ABI Events Provide Value, Keep Focus on the Future

Last month, ABI held its fifth annual Legends in Manufacturing Awards Dinner and the annual Iowa Advanced Manufacturing Conference. The dinner, sponsored by ABI and ABI’s Elevate Advanced Manufacturing initiative, has become one of our state’s top events for manufacturers. It’s a celebration of Iowa manufacturing and an opportunity to honor and recognize ABI member companies and their leaders. It was an amazing night!

The annual advanced manufacturing conference, held the day following the Legends dinner, focused on supply chain and other significant content for participants. Great speakers and extensive networking marked the day with ABI members from across the state to lead off Iowa MFG Day, which was observed on October 4. But to quote ABI’s Nicole Crain, every day is manufacturing day at ABI!

October also kicked off the 38th class of Leadership Iowa (LI)—the flagship program of the ABI Foundation that will engage leaders in a yearlong series of sessions. LI is the nation’s oldest statewide leadership development program, and well over a thousand alumni are now working to make their companies and our communities better.

As these activities illustrate, ABI works all year long to advance an agenda that provides value to your business and keeps a focus on the future. Growing your business and growing Iowa communities is the top priority for ABI. Finally, I couldn’t list those fantastic events without mentioning the 2020 ABI Taking Care of Business Conference on June 9-11 in Cedar Rapids. Watch for more information soon, and make your plans now to attend. You will be glad you did!