September 2018
MiMfg
MiMfg Magazine
Contents
Magazine
Sep 2018 • Vol. XXXI • Print Issue No. 5
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On the Cover
Maximize Your Community Impact
This Month’s Features
6 Key
Conversation
Ben Zorn • Koeze Company
8 Premium
Associate Member Spotlight
Dennis Theis • Maner Costerisan
9 Michigan’s #1 Talent Funding Source
2019 with MTMIC
10 Start
Megan M. Brown • MTMIC
18 2018 MMA Legislators of the Year
19 Celebrate Manufacturing Excellence
Read MiMfg Magazine online:
mag.mimfg.org.
Editorial Staff
Chuck Hadden
Publisher Elyse Kopietz
Copy Editor
Joy Wolf
Editor/Layout Brett Gerrish
Copy Writer
10 20 MMA Ballots & Brews Regional Meetings
21 Plan Your MFG Day
Member Spotlight
22 Industry
Steven Worthington • Globe Fire
Michigan Manufacturers Association
and MMA Service Corporation
620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing MI 48933
Phone: 517-372-5900 • Fax: 517-372-3322
E-mail: [email protected] • Web: mimfg.org
MiMfg Magazine Vol. XXXI Print Issue
No. 5, September 2018 (ISSN 1936-8860),
(USPS 024-973) published bi-monthly for $18
per year by the MMA Service Corporation
(MMASC), 620 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing MI
48933-2308. Periodicals postage paid at
Lansing MI and additional offices.
POSTMASTER: send address changes to
MiMfg Magazine, P.O. Box 14247, Lansing,
MI 48901-4247.
On the Cover: Standish residents
(of all ages) joined Vantage Plastics
in the city’s 2017 5K charitable run.
See page 12 for more.
Sprinkler Corporation
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Your Company’s Value
26 Communicating
Donna Campbell • The Whole Brain Group
Inside Every Issue
4 First & Foremost
5 Member Advantage
24 MFG at Work
27 Upcoming Events
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