Comments to Technology & Manufacturing Association members from TMA’s 2024-2025 Board Chairman Craig Zoberis as shared at TMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting on March 9th:
SCHAUMBURG—Fingerprints, retina scans, voice, and facial recognition are all available and easily accessible in the mid-2020s. More and more, small and mid-sized Illinois businesses are tapping into quickly developing biometric technology to provide accurate payroll and benefits accounting for their employees.
Rockford Toolcraft Inc., a Rockford Illinois area TMA member, announced in March they are expanding their facility.
CHICAGO – After announcing in January 2024 a new research lab to be located on Chicago’s Goose Island, 85 year old Blommer Chocolate announced in March it is closing its Chicago manufacturing doors.
SCHAUMBURG – The Technology & Manufacturing Association initiated the 2024-2025 TMA Board of Directors at the group’s 98th Annual Meeting held March 9th at the Mazak Corporation’s Schaumburg Headquarters.
When will Illinois start fixing its regulatory mistakes that make it harder for businesses to grow and thrive in our state?
SCHAUMBURG – While huge corporations such as White Castle have been in the news concerning the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), numerous members of the Technology & Manufacturing Association are in the midst of or have already settled unexpected lawsuits concerning the law set into motion in 2008.
DES PLAINES – High school instructors that teach skills used in machining and manufacturing are a unique brand. Even though their specialty is indeed special, the skills they teach are crucial to the USA’s welfare – in so many different ways.
I have been in the manufacturing industry since the late 1970s and aside from its schooling program in the early 1980s, I have had very little direct contact with the Technology & Manufacturing Association.
SCHAUMBURG – When the staff of our 99-year-old trade association is congratulated and thanked by the TMA members we serve, we are humbled and encouraged.
We’re delighted to share these thoughtful comments with our members, our association prospects and the public as a whole.