SCHAUMBURG – This week, the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Training & Education Department launched another year of preparing a new generation of skilled manufacturers. An even 100 apprentices will be taking TMA classes this fall – paid for by their employers.
As a former trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and early pioneer in high frequency foreign exchange trading, I saw and lived with the advantage of adopting the best, yet easiest to use technology if I wanted to survive and put-up big numbers in my industry.
TMA members enjoyed a golf outing at Bartlett Hills Golf Course on August 25, 2023
The 2023 Rose Mottl Leadership in Manufacturing Award recipient is Kyra Tillman, President of BTM Industries in Woodstock, Illinois, a third-generation manufacturer
The Illinois Supreme Court just decided that doing so, without strict compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), could be a multi-billion dollar mistake
(The Center Square) – Legislation significantly increasing regulations on Illinois businesses who use temporary workers, including mandating pay rates, is now law. Business groups say the law will have negative consequences.
On August 4, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed into law extensive amendments to The Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (Act). They were immediately effective, but the Illinois Department of Labor (Department) has not yet promulgated any guidance or instructions.
STREAMWOOD – Seventy Chicago area high school students recently used their machining skills to help disabled individuals walk again.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) is calling on the Illinois General Assembly to return to session as soon as possible to clarify the state’s flawed Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) that threatens business operations and jobs in our state.
The manufacturing industry has long sounded the alarm about the “The Grey Tsunami” that is sweeping away skilled, experienced, and valuable manufacturing professionals. The question is – where will the next generation of manufacturers come from and how will they be trained?