May 2023 Volume 5

PRESIDENT'S NOTE

Shows Are Back The FIA Staff is excited to welcome the industry back to Forge Fair 2023. As this magazine reaches you, we’re still taking reservations for booths and expect an improved attendance compared to Forge Fair 2021 (Detroit) which took place during the difficult recovery from the pandemic. Our peer shows (casting, fabricating, steel) are also reporting higher attendance and booth sales this year. So, what can you expect at this year’s Forge Fair? So much! More than 130 exhibitor booths, dozens of technical and ‘101’ presentations, and a new mobile show app for connecting to one another all await you. Plus, our new FIERF Forging Competition (10 schools competing) along with an appearance from ‘Forged in Fire’ star Ben Abbott happening on ‘Career Day’ (Thursday). Our economist, Chris Kuehl, will be present to discuss what the rest of the year is shaping up to be. Please stop by the FIA-FIERF booth #219 to say hello to the staff, grab a coffee, or even jump into our mini-studio to provide a testimonial on what it means to be an FIA member! Next Steps in Fair Trade With the recent efforts of our lobby firm and several members during FIA Lobby Day 2023 (Trenton Forging, Scot Forge, Weber Metals, Ellwood Group), FIA has now had two meetings with White House staff related to fair trade and ‘Buy American’ rules enforcement. It is now time to act on what we have learned. FIA has reengaged its trade attorney firm Cassidy Levy Kent (Tom Beline and Myles Getlan). FIA’s Fluid End Block Coalition (2020) – led by Cassidy Levy Kent -- was successful at getting significant tariffs levied on several companies across multiple countries. The action at hand includes: • Member survey of interest on an anti-dumping or countervailing duties (AD/CVD) strategy – agreeing on common forged components most dumped justifying a trade case. • Meetings with members – counseling on pooled member investment necessary to go forward with an AD/CVD case. • Trade attorney webinar sponsored by FIA to discuss remedies available to the membership and how using the e-allegations program to report trade violations (U.S. Customs and Border Protection). President's Note

• Confidential survey of member financials demonstrating the unfair trading damage done – a key component for successful AD/CVD cases. • Presentations at upcoming meetings and articles for FIA Magazine • Meetings at USTR, Commerce Department You will be seeing more of Tom and Myles soon, and we look forward to advocating with them for legal remedies to stop unfair trading. Please reach out to me if you’d like to discuss any of this: jwarren@forging.org or 216-781-6260. Celebrating a Special Gift We have so many generous members and companies in the FIA membership…just reflecting on you all now really brings a smile to my face. Members give in many ways: their time, their talent, and their financial resources. This time of year brings about the FIA Annual Meeting of Members and our celebration of Lifetime Achievement Award Winners. We recognized Don Jones of Forge Resources Group (posthumously) and Sharon Haverstock (retired Scot Forge) (see pg 68) at FIA's Annual Meeting of Members. In their own ways, Don and Sharon have been so generous to FIA over the years in service to FIA. They are so worthy of celebrating! Recently, Mike Wozniak of Wozniak Industries reached out to me interested in recognizing a very special person in his family’s life – his father Edward F. Wozniak – founder of Wozniak Industries. In cooperation with FIERF, Wozniak Industries is endowing a scholarship in Ed’s name AND endowing the new Summer Camp Program just launching this July with a $150,000 gift to the Forging Foundation/FIERF. FIERF Trustees generously approved partial match funds to complete each of the $100,000 endowments. We are extremely grateful for this generous gift from the Wozniak family coordinated by Mike Wozniak and look forward to putting it to great use! Best regards,

James R. Warren President and CEO Forging Industry Association

PUBLISHER James R. Warren jwarren@forging.org MANAGING EDITOR Angela Gibian angela@forging.org Editorial Staff

Board of Directors

Antonio Alvarez Perry Bennet Robert Brodhead Mark Candy Mark Derry Robert Dimitrieff

Jose Lozano Mike Morgus Matt Natale James Romeo Joe Schwegman

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Amanda Dureiko amanda@forging.org DESIGN Lorean Crowder lorean@forging.org

CHAIRPERSON Chelsea Lantto VICE CHAIRPERSON JimKravec

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