SMI Fall Meeting Summary

Green Valley Ranch Resort, Casino and Spa
Las Vegas, Nevada See pictures from the event

September 27 - October 1, 2009

Monday 9/28/09
8:00 - 9:00 am Jim Wood, SMI
How Your Safety Program Can Add to Your Bottom Line

9:00 - 10:00 am Bill Hickey, Lapham Hickey
Steel Industry Tariffs: Imbalances to Rebalancing

10:15 - 11:15 am Jeremy Downs, Goldberg Kohn
Bankruptcy & the Law
CASMI Creditors Rights

11:15 - 12:15 pm Dan Bagwell, Forming Systems
Principles of Dual Point Spring Coiling

1:15 - 2:15 pm Jim Gorand, CPS Financial
401Ks Celebrating Their 30th Birthday

2:15 - 3:15 pm Peter Rademacher, CDW Service Center
High Strength Steel Strip & Pre-tempered Steel Strip

3:15 - 4:15 pm Daniel Pierre, JN Machinery
Troubleshooting Ovens

Tuesday 9/29/09
8:00 - 9:00 am Joe Burchill, Link Engineering
Reducing the Cost of Spring Testing

9:00 - 10:00 am Rick Delawder, SWD, Inc.
Coatings

10:15 - 11:15 am Christian Richter
The Metal Finishing Industry

Washington’s Viewpoint
11:15 - 12:15 pm Jim Gorand, CPS Financial
Health Care Reform 2009

1:15 - 2:15 pm Robert O’Shea, P.E. Baker Risk
Corrosion of Springs

2:15 - 3:15 pm Tim Selhorst, American Spring Wire
Chinese Imports: Why the Playing Field Isn’t Level and What You Can Do About It

3:15 - 4:15 pm Japan Spring Manufacturers Association
State of Japanese Spring Industry
Update on TC227