AWMI NY Chapter Newsletter June 2015
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ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN THE METAL INDUSTRIES June 2015 Volume 2, Issue 6 AWMI METALLIC MISSIVES The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) was founded in 2007 by leading domestic manufacturers and the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union, with a simple mission: strengthen American manufacturing through smart public policies. Mr. Brian Lombardozzi, the VP of State Governmental Affairs, spoke to the NY AWMI chapter at the May 11th industry dinner. He began with a chart tracking the progress made in manufacturing job creation since September 2012 when President Obama targeted a million new jobs by 2017. In the 32 months, 372,000 jobs have been created. He then discussed Trade, Infrastructure, and Tax Reform. He first focused on a “fast track” trade bill that will grant the president broad negotiating power referred to as TPA or trade promotional authority. Trade enforcement language is needed in trade initiatives due to, among other things, the impact of currency manipulation on international trade. He pointed out that despite the rhetoric of the current administration, the Chinese RMB actually appreciated more under President Bush and identified five periods of appreciation linked to direct political pressure. There’s a direct correlation between the loss of US manufacturing jobs and the increased trade deficit with China as those jobs were effectively “exported” to China. New initiatives demanding enforceable currency disciplines in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) have emerged and are gaining traction. The AAM has started a Save our Steel Jobs (SOS) campaign supporting passage of the Leveling the Playing Field Act which would made trade enforcement more proactive and redefine injury so that relief from dumping resulting in subsidies happens well before significant damage in the form of plant closures and job losses occurs. The next focus was America’s infrastructure where there’s a $900 billion backlog of transportation repair projects, 78% in roads where one in five is in “poor” condition, 12% in bridges where one in four (or 70,000) is structurally deficient, 9.5% in transit for “poor” condition assets and the balance in rail where the demand is expected to double by 2050. The Current State of Manufacturing in America By Becky E. Hites Save the Date August 20, 2015 NY Chapter Golf Outing & Silent Auction Fundraiser Inside this issue: AWMI Booth at AISTech 2015 2 2015 NY Chapter Calendar 2 2015 Corporate Members 3 NY Chapter Companies 4 Contact Addresses 4 2015 NY Chapter Board 4 AWMI Conference 3 Red Shirt Friday 4
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Transcript of AWMI NY Chapter Newsletter June 2015
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN THE METAL INDUSTRIES
June 2015 Volume 2, Issue 6
AWMI METALLICMISSIVES
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) was founded in 2007 by leading domestic manufacturers and the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union, with a simple mission: strengthen American manufacturing through smart public policies. Mr. Brian Lombardozzi, the VP of State Governmental Affairs, spoke to the NY AWMI chapter at the May 11th industry dinner. He began with a chart tracking the progress made in manufacturing job creation since September 2012 when President Obama targeted a million new jobs by 2017. In the 32 months, 372,000 jobs have been created. He then discussed Trade, Infrastructure, and Tax Reform. He
first focused on a “fast track” trade bill that will grant the president broad negotiating power referred to as TPA or trade promotional authority. Trade enforcement language is needed in trade initiatives due to, among other things, the impact of currency manipulation on international trade. He pointed out that
despite the rhetoric of the current administration, the Chinese RMB actually appreciated more under President Bush and identified five periods of appreciation linked to direct political pressure. There’s a direct correlation between the loss of US manufacturing jobs and the increased trade deficit with China as those jobs were effectively “exported” to China. New initiatives demanding enforceable currency disciplines in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) have emerged and are gaining traction. The AAM has started a Save our Steel Jobs (SOS) campaign supporting passage of the Leveling the Playing Field Act which would made trade enforcement more proactive
and redefine injury so that relief from dumping resulting in subsidies happens well before significant damage in the form of plant closures and job losses occurs.
The next focus was America’s infrastructure where there’s a $900 billion backlog of transportation repair projects, 78% in roads where one in five is in “poor” condition, 12% in bridges where one in four (or 70,000) is structurally deficient, 9.5% in transit for
“poor” condition assets and the balance in rail where the demand is expected to double by 2050.
The Current State of Manufacturing in America By Becky E. Hites
Save the Date August 20, 2015
NY Chapter Golf Outing & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Inside this issue:
AWMI Booth at AISTech 2015 2
2015 NY Chapter Calendar 2
2015 Corporate Members 3
NY Chapter Companies 4
Contact Addresses 4
2015 NY Chapter Board 4
AWMI Conference 3
Red Shirt Friday 4
Page 2 AWMI METALLIC MISSIVES
Continued from first page: Visit www.t4america.org/maps-tools/bridges to identify unsafe bridges by zip code. The highway bill is about to run out of money and it’s unclear who will
champion the cause to obtain new funding. Typically highway bills run six years, giving projects enough time to be approved, engineered, scheduled and implemented. The last bill was only for 2 years, contributing to the current backlog. Mr. Lombardozzi presented the case for the Tappan Zee Bridge (being refurbished with US produced steel) and the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge (that used Chinese steel and is considered by many to be
structurally unsound). The Chinese steel was “cheap” because there was excess steel in inventory “left over” from bridge work in China, but most of the steel had to be re-worked, causing delays, and adding expense. Just as an aside, the Bayonne Bridge refurbishment is being done with steel produced in Italy. The Buy America laws need to be strengthened to give USA producers the opportunity to retool production lines. 91% of Americans support this initiative but often the process ends up screening out potential suppliers unwittingly. There was discussion in the room about the lack of American made electronics and phones. Finally, AAM tracks manufacturing jobs by state, the losses since the recession and the manufacturing share of each state’s GDP. Visit www.americanmanufacturing.org to learn more.
2015 NY Chapter Calendar
August 20 (Thursday) – Golf Outing, Galloping Hill Golf Club, Kenilworth, NJ September 10 (Thursday) — Nucor Wallingford mill tour, CT October 5 (Monday) – Joint meeting with MSCI, Eddie Lehner, CEO, Ryerson, Redd’s, Carlstadt, NJ
AWMI hosted a booth at the recent AISTech 2015 show in Cleveland, OH. With over 7,000 engineers and technical professionals in attendance, members had the opportunity to speak with over 100 women across the country about the organization. Thanks to Amy Beard of Quaker Chemical, Caitlin Myers of ArcelorMittal and Denise Carlile of Marmon Keystone for volunteering their time.
AWMI Booth at AISTech 2015 Congratulations to Amy Beard, VP of the AWMI Philadelphia chapter, for winning an AIST paper award for her work on
rolling mill lubrications.
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Save the Date November 12-14, 2015 Join us in Tucson, AZ
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important
as what you become by achieving your goals. Henry
David Thoreau
GROWTH ~ EDUCATION ~ NETWORKING ~ MENTORING
CONTACT ADDRESSES
Mailing Address PO Box 133 Union, NJ 07083 Meeting Locations Galloping Hill Golf Club 3 Golf Drive Kenilworth, NJ 07033 Phone: 908-686-1556 www.gallopinghillgolfcourse.com Redd’s Restaurant & Bar 317 Washington Avenue Carlstadt, NJ 07072 Phone: 201-933-0015 www.reddsrestaurant.com
2015 NY Chapter Board
President Becky E. Hites [email protected] Vice President Position Open Secretary Renee DeGrote [email protected] Treasurer Dianne Kaltenbach [email protected] Membership Marianne Steiner [email protected] Fundraising Cheryl Coelho [email protected] Member at Large Jo Isenberg O’Loughlin [email protected] Attorney Rita M. Jennings [email protected]
NY Chapter Companies
A big shout-out of thanks to the companies of members in our chapter!
Alumet Supply
American Metal Market
Arco Steel Company
Byram Steel Trading
C&K Scrap
Delaware Steel Co of Pa
Diamond Brite Metal Processing
Dynasty Metals
Julius Blum & Co.
Metal Cutting Corp
Olympic Steel
Optima Specialty Metals
Rotor Clip
Samuel, Son & Co.
Sancap Abrasives
Shale-Inland Holdings
Steel-Insights
Steiner Industrial
Swepco Tube
Uttam Galva North America
Yarde Metals
RED SHIRT FRIDAY
Honoring those in the military protecting our freedoms.
