Engineers, Vendors Set to Meet at National Manufacturing Week

CAD/CPD/PLM, sponsored by CADwire.net

Ceramics, sponsored by the American Ceramic Society

Contract Manufacturing

Electronics, sponsored by ECN magazine

Fluid Power and Control, sponsored by the Fluid Power Society

Motion Technology, sponsored by the Power Transmission Distributors Association

Rapid Prototyping, sponsored by Time-Compression Technologies

Capital Markets, sponsored by Matrix Capital Markets

U. S. Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL), who chairs the Small Business Committee and the House Manufacturing Caucus. He'll discuss problems facing U.S. manufacturers and potential solutions. Manzullo has led efforts in Congress to level the playing field for international trade. He has also co-authored legislation to keep jobs in the U.S. by offering a lower tax rate based on domestic production.

Dr. Jeffrey L. Bluestein, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson, Inc. He'll talk about the first 100 years of the great American motorcycle company.

Dr. J. Victor Lebacqz, NASA's Associate Administrator for Aerospace Technology, who will speak on the R&D issues confronting the nation in aeronautics and space.

David Nelson, President of Global Supply Management, Delphi Corp., who will discuss the latest edition of the Manufacturing ISM Report on Business and its conclusions on the status of the manufacturing sector.