Manufacturing Talk Radio

Manufacturing Talk Radio is a podcast for listeners in all manufacturing industries. The show is hosted by Mr. Lewis A. Weiss, President and Founder of All Metals & Forge Group, and co-host Mr. Tim Grady. Presented by Jacket Media Co., each show provides the guest with an opportunity to present more broad or in-depth information from their area of expertise that is important to America’s manufacturers. Visit us online at www.mfgtalkradio.com. Presented by All Metals & Forge Group, www.steelforge.com.

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S3-E21 Aerospace Discussion Panel - Aerospace i...
3/31/15 - Special Guests - Al Samuel, Exec. Director of Aerospace Component Manufacturers “The World’s Aerospace Alley” ACM: World Leaders in Aerospace Since Flight Began ACM comprises one of the largest, most experienced concentrations of world-class ...
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S3-E20 Want to Know About Exporting? Then You S...
LIVE Today at 1PM EST - Buyers overseas love Made in the USA and they’re willing to pay for the quality parts and products your employees produce.  With the help of US Department of Commerce’s Export Assistance Center, many small and mid-sized manufactur...
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s3-e19 3D Printing – Is it the Key to Making Ma...
3/17/15 – 3D Printing has been around for more than 25 years, but how is it being used in manufacturing? How can it be used? Special Guest Terry Wohlers, President of Wohlers Associates Inc. joins us at MFG Talk Radio to discuss new developments and ...
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S3-E18 Rising Stars Supply Chain– A Closer Look...
Co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady chat with Kristin Carty, Audience Outreach Manager at Thomasnet a co-sponsor with ISM of the 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars program and two of the winners, Jennifer Wolff, Supply Chain Strategy Manager with Masco...
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S3-E17 Brad Holcomb, ISM’s FEB 2015 Report On B...
Mr. Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM's Report on Business® will present the latest in-depth information on the PMI® Purchasing Manager’s Index covering February 2015.  Brad offers listeners keen insights into the meaning behind the numbers, and l...
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S3-E16 What is 3D Printing? Is It The Holy Grai...
2/24/15 – “The Holy Grail” of manufacturing could be here within this century, says futurist Michio Kaku. The current trends involving mass customisation and 3D printing are expected to accelerate. Joining us to discuss 3D printing will be Elizabeth L...
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S3-E15 West Coast Port Crisis Continues! Specia...
Think the West Coast port situation doesn’t affect you – or your kids?  Think again!  Special Guest U.S. Congressman Rod Blum joins us LIVE to discuss the worsening situation at the ports. Tune in to hear how the intentionally created congestion at th...
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S3-E14 West Coast Port Slowdown: Devastating Fo...
Will They? Won't They? It Looks Imminent, Mr. President!With no contract, will the ILWU walk off the job and strike? Will the PMA lock out the workers as they did in 2002? If the West Coast ports are shut down at a cost to the country of nearly $2 billio...
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S3-E13 Update on ThomasNet 30 Under 30 & ISM Ja...
Linda Rigano, Executive Director of Media Relations of ThomasNet, and M.L. Peck, Senior Vice President of Program and Product Development at ISM, gave listeners an exciting update on the 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars program and winners.The Janua...
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S3-E12 Country of Origin Labeling – Made In The...
 1/27/15 - Learn about the shift from “Us VS Them” to “Us & Them” as global sourcing of raw materials and components rewrites “Made in the USA.” Cliff Waldman, Director of Economic Studies at MAPI, the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovati...
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S3-E11 2015 Forecast and Predictions with Dr. C...
Dr. Chris Kuehl, economist, analyst and humorist returns to MFGtalkradio. Dr. Kuehl is a noted economist working with the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International.Dr. Chris Kuehl will join show co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss t...
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S3-E10 You won't believe these wacky labels!
Discussion about wacky labels manufacturers are forced to put on their products to protect themselves from frivolous lawsuits, and some of the lawsuits that drive prices up and job creation down. Special guest Bob Dorigo Jones, serves as Senior Fellow...
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S3-E9 ISM Report Dec and Update on Ports
Manufacturing Talk Radio co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady will be discussing the latest ISM Report on Business(R) with Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair at ISM that generates this information, as well as the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business(R) that wa...
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S3-E8 2014 Recap and 2015 Outlook
Manufacturing Talk Radio co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady will review the year of radio shows that were broadcast in 2014, and look ahead to news stories for 2015, including breaking news, new technology, economic forecasts, and exciting developments ...
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S3-E7 West Coast Port “Quake” Sets Off Economic...
December 23rd at 1PM EST – The ILWU contract expired on July 1, 2014, and once again the West Coast port container offloads and onloads have been crippled during contentious union negotiations in the face of near-record imports and exports during the ...
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S3-E6 The FMA’s Economic Forecast for 2015
Dr. Chris Kuehl, economist, analyst and humorist who gives his unfiltered view of the outlook for 2015.  Dr. Kuehl is a noted economist working with the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International who will present information from the FMA ...
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S3-E5 ISM's Annual Forecast for 2015 - a look a...
Brad Holcomb, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business and Tony Nieves, Chair of the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business present the ISM’s annual forecast for 2015. This in-depth analyst, culled from the respondents to the monthly reports of 20...
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S3-E4 Can American Manufacturing’s Comeback Be ...
North America’s manufacturing sector is on an upward trajectory. However, a shortage of young talent, compounded by Baby Boomers’ negative perceptions about Millennials, could impact its continued expansion, according to ThomasNet’s latest Industry Marke...
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S3-E3 Latest Manufacturing ROB- ISM PMI at 58.7%
"The November PMI® registered 58.7%. The report was issued  by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.  Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in Nov...
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S3-E2 Disruptive Thinking
Guest Mike Galiazzo, President of the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland, will present his thoughts on changing the formula on how America competes, not whether or not we can compete. America needs to rethink education, human resources, and how...
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S3-E1 The Mission to RESHORE
Sandi Montalbano from Reshoring initiative. The mission of the Reshoring Initiative is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States by assisting companies to more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift c...
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S2-E22 FabTech Day 3
LIVE from FabTech 2014 in Atlanta, Hosts Lew and Tim welcome Ed Youdell from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association and Peter Hoecklin, President of Trumpf, the largest manufacturer of fabricating equipment and industrial lasers in North America.
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S2-E21 FabTech Day 2
Live from FabTech 2014 in Atlanta! Wednesday's broadcast included: Dr. Chris Kuehl & Mark Hoper - Capital Spending Survey    Bob Southwell and Troy Roberts from AIDA America Rocky Bleier - Motivational Speaker Former NFL Super Bowl Champion Anne ...
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S2-E20 FabTech 2014 Day 1
Live from Fabtech 2014 Atlanta.Special Guests include Cindi Marsiglio, the U.S. Vice President of Manufacturing at Wal-Mart.Greg Dawson, the sales manager for Nordson Corporations Eastern United States Industrial Coating Systems Powder Division. William ...
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S2-E19 ISM Oct PMI at 59%
“The October PMI® registered 59 percent, an increase of 2.4 percentage points from September’s reading of 56.6 percent, indicating continued expansion in continued expansion in manufacturing. The report was issued by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, ch...
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