Metals Service Center Institute to Conduct "Critically Important" Kansas City, Missouri Town Hall Meeting on Manufacturing's Decline 7:00-9:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 5

The Mid-America Chapter of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), along with the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA), will conduct a town hall meeting at the Business & Technology College, 1775 Universal Avenue (I-435 & Front Street) in Kansas City, Missouri from 7:00-9:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 5, on the decline of North American manufacturing and what can be done to counter it. It is one of 10 town hall meetings the MSCI plans for the United States this year. MSCI chapters have held 16 town hall meetings on manufacturing since late 2003.

All members of the Missouri and Kansas congressional delegation have been invited, along with several local political representatives. The meeting is open to the public. Admission is free although reservations are requested. Please call Bill McGah, Mid-America Chapter president at 913-681-0435 or e-mail him at steelcoilhco@aol.com for reservations.

The moderator of the meeting is M. Robert Weidner, III, president & chief executive officer, MSCI, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Speakers include Jim Schollaert, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, Washington, D.C.; Craig Schroer, president, Unitech, Inc., Lee's Summit, Missouri; and Phil Cross, vice president, Technics 2000, Olathe, Kansas.

Founded in 1907, the Metals Service Center Institute has more than 370 members operating from about 1,200 locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and elsewhere around the world. Together, MSCI members constitute the largest single group of metals purchasers in North America, amounting each year to more than 65 million tons of steel, aluminum and other metals, with about 300,000 manufacturers and fabricators as customers. Metals service centers distribute metals and provide first-stage fabrication services.

The NTMA is the only national representative of the custom precision manufacturing industry in the United States. It is a provider of resources for information, education, training and associative services for its members.

For additional information about the town hall meeting, please contact Bill McGah, 913-681-0435, Robert Weidner, III, 847-372-0537, or Suzanne Riggin (NTMA) 913-323-9146. www.msci.org.