August 2019 Volume 1

PRESIDENT'S NOTE

Thank You for a Great Forge Fair 2019!

I feel fortunate and grateful to have joined the FIA in December 2017. Since then, business has been mostly up and members generally thriving. No surprise to me, then, how the industry rallied around Forge Fair 2019 tomake it the largest Forge Fair in FIA’s history both in attendance and exhibits. Congratulations to you

The first issue was really great, not only the quality of the content but also the printing is by far above and beyond what the others are doing. - Jim Kravec, head of operations/service - Metalforming Siempelkamp-Forge IQ NewDepartments and Columnist Legal Forum: You know that feeling when you find something so good you just want to share it with whoever will listen? FIA has been blessed with excellent legal counsel and now is happy to say we are sharing this with the membership. Johanna Fabrizio Parker is an attorney and partner (labor and employment) with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (Cleveland). Each issue, Johanna will provide a legal forum on a topic relevant to the forging industry. Her first column is entitled, “Employee or Independent Contractor – It’s More Than a Name.” This is a very applicable topic as forgers try to hang on to their knowledge base as Baby Boomers head into retirement or semi-retirement. Still employed or a contractor? Johanna will have the answer. Materials: Each issue, FIA Magazine will now devote articles to the materials that drive the forging process, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, lubrication, die coatings and more. Enjoy the excellent article on die life by Finkl Steel in this issue. Members Speak: Our members have opinions! Each issue, we will devote a column to one member’s thoughts on our industry and what impacts us. Wherever you stand politically, we can all agree we are in interesting times. FIA has stepped up its lobbying and political efforts on behalf of its members. These efforts are led by the board’s Public Policy Committee. Our first Members Speak column is by former Board ChairmanWill Walker of Walker Forge. All those who know Will know he is passionate about our industry being fairly treated when it comes to trade. Give Will’s article a look. We welcome all members to reach out to us to pen a future Members Speak column. Sincerely, James R. Warren

all. You all know how to throw a good party! I’d love to take all the credit for this success, but credit is due to the industry itself, which has remained bullish on investing in technology and developing new business. Credit also belongs to the outstanding FIA staff that I inherited. Please enjoy reading our Forge Fair cover article. We’ve selected many photos for this issue to celebrate our joint success. Speaking of Success … How about that first issue of FIA Magazine that we launched at Forge Fair? We’ve received many accolades, and I could not be prouder of the FIA staff’s effort at launching a world-class print and digital publication in just four months! Thanks also to our FIA Board of Directors team for supporting the staff’s desire to cover and highlight our membership and its issues with our very own magazine. FIAMagazine is here to tell your stories. Some of the Feedback I saw the magazine both hard copy and web based. Looks great! Nice job! - Mike Lucey, Automated Cells & Equipment A variety of great information and awesome look! - Mark Gelhaus, CFO, CPA, JD, Walker Forge Very nice! I like it. - Paul Dennis, CFO, Weber Metals, Inc. Please tell your team that the magazine turned out great. I’m really enjoying the articles; they’re different than those in other similar magazines, in a very good way. I’m sharing many of them with my team members too. Kudos to you guys for putting together a top notch publication, and thanks for including us! - Chelsea Lantto, director of manufacturing, Trenton Forging Company

President and CEO Forging Industry Association Board of Directors

PUBLISHER James R. Warren jwarren@forging.org ADVERTISING Jennifer Christian jen@forging.org Editorial Staff

Gerald Bornman Joseph Cipriani Robert Dimitrieff Mike Gill Jeff Klingerman

Chelsea Lantto Douglas McIntyre David Mesick John Pale Greg Timmons

OPERATIONS Joseph R. Boni joe@forging.org CONTRIBUTOR Angela Gibian angela@forging.org

DESIGN Lorean Crowder lorean@forging.org

CHAIRMAN Alex Jennings VICE CHAIRMAN Kurt Ruppenthal

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