CMMA January Meeting - Virtual

CMMA General/Annual Meeting - Virtual
Thursday, January 28 at 8:30am

Keynote Presentation: What does this recession mean for Manufacturers?
Presented by: King Banaian, SCSU and Luke Greiner, MN DEED 
The COVID Recession of 2020 has caused some industries to move forward, but damaged others. The COVID recession is not like any most have experienced in our work lifetimes. Workers have faced a K-shaped recession, but what about businesses? Through a maze of disrupted supply chains and strained labor supply, businesses face challenges in 2021. In this talk Dean Banaian will discuss the history of recessions, why this one is different, and what that means for the manufacturing sector in Minnesota in the 21st Century.



King Banaian, Dean of the School of Public Affairs, St. Cloud State University
King Banaian is a professor in the Department of Economics and dean of the School of Public Affairs at St. Cloud State University.  He holds the Ph.D. in economics from the Claremont Graduate School.  He has consulted at central banks and ministries of finance in several developing countries.  He is author of two books and over 50 articles discussing monetary policy and political economy as well as an occasional paper on the economics of sports. A former state representative from St. Cloud, he is co-author of the St. Cloud Quarterly Business Report and hosts a radio program in Minneapolis.

 


Luke Greiner, Regional Labor Market Analyst, MN DEED
Luke is MN Department of Employment & Economic Development's regional analyst for central and southwestern Minnesota. Luke analyzes the greater Minnesota economy and job market, industry trends, workforce availability, and hiring demand. He has a bachelor's degree in management from Park University in Parkville, MO.
 

Virtual Tour: Craft

Presented by: Steve Shade, General Manager

Craft is an industry leading supplier of prototype metal parts for customers in the agriculture, powersports, aerospace & defense, oil & gas, fluid power and industrial markets.  In business since 1982, We manufacture custom cast and machined components, as well as parts machined from stock materials, using todays most common commercial alloys.  With in-house tooling, casting, machining, and secondary services, we serve as a one-stop-shop for our customer’s prototyping needs.  In addition to our prototyping services, we also provide tooling solutions for the metal casting and material forming processes, including sand & investment casting, fiberglass, thermoforming and injection mold industries.


Presenter: Steve Shade, General Manager
Steve received his B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  He’s held positions of Manufacturing and Inside Sales Engineer at Smith Foundry, Business Manager at Polaris-WSI, Project Manager at Craft Pattern & Mold and is currently the General Manager at Craft.  Over a 20 year career in metals manufacturing , he’s gained extensive experience in the areas of sales, estimating, engineering, quality, scheduling, and plant management.




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