Installation Dinner
Saturday, February 4th
Save the Date for the:
LA/NTMA Officer Installation Dinner
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Speaker: Incoming NTMA National Chairman
Roger Atkins
The Promenade & Gardens,
(formerly The Mondavi Center)
Costa Mesa, CA.
1565 Scenic Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA
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President's Message
by John Martinez
Happy New Year,
I hope you all had a great holiday season enjoying time with those special to you, doing all kinds of fun stuff, eating too much and you had some time to relax and rest. It feels like each year is coming and going at a faster pace. Perhaps we are just so busy and occupied with so many things that compete for our time and attention. As this New Year begins, I’m considering what to do with the limited time I have so I can focus on what is important..
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A Note from Your Executive Director
by Brenda J. Baker
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! As we get back into work mode, there is a lot going on not only in our industry but also in the LA/NTMA. We have some great events planned for February and hope you will join us. Our Installation Dinner (traditionally in January) has been scheduled for Saturday, February 4th. The Installation Dinner is our once a year formal Saturday evening event for members to put on their best digs and bring your spouse or a guest for a nice evening with dinner, entertainment and the installation of our 2012 Board of Directors...
Sincerely, Brenda J Baker
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Upcoming LA/NTMA Events:
— January 2012 —
No membership meeting
— February 2012 —
Chapter Installation Dinner
Saturday, 4th
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Board Meeting
Tuesday, 21st
Chapter Lunch Meeting
Tuesday, 28th
"Manufacturing Your Way To Lower Taxes-
How "Job Shops" Can Benefit From The R&D Tax Credit"
Speaker: Scott Schmidt, Black Line Group
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Fire Hazards of Magnesium and Titanium
by Carlos Acedo and Scott Robinette
This article is one in an ongoing series being published over the course of the year, compliments of Sentry Insurance.The intention is to advise customers and organizational members on important, but generally unknown or misunderstood, business coverage risks or coverage nuances. (Based on a composite of real-life experiences.)
Most metals will burn given the proper conditions and size of the particles. Large solids are difficult to ignite, but fine particles, dust, chips and shavings can ignite and burn rapidly. Combustible metals include magnesium, titanium, sodium, potassium, calcium, lithium, hafnium, zirconium, zinc, thorium, uranium and plutonium. Even fine steel or aluminum particles can ignite or be explosive.
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Industry Related Events:
Save the Date
2012
NTMA Annual Convention
March 7-11 2012
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Orlando, FL
The MFG 2012
March 8-11, 2012
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Orlando, FL
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Business Management Advisories Book Available Free to Members
Minimize Your Credit Risk
You may or may not know about the resources available to members on the National NTMA website. One of those resources is the Business Management Advisories. It is a book that is available online to members in a pdf at the using this link.
Here is a taste of a chapter to see what you can expect. We will run a small segment of each chapter each month to show you what information is available to you. If you aren’t a member, this is one of the many benefits you are missing!
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Did You Know?—NTMA Member Benefits
Did you know that with your NTMA membership you are entitled to Access to the NTMA Human Resources, Environmental/Safety Centers? Do you know all of the benefits of being an NTMA member? You are probably missing out on many of those benefits!
For more information, contact NTMA National at: 800-248-6862.
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INSTRUCTORS NEEDED!
Immediate Openings
NTMA Training Centers of Southern California, a private non-profit trust organization with two campuses in the Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas has immediate openings for highly motivated, results-oriented PART-TIME and FULL-TIME Machinist Instructors to work at both our Norwalk, CA and Ontario, CA campuses.
This is a GREAT opportunity for experienced Machinists to pass on their knowledge to others! Flexible schedules available as the NTMA Training Centers hold classes from 7am – 11pm Monday thru Friday (multiple classes throughout the day) and 8am-4:30pm on Saturdays.
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NTMA Training Centers Have Graduates Available!
The NTMA Training Centers in Norwalk and Ontario would like to invite you to interview graduates looking for employment. The Machinist Training graduates complete an intensive 7 month program that includes topics such as algebra, trigonometry, blueprint reading, all conventional machining, to the CNC mills and lathes and an introduction to wire EDM and MasterCam.
Every 6 weeks NTMA Training Centers graduate anywhere between...
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WESTEC SHOW 2012 UPDATE
Tuesday March 27 - 29
The Manufacturers Challenge Contest is one of the most important student event activities that take place at the WESTEC SHOW. The Manufacturing Challenge is a creative collegiate manufacturing competition where University and Community College student club members choose their own manufacturing project, and I’m always proud to say that our NTMA Training Centers also compete in the Challenge, and have done extremely well in the competition where they have earned First Place in the Community College level competition.
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Members in the News:
Congratulations to Pendarvis Manufacturing
Reprinted from the Orange County Register
Published: Jan. 6, 2012 Updated: 11:52 a.m.
O.C. manufacturer celebrates 30 years in business
By JAN NORMAN / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Robert "Bud" Pendarvis just wanted to do his own thing and create a future workplace for his kids so he opened his own machine shop, Pendarvis Manufacturing, in 1982.
This month the Anaheim business celebrates 30 years in business with sons Brian and Robert managing the place. Instead of making its own products, it makes things for other companies as a custom precision machine shop and metal fabricator.
To read the rest of the article, click here: Pendarvis Manufacturing/OC Register
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