Technology & Manufacturing Association

TMA Communities return energized in 2023

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] Early in 2023, TMA’s Communities began gathering once again to discuss plans to offer opportunities for small and mid-sized manufacturers to meet new TMA members and re-acquaint with longtime TMA colleagues. With the help of TMA Event Coordinator Justine Ewald, the HR Network reviewed new employment laws at a breakfast in February. The Supplier […]

TMA reaches out to Interstate travelers with new billboard ad

CHICAGO – Every day, thousands of travelers on I-290 and I-294 are seeing in bright, bold colors: Technology & Manufacturing Association: Training – Resources – Advocacy in a huge billboard just off the highways.  The new TMA member Growth Corporation donated the billboard ads, with the help of TMA Board Director Mike Magliano.  Check out […]

Time to Focus On Reviving and Building TMA Communities

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_images_carousel images=”7100,7106,7101,7080,7068,7069,7076,7071,7078,7077,7089,7090,7092,7104,7105,7103,7102,6985,6984,6896,6859,6570,6576,5966,5896″ img_size=”600×400″ autoplay=”yes” wrap=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″] “Community” It’s a word that energizes some people and drains others. A concept that stirs delight in extroverts and painful stress among introverts.  Nevertheless, humans are social creatures. We are each better when we are part of that word “communities.”  That whole concept was put to […]

With TMA, Judson University Marketing Students explore manufacturing careers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_images_carousel images=”7137,7139,7138,7129,7130,7131,7132,7136,7133,7128,7134,7135″ img_size=”500×400″ speed=”4000″ autoplay=”yes” wrap=”yes”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] January 10, 2023 SCHAUMBURG – In an effort to expose their marketing students to career possibilities in the manufacturing industry, Judson University organized a tour of two nearby manufacturers in cooperation with the Technology & Manufacturing Association. Before holding a vibrant discussion over lunch at TMA’s […]

TMA Profile: Winzeler Gear’s John Winzeler

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″] After growing up in a Fort Wayne orphanage, John Winzeler’s grandfather “Johnny” came to Chicago. As a pioneer tool and die maker, Johnny built up a substantial business with a partner. When the 1930s Great Depression hit America, the two sadly lost their business as one partner committed suicide and the other, tragically, […]