Leadership

Ohio International Market Access Grant for Exporters

The Ohio International Market Access Grant for Exporters (IMAGE), funded by the state of Ohio and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is designed to increase exports and create jobs.

The IMAGE grant offers financial assistance for small businesses to promote their products and services in international markets. The grant will provide a 50% reimbursement up to $10,000 per fiscal year for qualifying activities.  Read more about it here.  10/11/2016

Biggest MFG DAY Ever

Did you ever think you’d live to see the day when the whole nation celebrates manufacturing?!

In just five short years MFG DAY has grown from a modest celebration with 240 events in 37 states to a North American phenomenon with nearly 3,000 events.

Happy MFG DAY and month to you.  Here are all the companies that enrolled their Ohio events on the MFG DAY website.

As of today, there are at least 179!  10/6/2016

OMA in the Courts: Don’t Expand Punitive Damages!

Earlier this year, the OMA joined with other business interests to file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of Ohio to reconsider a legal question in which punitive damages are sought in a breach of contract dispute.

This summer the court agreed to consider the appeal from the 7th District Court of Appeals in Mahoning County.

Last week the OMA filed an amicus brief in the merit stage of the case urging the court to correct an unwise lower court ruling that threatens to allow punitive damages in non-tort cases.  10/6/2016 

Register for Post-Election Conference

Impact Ohio Post Election Conference, Thursday, November 10, offers an immediate and unrehearsed review of the election as well as a view forward to the upcoming session of the Ohio General Assembly.

What do the the leaders of the Ohio General Assembly expect to happen in the 132nd General Assembly?  What will the priorities be in the next state budget?  How is health care evolving?  What about transportation and education?

Find out at the 2016 Post Election Conference.  It will be the first post-election opportunity to hear directly from those who will shape Ohio’s policy and political agenda for the upcoming biennium.  This event is supported by OMA.  More here.  10/4/2016

Special Election 2016 Leadership Briefing Issue

We hope you saw the special Manufacturers’ Election issue of Leadership Briefing sent earlier this week.  It contained the OMA-PAC endorsed candidates, manufacturers’ policy resources, non-partisan get-out-the-vote tools for your facility, and more.  If you missed it, check it out here and pass it on!  10/3/2016

OMA Establishes Public Policy Goals

OMA has just updated its Public Policy Framework for Action, a summary of Ohio manufacturers’ major policy principles and goals.  These priorities will strengthen Ohio manufacturing; they provide the agenda for manufacturing advocacy.

Use this tool in your communications with your stakeholders and elected officials.  Use it with your Ohio House and Senate candidates so they hit the ground running in January.

There is also a one-page “talking points” version.  9/23/2016

Ohio is Crazy for MFG DAY

We thought you’d be interested in checking out all the companies hosting Manufacturing Day events in Ohio.  As of today, there are 144!  Wow!  9/29/2016

The Good, the Bad, the Worst Dressed

Columbus Monthly just released results of a survey of Statehouse insiders, rating state legislators on various categories:  most effective, best orator, least humorous, most arrogant, hardest working, and lots more.

The results are great water cooler topics around capital square.  For a fun read, go here.  9/26/2016

Vote for Our Kids (video)

The effects of the decisions we make about our nation’s leaders on November 8 will be felt for decades, and generations, to come.

Here’s a new video from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) about what’s at stake for manufacturing voters in this election.

Also check out the NAM 2016 Voter Guides for your federal candidates.  The Voter Guides highlight the positions of candidates for president and the U.S. House and Senate side by side in a clear, readable format.

Share the NAM Voter Guides and video with your co-workers, family and friends to help inspire all voters to go to the polls to secure a stable future for manufacturing in America.  9/27/2016

NAM Ranks Pro-Manufacturing Members of Congress

The National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) member-led Key Vote Advisory Committee has established the key votes that determine the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence.  The award is given to members of the U.S. House and Senate who have a 70% or higher rating on key manufacturing votes in the 2015-2016 114th Congress Voting Record.

This award is not a political endorsement, but rather an opportunity for manufacturers to  recognize those legislators who consistently support the manufacturing agenda.

Ohio members of Congress who won the award are: Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH-1), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2), Jim Jordan (R-OH-4), Robert Latta (R-OH-5), Bill Johnson (R-OH-6), Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7), Warren Davidson (R-OH-8), Michael Turner (R-OH-10), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH-12), David Joyce (R-OH-14), Steve Stivers (R-OH-15), and James Renacci (R-OH-16).

You are encouraged to contact these members of Congress to thank them for their support of American manufacturing. And, if your member of Congress did not support the manufacturing legislative agenda, consider reaching out to help them understand the importance of manufacturing issues.  9/29/2016