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CTMA RECEIVES $600,000 FOR TOOLING INDUSTRY INNOVATION AND SOFTWARE SKILLS TRAINING from Ontario's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. By adopting industry-leading software, skills and work practices, Ontario's tooling companies will improve their ability to capture complex tooling work and increase sales and profitibility.
April 24, 2008
NEWS RELEASE: 
BACKGROUNDER: 
INDUSTRY CONSULTATION INVITATION:
Tooling company owners and engineering managers from Ontario's tool, die, mould and machining companies are invited to participate in our consultation sessions as the first step in identifying shortfalls in current software skiills and training programs.
May 21, 2008 - Windsor
May 28, 2008 - Cambridge
May 29, 2008 - Mississauga

MTDM COST ESTIMATING SEMINAR & DEMONSTRATION
Do you know what your profit will be BEFORE you start manufacturing? Do you know your detailed costs by operation? Find out how to improve your quote to order ratio and enhance the future success of your company by attending one of these seminars that will demonstrate the most comprehensive cost estimating system for the Machine, Tool, Die & Mould industry.
April 9, 2008 (Windsor)
May 9, 2008 (Milton)

FREE DISPLAY OF MEMBERS' BROCHURES
AT MONTREAL MANUFACTURING
CTMA members can promote their capabilities in the CTMA's booth (#109).
May 12-14, 2008

10th ANNUAL SHOTGUN GOLF TOURNAMENT
Join us for a fun day at the Pine Knot Golf & Country Club in Dorchester, Ontario on June 3, 2008 for the association's annual tournament.

Golf Tournament Sponsorship Opportunities are also available ...

STATE OF OUR MTDM SECTOR & WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Presentation by CTMA President, Horst Schmidt given at the Western Ontario Chapter Dinner Meeting in Cambridge, Ontario on February 28, 2008.

GLOBAL VIEW ON THE TOOLING INDUSTRY
Presentation by Eduardo Beira, ISTMA General Manager & Professor at University of Minho (Portugal) given at the NTMA Technical Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA - February 2-7, 2008.

MORE REPORTS ....

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BECOME A MEMBER OF THE ctma
Interested in becoming a member of the Canadian Tooling & Machining Association?

WHO WE ARE
The Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA) was established in 1963 by combining various trade associations to produce one strong organization to represent the "Tooling Industry".
The term "Tooling Industry" includes designing manufacturing - repairing or assembling for the purpose of selling tools, dies, moulds, jigs, fixtures, gauges, machinery, machining systems, robotics, automation equipment, models, patterns, general jobbing machine shop products and cutting tools. Restricting membership to manufacturers and industry suppliers as associate members has assured that the Association will always be devoted to Canadian manufacturing in the tooling and machining sectors.

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UNITED BY A COMMON VISION OF A
WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Speaking out with one voice about the future

EXPORT SERVICES FOR CANADIAN COMPANIES

PROACTIVE STRATEGIES FOR COMPLIANCE - DISCIPLINE FOR SAFETY TRAINING
Learn how to enforce health & safety standards without resentment, backlash or other negative side effects.
May 21, 2008 in Windsor
June 18, 2008 in Milton

TOOL, DIE, MOULD AND MACHINING COMPANIES EARN ANOTHER $150,000.00 IN WSIB REBATES BY IMPROVING HEALTH & SAFETY

SAFETY GROUPS PROGRAM
PLANT SAFETY INSPECTIONS INCREASING ... from a recent round table discussion, it was remarked that the Ontario Ministry of Labour has increased the number of plant inspections within the tooling sector resulting in expensive panic expenditures for our members. One way to reduce these costs is to join the Canadian MTDM Federation's Safety Group Program.

WSIB PREVENT-IT PROGRAM
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15th ANNUAL
APPRENTICESHIP COMPETITION
Build a Brass/Nylon Hammer & you could WIN Ca$h, Gerstner Tool Chests, Tools & More!!
Register by April 30, 2008
Entries due by August 1, 2008

Sponsorship Opportunities

Precision Machining & Tooling Trades
are the backbone of modern
manufacturing. Skilled trades
people include General Machinists,
Tool & Die Makers, Mould Makers,
Pattern Makers and Model
Makers. Skilled trades people
use machines tools to make all kinds
of industrial and consumer products.

MOULDING YOUTH FOR INDUSTRY
a Pre-Apprenticeship Training
Program including both in-class
instruction and industrial work
experience.

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PROFITABLE? COMPETITIVE?
BENCHMARK YOUR COMPANY AGAINST THE INDUSTRY ...
THE WAGE & BUSINESS SURVEY INCLUDES:
* Detailed wage rates for more than
120 industry-related Employee
classifications;
* Shop charge-out rates;
* Financial Benchmarks; and more

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