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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

Small and Midsize Manufacturers See Another Victory as the IL House Passes New BIPA Legislation

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Small and midsize manufacturers feel a sense of relief as SB2979, an update to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), is on its way to the Governor’s desk after passing the Illinois House.

May 17, 2024 No Comments

TMA Applauds Updates to IL Biometric Information Privacy Act

SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) applauds Senate President Pro Tempore Bill Cunningham and the Illinois Senate for passing SB2979, an update to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) that clarifies the law to reflect “per person” instead of “per occurrence” and makes the law retroactive to 2008 when the BIPA Act was written.

April 12, 2024 No Comments

Blommer Chocolate to close Chicago Plant

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.

March 25, 2024 No Comments

TMA’s 2024 Election Information

SCHAUMBURG – Anyone interested in 2024 federal and state candidates’ opinions on issues affecting small and midsized manufacturing once again has a central online location to find voting information, compliments of the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) in Schaumburg, Illinois.

February 26, 2024 No Comments

TMA Responds to Governor’s State of the State Address

TMA’s Vice President Highlights How Manufacturers Face a Different Reality Than What Illinois Governor Pritzker Painted in the State of the State Address

February 21, 2024 No Comments

South Korean students learn about manufacturing careers at TMA

SCHAUMBURG – Last week, nineteen students from Seoul, South Korea visited the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s training facilities in Schaumburg to learn more about the career options manufacturing offers.

January 30, 2024 No Comments

TMA joins effort urging Chicago to restructure its failing pension system

CHICAGO – In early January, the Technology & Manufacturing Association joined other community watchdog groups urging Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to consider hearing representatives of the Chicago business community’s concerns as the City tackles its growing pension crisis.

January 15, 2024 No Comments

DOL Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractors, Effective March 11

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule to clarify who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

January 12, 2024 No Comments

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