Melindathee Griffin was was nearly 50 years old when she embarked upon a new career – in manufacturing. From TMA’s August 2016 News Bulletin: Melindathee Griffin, 50, worked at various jobs in banking, accounting and pharmacy ...

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti was the keynote speaker at TMA’s 2017 Related Theory Graduation. “For three years, you’ve spent countless evenings away from the comforts of home to learn these skills so you can ...

Manufacturers’ record-high optimism reported in the first quarter has carried into the second quarter of this year, marking the highest two-quarter average, of 91.4 percent, for manufacturing optimism in the survey’s 20-year history. In addition, ...

ADDISON, IL – CRW Finishing, Inc. is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a leading Metal Finisher specializing in advanced finishing processes. In an era when companies come and go, CRW Finishing has achieved four decades of ...

Holly Siwinski is the only girl in Technology & Manufacturing Association’s new Die Design Class. But that’s not unusual for her, she says.  The 25 year old’s early interest in how things work set her ...

To say that designing dies has changed dramatically in the last two decades is an understatement, TMA instructor Ray Proeber says. “15 years ago, if someone said they could design a 12-station die that’s a ...

SCHAUMBURG – One of TMA’s “gold standard” training instructors, meet Ray Proeber of Accurate Die Designs before reading about him in TMA’s June/July 2017 News Bulletin: If you’d like to review some of Ray’s online instructions ...

GENEVA – The suburban Daily Herald covered an event promoting STEM careers Monday night (7/10/2017) at the FONA facility in Geneva, and came away with a renewed optimism about the future of women and manufacturing. Its editorial ...

HARRISBURG, IL – Writer Dwyer Gunn takes a sobering look at the once-thriving mining towns in Southern Illinois – now desperate for an economic revival that may never arrive. Fracking has yet to begin in ...