PODCAST – Slips, Trips and Falls

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PMPA Speaking of Precision Podcast:

Slips, Trips and Falls

Causing nearly 700 fatalities a year plus many more serious injuries, Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss the keys to keeping these accidents away from your shop.

Published October 21, 2024

PMPA 2024 Annual Awards Banquet

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Awards Banquet

Congratulations to the following PMPA Technical Members who were recognized at the 91st Annual Awards Banquet with the Technical Member Participation Award.

Through their active participation, PMPA’s Technical Members contribute greatly toward keeping the Association thriving and progressive. Our thanks and congratulations for their service and participation in PMPA activities during the 2023-2024 year.

Technical Member Participation Award
Absolute Machine Tools
Champion Screw Machine Engineering, Inc.
CJWinter
GWS Tool Group
HORN USA
iSwiss
Laurel Steel / NUCOR
Schutte
Wieland Chase

Gold Micrometer

Attendance at the Annual Meeting not only allows our members to come together to learn how management techniques, succession planning and current economic climate can benefit their organization, it is also about the networking and the opportunity to meet new members who share the same challenges as you.

The Annual Awards Banquet that culminates the Annual Meeting weekend is also a time to recognize and acknowledge those stand-out members who have gone above and beyond the duties of being a PMPA member.

Gold Micrometer requirements state that the recipient is someone who has actively served the Association and has been in the Precision Machined Parts Industry 40 years.

Congratulations Gold Micrometer Award Recipients

John Gervasi, Kerr Lakeside, Inc..

David Sorenson, Sorenson Engineering

Miles K. Free III, PMPA

Technical Member Distinguished Service Award Recipient

Kevin Coffman, Champion Screw Machine Engineering, Inc.

Frank T. McGinnis Merit Award
The Merit Award is the association’s highest award, conferred only upon recommendation of the Executive Committee. First presented in 1934, the Merit Award recognizes the recipient’s contributions and continued service for the benefit of the Association and the Industry above and beyond the duties of any appointed or elected association office. Presented only when an individual has clearly met the requirements; the award is not given every year. In recognition of Frank T. McGinnis who served the Association as Executive Vice President from 1952 to 1992, the Executive Committee in 1993 renamed the Merit Award the Frank T. McGinnis Merit Award.

Michael J. Reader, Reader Precision Solutions, Inc.

PMPA Elects 2024-2025 Officers

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PMPA Elects 2024-2025 Officers

At the recent PMPA Board of Directors meeting held on Thursday, October 10, prior to the PMPA Annual Meeting at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort in Dana Point, California, the following Officers were elected to serve on the Board:

Brian Adams, R.F. Mau Co. was elected President of the PMPA for 2024-2025.

Tanya DiSalvo, Criterion Tool, was elected PMPA 1st Vice President.

Adria Bagshaw, W.H Bagshaw Co. Inc., was elected PMPA 2nd Vice President.

Richard Hoster, III, Smith & Richardson, Inc. continues another year as PMPA Treasurer

The following members were elected to the Board:

Bill Reeder, RW Screw, was elected as Director to represent District II.
Bill Knuepfer, DuPage Machine Products, Inc., was elected as Director to represent District IV.
Matt Piech, Pacific Precision Inc., was elected as Director to represent District IV.
Jim Preston, Meier Screw Products & Mfg. Co., was elected as a Director-at-Large.
Kyle Detterbeck, Lester Detterbeck Enterprises Ltd., was elected as a Director-at-Large.
JoAnn Vlach, Efficient Machine Products Corp., was elected as a Director-at-Large.

And during the Technical Members meeting on Thursday, October 10 in California, Jeff Reinert, Schutte Corporation, began his tenure as Technical Member Chair; Jeremey Rose, Tajmac-USA, moved to 1st Vice Chair, and Johnny Freeze, GWS Tool, was elected 2nd Vice Chair. Congratulations to all our new officers!