PMPA Business Trends February 2026 The February 2026 business trends came in at 165 with 42 respondents reporting. The index increased 5.98 percent over the previous month and 25.39 percent versus February a year earlier. The index was above the 5-year average for February. If you are not currently participating in PMPA’s Monthly…
Recorded: March 31, 2025 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speaker: Ivica Cacic and Shadi Rizk, IC Automation Who would benefit: All Experience track: Fundamentals Description Process and productivity are foundational to our shops. How to identify opportunities for automation solutions tailored for your processes to drive productivity gains will be shared by Ivica Cacic and…
PMPA Business Trends February 2023 Our shops have had two extraordinarily strong years of sales and production. Our February Sales performance is normalizing at high levels for the month and time of year. Sentiment indicators were positive for Sales and Employment, level for Lead times and Profitability. Our hours of first shift scheduled attest to…
Legal – Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendment Act (ADAAA) Tuesday August 04, 2009 The ADA was significantly amended effective January 1, 2009. This article summarizes those changes. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
PMPA Business Trends December 2024 December Business Trends truly was a rough end to a good year. All of 2024 was range bound (and in positive territory) until 4th Quarter, when variation took us up 11 points in October, then down substantially with declines in November and December. Don’t let the drama of the December reading…
Recorded: March 30, 2025 at National Technical Conference in Cleveland, OH. Speaker: Prof. Julius Schoop, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; President and Founder, IMPI (Integrated Machining and Process Intelligence) LLC Who would benefit: supervisor, lead, engineer, estimator, setup, machinist Experience track: Mastery Description This presentation by Dr. Julius Schoop…