AGMA - American Gear Manufacturers Association

2012 AGMA/ABMA Annual Meeting

FACING OUR FUTURES
Partnerships…..Politics…..Predictions

REGISTER TODAY! Join us for a packed agenda and a little bit of fun in one of America’s top resort destinations.

This event brings together CEOs and leaders from the gearing and bearing industry. Over the course of two and a half days, attendees have many opportunities to network with colleagues both at educational presentations and during social activities. The presentations are timely and highlight the current business environment. Plus, Friday night will bring out the Irish in all of us for St. Patrick’s Day, and on Saturday night the always funny Capitol Steps will put the “mock” back in democracy.

Click here for complete details on golf and entertainment.

Thanks to all the sponsors who have made this entertainment possible. Click here for complete list.

---

FEATURED PRESENTATIONS

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Stand Out from the Crowd: How to Out-Think and Out-Perform the Competition
Connie Podesta, Motivational Speaker, Author, Executive Coach and Industry Expert
In today’s world, there is no such thing as “business as usual.” The game has changed, and the competition is closing in with new strategies. If you want to STAND OUT and succeed in an environment where dramatic change happens at the click of a mouse, then you will have to out-shine past performance, out-think old ideas and out-maneuver anyone who says it “can’t be done.” You will need to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.

Join Connie Podesta whose message of humor and motivation will inspire you to make those personal changes that will put you on the road to success, health, and happiness.

---

Friday, March 16, 2012

How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm
Kenneth W. Gronbach, President of KGC Direct, LLC
Join author and expert demographer Kenneth W. Gronbach on an exciting journey into the fascinating world of shifting demographics. Ken’s views are counter-intuitive, global, long term and very macro. Ken is able to forecast societal, political and economic changes with uncanny accuracy. Ken is forecasting that manufacturing will return to our continent with a vengeance. He will show why changing demography bodes well for the United States and the Americas and why the best days for the United States are ahead of us, not behind us.
Watch a video on Ken Gronbach

Successful Business Growth; Five Guiding Principles
Steve Barnhart, Manufacturing Specialist of IMEC (Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center)

This presentation will focus on how to grow your business by entering new markets and expanding your existing markets or products. Steve will focus on the key operational issues to promote success including how to evaluate your company’s readiness for growth through market or product diversification.

Armed with the Five Principles from this presentation, you will be able to assess your company’s opportunity for growth; where, when, and how that should occur; and what it takes to complete it.

Following this presentation a panel of our industry colleagues will present first-hand accounts of their successes and challenges with new business ventures. Panelists include:

• Rock Baty, President and CEO, NN Inc., Johnson City, TN
• Eduardo Garza Junco, chief Executive Officer, Frisa Industries, Monterry, Mexico
• Dennis Racine, President and General Manager, Penn Machine Company, Johnstown, PA
  

  ---

Friday, March 16, 2012

Fork in the Road – Growing or Slowing?
Jim Meil, Vice President and Chief Economist, Eaton Corporation
Will the Euro currency crisis be the catalyst for catastrophe or is it a problem with a solution? Will the momentum of North American markets be maintained, or muddled up in a Washington morass? What about China’s bubble or the trouble in Brazil? Will Obama and Boehner fumble and/or Merkel and Sarkozy stumble? Most important of all – will North American and global manufacturing be headed up, or down, in 2012 and beyond?

Join Jim Meil as he addresses the global economic business concerns that keep us up at night. Jim has been invited back to offer his keen economic analysis, always on point and relevant. he has that unique perspective from within manufacturing and keen knowledge of what impacts our sector of the economy.

Political Outlook for November, 2012
Charlie Cook, Editor and Publisher, Cook Political Report
Charlie Cook is another returning favorite to the AGMA/ABMA meeting. He will have his pulse completely focused on the 2012 presidential election and other key races. By March, 2012 the front runner Republican candidates will have changed several times; the battle lines will be formed; and the race will be in full swing. No one can deny the fact that the 2012 election will be truly historic.

When Charlie Cook makes a pronouncement based on his analysis of the political scene in America, people who want to be “in the know” sit up and listen. For more than two decades he has been Washington’s most trusted – and most accurate – voice on all things political, whether it’s the outcome of a Congressional, gubernatorial, or presidential election.

Cook’s expertise has been featured on the ABC, CBS, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Nightline, Meet the Press, and This Week. Cook founded the Cook Political Report in 1984, and became a twice-weekly columnist for Roll Call, Capitol Hill’s premier newspaper, before joining the National Journal Group in 1988. Cook has also been an election night analyst for CNN and CBS News and for every presidential election since 1994 for NBC News.
Watch a video on Charlie Cook

---

ABOUT THE HOTEL

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa
5001 Coconut Road
Bonita Springs, FL 34134
800-233-1234

The hotel reservation deadline of February 21, 2012 has passed. Please contact the Hyatt directly at 239-444-1234. If the hotel becomes fully booked an alternative hotel is the Embassy Suites, Estero.

Ranked eighteenth on the top 50 resorts in the U.S. and Canada 2010 by Travel + Leisure Magazine. Listed on Travel + Leisure’s 500 World’s Best Hotels for 2010 and one of Conde Nast Traveler’s Top 100 Golf Resorts. This hotel is located on 26 acres overlooking Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve. This hotel offers limitless recreation, personalized service and attention to detail at every turn.

Enjoy:

• Raptor Bay Golf Club
• Worldclass Stillwater Spa
• 140-ft. waterslide and other water sport adventures
• Four Diamond restaurant

This pristine area offers limitless recreation options, including fishing, kayak rental and a water taxi to Big Hickory Island Beach, the resort’s private beach area, just 15 minutes from the hotel. The more adventurous types can pack a picnic, rent a kayak and cruise the Bay where you can take a chance that the dolphins and manatees will be active. You may also view osprey, eagles, and herons as well as several species of sea turtles in their natural habitat. You could search for sharks’ teeth or collect shells at the private beach, or just soak up the sunshine and explore the white sandy beaches.

The land lovers can “veg out” at the one of the four pools at the resort, or plunge down the 140 foot water slide. Save enough time to pamper yourself with a treatment or two at the award-winning Stillwater Spa. Their tranquil environment provides the perfect backdrop for a multitude of services – everything from a full body massage to a short touch up at the salon.

There are six restaurants at Coconut Point, including Tanglewood – winner of AAA Four Diamond Award. Enjoy some of the local fare, including fabulous ceviche and local fresh fish, caught just a short distance from the resort.

You don’t have to leave the kids at home. They can enjoy Camp Coconut – especially designed for Hyatt guests age three through 12. Under the guidance of trained counselors, the kids will be grouped in age appropriate activities that will challenge their creativity and expand their horizons.

More photos of hotel

---

PROGRAM DETAILS

2012 is pivotal year filled with the volatility of domestic politics and the international economy culminating with the Presidential election next November. The United States along with the global economy, continues to be challenging and confusing, but critically important and relevant to our lives. At every turn, change continues to dominate our daily life. And as much as we try to predict and plan for the future, circumstances and eventualities often create a different path.

2012 will come and go; change will be inevitable and the past will be further away. As we look toward the centennial celebration of AGMA in 2016 and ABMA in 2017, it may be prudent to look backward and see how we got here.

1912 – one hundred years ago, the world was indeed a different arena. AGMA and ABMA did not exist, but the world was changing and evolving toward the one we recognize today. In 1912, the Republic of China was established; the world expanded with the discovery of the South Pole; and the United States added its 47th and 48th states. The first eastbound U.S. transcendental flight was successful; the first U.S. diesel submarine was commissioned; electric cars were the new rage; and the world mourned the loss of the HMS Titanic.

President Wilson was elected. Our country welcomed millions of recent immigrants, who became assimilated into the backbone of the social and economic change known as the Second Industrial Revolution. Companies were expanding; products were improving and becoming integrated into our daily lives. Technology was in its infancy; the world was shrinking but evolving into the one that today sustains our businesses.

In 1912 it was impossible to imagine the world we currently operate in, where e-mail and the Internet have made the world a much smaller place, and where the pace of innovation changes our professional and personal lives regularly. How do we prepare ourselves for the changes ahead?

Join your AGMA and ABMA industry colleagues next March as together we explore the volatility of the future; the partnerships pas and present; and the political climate that surrounds the 2012 election. Explore how all of this impacts you personally as an industry leader and also your company’s bottom line.