“A Manufacturing Summit: Closing the Divide Between Jobs, Policy and Growth” will be co-hosted by the national Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) and it's Wisconsin Chapter and is one of 11 to be held this election year around the country.

Moderators and hosts:

• Bob Weidner, III, MSCI president & CEO
• Joseph F. Teich, MSCI Wisconsin Chapter president and president, Wisconsin Steel & Tube Corporation

Panelists:

• Dan Ariens, president & CEO, Ariens Company
• Ladd R. Hall, executive vice president, flat rolled products, Nucor Corporation
• William M. Hickey, president, Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.
• William J. Ring, president, Dalco Metals, Inc.
• Tim Sullivan, former CEO, Bucyrus International Inc.

All republican and democrat federal candidates have been invited to participate.

August 8, 2012

• 5 p.m. reception
• 6 p.m. dinner
• 7 p.m. panel discussion

Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Park Place
11600 West Park Place
Milwaukee, WI 53224

The purpose of the meeting is to:

• Mobilize the metals industry—producers, service centers, processors and end users—in advance of the 2012 elections around the many issues that threaten the long-term outlook for manufacturing and the U.S. economy; and
  
• Educate candidates on these issues so that they may better understand how their action, or inaction, directly influences our industry’s ability to grow, increase jobs and stay competitive.

The summit will present a unique opportunity for local and national industry leaders, their employees and policy experts to discuss what is needed for a thriving and competitive manufacturing sector and to hear candidates’ views on key issues.

To register for the event or for more information visit the event page, or contact Kimberly Anderson.

Media Contacts:
Jonathan Kalkwarf (847) 485-3007; cell (773) 835-6108
Ashley DeVecht (847) 485-3011; cell (616) 260-2785

Founded in 1909, the Metals Service Center Institute, based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has more than 400 member companies operating from more than 1,500 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and throughout the world. Together MSCI members constitute the largest single group of metals purchasers in North America, amounting each year to more than 55 million tons of steel, aluminum and other metals, with about 300,000 manufacturers and fabricators as customers.

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