National Tooling and Machining Association- NTMA 2003 Chairman of the Board- Larry G. Sippy

Larry G. Sippy Installed as Chairman of the Board of the National Tooling and Machining Association

  Larry G. Sippy, President of Sipco Molding Technologies, based in Meadville, PA, was installed as 2003 Chairman of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) on February 24, 2003 during the Association’s Annual Convention in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Approximately 100 companies attended this strategic conference to discuss the rapidly changing U.S. tooling and machining industry.

  As NTMA’s Chairman, Sippy will preside over the organization’s Board of Trustees, which consists of representatives from each of 49 local NTMA chapters. He also will head the NTMA Executive Team, which consists of three other elected members, the immediate past Chairman of the Board, and the Association’s president.

  During his travels around the country as NTMA Chairman, Sippy’s message will be the necessity to “Build a Learning Culture” to thrive in the rapidly changing tooling and machining industry. As he stated in his inaugural address, 'In over forty years of working in this industry, I have not seen such rapid change and dramatic challenges facing our industry as we have today. At the same time, I believe these challenges present great opportunities to those companies that adapt to this changing environment and strive to develop company cultures which encourage innovation and commit to developing an educated, creative and inspired workforce.'

  The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) is the national representative of the custom precision manufacturing industry in the United States. NTMA is a nonprofit, industry-led association comprised of more than 2,000 member companies in the business of precision custom manufacturing. Founded in 1943, the Association has 49 local chapters in cities throughout the United States.

  NTMA member companies use the full range of machine tools and related equipment, ranging from small automatic laters for miniature parts, to enormous boring mills. The industry is probably the most technologically-advanced of all small manufacturing activities, and enjoys widespread deployment of computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machines and other computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques.