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The Powdered Metals Industry wiki is established to provide a single, easily editable source for information that will support the development of a proposal to EDA to conduct research on the global competitive structure of the powdered metals industry in the North Central Workforce Investment Area of Pennsylvania.

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jpiccolo 1570 - days ago

This Wiki is a great way to stay in touch. Thank you, David for taking the time to set it up! As luck would have it, our timing could not have been better for last week’s meeting. On Monday, North central is holding its first PM meeting with a small group of industry leaders to discuss the $130,000 grant that they were just awarded to form a PM Industry Partnership. I will be at the meeting to briefly discuss our EDA proposal and the Porter’s five forces model of competition. My goal will be to get members of this group involved in the next meeting (hopefully February) to hold a detailed conversation. Per Mike’s suggestion, I’ll see if I can steer some of the partnership monies towards our assessment. I’ll update the group on Tuesday…

passmoredavid 1570 - days ago

John, when do you have your meeting on Monday?

jpiccolo 1569 - days ago

We had a good meeting today (12:30 mtg, sorry I missed your question David). The majority of the conversation surrounded training needs, since the monies they currently have are earmarked for training. They had me on the agenda to discuss the EDA proposal. I gave the big picture overview of our conversation during our conference call and I did get a chance to slip in that we might need assistance with a match on the grant. They invited us to the next meeting to talk about the proposal and next steps as a partner. The next meeting is Tuesday, February 19th at 12:30 which includes lunch. I will not be available that Day, but John Blasdell from our office is. We should probably schedule a call or meeting to discuss who will attend on the 19th. I will also schedule a plant tour through at least one, hopefully two PM facilities that morning. The majority of the non-training conversation surrounded the challenge of R&D ($ and resources), over capacity due to the loss of market share among the big three, and product conversion / new markets. Essentially, the industry needs to innovate. They need improved materials and processes, which will allow them to enter into markets that they currently cannot compete in… Who are the next customers for the PM industry???

passmoredavid 1569 - days ago

John, thank you. I sent a note to our group to determine availability on 19 Feb.

mikelaw88 1567 - days ago

Hi, I am on the WIKI now (thanks david).

I cannot make the afternoon of the 19th, i have OEWD interviews that afternoon.

have we considered inviting the North Central folks as part of the WIKI, they would benefit also from the conversation.

I think we can put together (from an EDA view) a good looking proposal to complement the State Industry partnership monies with Federal EDA monies. While they can essentially operate independently of each other, they can be complementary to both entities and really help the industry, complement the Tri County KIZ and help bring PSU DuBois to a leadership role in P/M in Pennsylvania.

Thanks.

jblasdell 1567 - days ago

Mike...it would be wise to engage with North Central using the WIKI. From an immediate perspective, we are currently developing a quick assesment for the WIB to determine need in the following areas for the pm industry sub-cluster. They include as follows: Managerial Leadership, Supervisory Leadership, Business Growth, Continuous Improvement, Engineering Technology, and Powder Metal specific. There are approx. 55 topical areas to choose from. The assessment will be put on JOT form and send out electronically to our data base. Ultimately, we want to prioritize training needs for the WIB so programming can be identified and implemented before 6/30.

More to come on the results...

jblasdell 1567 - days ago

Dr. P...my thanks on getting me on to the WIKI...

passmoredavid 1567 - days ago

A process reminder, folks.
You may not only comment, but you may add a subpage or edit any page. Gice it a shot!

jpiccolo 1564 - days ago

I’ll work to coordinate a tour or two and send a tentative agenda for the 19th by the end of this week.

jblasdell 1563 - days ago

Dr. Passmore...I will be able to attend the meeting scheduled for February 19th.

jpiccolo 1559 - days ago

I have coordinated the plant tours around our 19th meeting at North Central. The first tour will take place at Metaldyne in Ridgway with Bob Tami at 11:00 AM. Following the tour the group will travel to North Central to have lunch and attend the meeting (that agenda will be worked out during the meeting on the 15th). Following the meeting, the group will travel to St. Marys for a 3:00 PM tour at Horizon Technology with Eric Wolfe (Eric will prove to be our biggest ally and most influential member of the PM group). After that tour, the group will travel back to State College. I suggest that the people attending the 11:00 AM tour, meet John Blasdell at the DuBois Campus (DEF Building, 2nd floor) at 10:15.

jblasdell 1554 - days ago

Folks...sorry for being out of the loop the last week. As John Piccolo conveyed, all those attending the plant tour and meeting @ North Central can meet on the second floor of the DEF Building on campus around 10:15. We'll then proceed to Metaldyne Ridgway for a plant tour. After the tour, we'll head to North Central for the lunch and meeting. We can then make way to Horizon Technology in St. Marys.

Please contact me if you need directions to the DuBois campus.

passmoredavid 1553 - days ago

Folks ==> Please edit the pages directlyrather than adding comments to this page. For instance, press the EDIT button at the top of the 19 Feb Travel page and just type in yoru page revisions just as I have (with your name/date/time). Otherwise, we do not provide the info where it is needed on the wiki. Thanks.....David P.

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