at events@itcc.org or 312-368-9197.
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Additional Background
SERIES sponsors:
The GLOBAL MANUFACTURING SERIES 2006 is sponsored by The International Trade Club of Chicago (ITCC). Partners include the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Tooling & Manufacturing Association, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Manufacturing Programs, IIT University Technology Park, Jane Addams Resource Corporation, U.S. Department of Commerce, The Economist Business Intelligence Unit, Manufacturers’ News Inc., Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, Chicago International Trade Commissioners Association, Japan America Society of Chicago, DeFonseka LLC, International Visitors Center of Chicago, NORBIC and Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing. State of Illinois and Cook County governments are providing partial financial support for this initiative.
About ITCC
The International Trade Club of Chicago (www.itcc.org) is a not-for-profit trade association based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1919, the ITCC is the oldest international trade association in the United States. Members represent a broad range of manufacturing, technology and service sectors, as well as educational, civic government institutions and the foreign diplomatic corps. The Global Manufacturing Series is one of several ITCC programs designed to provide a forum for discussion, collaboration and education to support the profession of international business management and promote the sustained, balanced growth and success of U.S. businesses.
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Clink on link below for Global Manufacturing Series flyer
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