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TMA Partners with BlueForge Alliance to Bolster Efforts to Rebuild Our Nation’s Submarine Fleet

Supporting the Navy’s efforts to maintain our country’s strategic undersea advantage in an increasingly complex international security environment, BlueForge Alliance has engaged the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) to launch a new manufacturing training programs to ensure the country has the workforce it needs to build a new generation of submarines.

June 5, 2024 No Comments

TMA: 2024 IL Legislative Session a Mixed Bag for Small and Midsize Manufacturers

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Technology & Manufacturing Association Executive Vice President Dennis LaComb issued the following statement today on the completion of the Illinois General Assembly’s 2024 spring legislative session:

May 29, 2024 No Comments

TMA Member Op-Ed: Ease regulatory burdens on business

TMA member Mike Flynn, manager of DuPage Precision Products in Aurora, voiced his opinion in the Daily Herald about the need for Illinois to “ease regulatory burdens on business”

May 6, 2024 No Comments

TMA lobbyist defends members to IL House Committee on BIPA reform

The Technology & Manufacturing Association encouraged the Illinois House to reform the Biometric Information Protection Act, which has several members caught up in lawsuits.

May 3, 2024 No Comments

Changing the Manufacturing World With TMA’s Training & Education Classes

The TMA Related Theory Apprentice Training Program has been assisting member companies in training their apprentices for over 75 years. It is one of the largest, most recognized precision metalworking apprenticeship programs in the United States.

April 24, 2024 No Comments

TMA Announces New Freight Partner with Industry Leader Estes Association Solutions

SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association has partnered with Estes Association Solutions, the largest privately owned freight carrier in North America, to ensure small and midsize manufacturers can ship and receive critical components with efficiency and reliability throughout the country.

April 18, 2024 No Comments

TMA Educates Small and Midsize Manufacturers on How to Protect Themselves from BIPA Lawsuits

SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) hosted small and midsize manufacturers for an event to educate their members on how to protect themselves from liability and annihilative lawsuits many small business owners are facing under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

April 4, 2024 No Comments

TMA celebrates 99th Anniversary

ITASCA – The Technology & Manufacturing Association celebrated their 99th Anniversary March 22nd at the Eaglewood Resort in Itasca.

The event provided the 2024-2025 TMA Board Chairman Craig Zoberis the opportunity to share his vision for the upcoming year.

April 2, 2024 No Comments

New TMA Board Chairman to encourage members’ “entrepeneurial spirit”

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:

April 2, 2024 No Comments

What is BIPA and how best to comply with the law?

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.

March 28, 2024 No Comments

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