TMA Staff Archives

TMA’s Supplier Network: Transforming needs and ideas into solutions and actions

TMA Associate members are businesses that offer services, equipment, machinery, or materials unique to companies that qualify as manufacturer members that are not normally performed by manufacturer members.

Affiliate members consist of companies providing services to manufacturer members by neither manufacturer nor Affiliate members.

Together, the Associates and Affiliates create TMA’s robust Supplier Network.

November 13, 2024 No Comments

TMA staff meets up with TMA members at IMTS 2024 in Chicago

CHICAGO – Every other year, the global manufacturing industry meets up in America’s Midwest and this year, staff from the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) joined the excitement to find several TMA members among the 1600 exhibitors.

September 11, 2024 No Comments

TMA meets up at 1st 2024 Golf Outing

TMA’s first 2024 Golf Outing was a hot one, but for more reasons than the Chicago temperature at Bridges of Poplar Creek! Over 150 golfers participated this year, along with an array of warm wishes from TMA sponsors and partners, as well as great scores and several very long drives!

June 21, 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 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

High school manufacturing educators boosted by TMA

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.

March 14, 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

Op-Ed: Revitalizing BIPA – Safeguarding Illinois manufacturers against unfair penalties

The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), initially enacted to safeguard the biometric data of Illinois residents, has inadvertently become a looming threat to the viability of small and mid-sized manufacturers in northern Illinois.

November 8, 2023 No Comments

Preparing the Next Generation of Manufacturing Professionals

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?

July 24, 2023 No Comments

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