Three Central Iowa transportation industry leaders will lead a panel discussion from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 30.
The event takes place at Ag Express Electronics, Inc., 6280 N.E. 14th St. in Des Moines, and is open to anyone in the manufacturing industry. Additional information on the forum is available at business.fusedsm.org/events/.
Tuesday’s program is being sponsored by the fledgling MakeDSM, an affiliate organization of the Greater Des Moines Partnership targeted toward manufacturing.
The panelists for the event are Troy Wirtz, director of aftermarket sales at Dee Zee Manufacturing; Joseph Greenley, vice president of engineering at SEA Electric; and Mark Smith, chief operating officer of Almaco. Topics will include Iowa’s low manufacturing segment unemployment rate and associated challenges, ways to achieve consistent expansion in transportation manufacturing-related segments and how to create sustainable growth in the manufacturing and distribution sector.
“We are working to build a collaborative manufacturing force in Central Iowa that will do business with one another and solve challenges together,” said Leisa Fox, director of Make DSM.