03-20-08

Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and Kentucky School Boards Association Form Partnership to Address Looming Skilled Worker Shortage

Frankfort - Two of Kentucky’s most influential organizations have formed a partnership to avert what they say will be a critical shortage of skilled workers that could threaten Kentucky’s largest industry and begin to endanger the Kentucky economy within five years. More>>

02-19-08

Average Kentucky Manufacturing Salary Now $45,094
According to New KAM Wage and Benefits Survey

Frankfort - Kentucky manufacturing workers make a lot more money than the average Kentucky wage-earner and get a full array of lucrative benefits, according to the newly released 2007 Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Wage and Benefits Survey. More>>

02-13-08

Hinchcliffe Named Membership Director for Kentucky Association of Manufacturers.

Frankfort - Jeffery Hinchcliffe has been named Membership Director for Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO. Hinchcliffe is responsible for membership recruitment and retention, membership service systems and non-dues programs. More>>

02-04-08

Republic Bank creates first-ever banking program for manufacturing workers as part of new partnership with Kentucky Association of Manufacturers.

Frankfort -Recognizing that Kentucky’s largest industry and its 260,000 workers are threatened by global competition, Republic Bank has developed an unprecedented banking program in partnership with the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. More>>

02-01-08

Kentucky Association of Manufacturers hosts it's second annual ProsperousKentucky^SM Summit and Trade Show.

Frankfort - Gov. Steve Beshear has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the ProsperousKentucky 2008 Manufacturing Summit. More>>

02-01-08

KAM Engages High School Students to Write Commercials for New State-wide Radio Campaign

Frankfort - KAM didn’t leave anything to chance when producing new commercials for a state-wide radio campaign targeted at high school students. They used a high school class to help write the spots. More>>

01-14-08

Gov. Beshear To Headline Frankfort Manufacturing Summit Feb. 11

Frankfort - Gov. Steve Beshear has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the ProsperousKentucky 2008 Manufacturing Summit in Frankfort on Monday, Feb. 11, according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO of KAM. More>>

12-19-07

Greenebaum’s Bert May Joins KAM Lobbying Team

Frankfort –Bert May, issues coordinator for the government affairs team of the Greenebaum Doll & McDonald law firm, has joined the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) lobbying team as a contract lobbyist, according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO. More>>

12-18-07

Ashland, Toyota, Connemara Group & Leadership Strategies Group Sign Long-Term Sponsorship Agreements with KAM

Frankfort --Two of Kentucky's most renowned corporate icons, a Louisville marketing agency and a Bowling Green global training firm have signed three-year agreements to sponsor the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), says Jim LeMaster, President and CEO. More>>

12-14-07

KAM Announces MarketKentucky^SM As Eighth Branded Advocacy Initiative

Frankfort – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has announced the creation of its eighth branded advocacy initiative, MarketKentucky^SM, under which KAM will help the manufacturing industry market its products in Kentucky, the U.S. and around the world. More>>

12-12-07

KAM Targets Lower Costs, Workforce Development As Top Priorities for 2008 Advocacy Agenda

Frankfort –The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has announced an “aggressive, member-driven” advocacy agenda for the Commonwealth’s largest industry in 2008 based on member research conducted during 2007, according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO. More>>

11-19-07

Paducah Businesswoman Sandra Wilson Elected Board Chair of KAM; Four New Board Members Also Named

Frankfort -- The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has elected Sandra Wilson, a Paducah businesswoman, as its 2008 board chair and named four new members to the board of directors, according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO of KAM. More>>

11-14-07

Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Moves Headquarters to Frankfort

Louisville -- After nearly 100 years in Louisville, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) is moving its headquarters 38 miles east to Frankfort “to be a more effective advocate for the Kentucky manufacturing industry,” according to Jim LeMaster, president and CEO. More>>

10-18-07

Irish Government Expert on High-Tech Irish Economy To Address
Kentucky Manufacturers at Louisville Awards Luncheon Nov. 2

Louisville, KY- Thomas McEvoy, vice president of the Ireland Industrial Development Agency of the Irish government, will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming 2007 Kentucky Manufacturer of the Year and Employee of the Year Awards Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. More>>

9-11-07

Time's Up for Changing Kentucky

Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Announes Six-City, Statewide Forum and Seminar Tour...

Louisville First Stop - Sept. 25
Other Cities: Florence, Lexington, Bowling Green, Paducah, London

Louisville, KY- The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) will conduct a six-city "Time's Up for Changing Kentucky" tour.... More>

8-7-07

Blue Moon Helps Redefine ‘Blue Collar’

KAM Teams Up with Blue Moon Artworks, Red7e To Design and Market Line of ‘Chic’ Blue Collar Fashions, Build Employee Pride in Manufacturing

Louisville, KY- An award-winning jewelry and fashion designer, Martha Brown is ready to focus her talent on a good “cause” – the Kentucky manufacturing industry. More>>

7-2-07

Price Data Systems, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner To Help Improve Kentucky Manufacturing Productivity Through Sponsorship of KAM ProductiveKentuckysm Initiative

Louisville, KY: A leading Kentucky manufacturing information technology company and Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, Price Data Systems, has signed a major sponsorship agreement withthe Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), according to Andrew C. Meko, president of KAM. More>>

6-27-07

McCoy & McCoy Laboratories, Inc. Makes Major Multi-Year Commitment To Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, 'CleanKentuckysm' Environmental Initiative

Louisville, KY: June 27, 2007 – A leading Kentucky environmental testing company, McCoy & McCoy Laboratories, Inc., has formed a three-year, major underwriting and promotional partnership with the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), according to Andrew C. Meko, president of KAM. More>>

6-27-07

Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Announces First-Ever Manufacturing Employee of the Year Awards

Louisville, KY: June 27, 2007 – For the first time in its 96-year history, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) will present three Kentucky Manufacturing Employee of the Year awards at its annual awards luncheon on Nov. 2, at the Galt House in Louisville, according to Andrew C. Meko, president and CEO. More>>

6-13-07

Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Enters into Major Underwriting Agreement with Kentucky Association of Manufacturers

Louisville, KY: June 7, 2007 – One of Kentucky’s leading law firms, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC, has entered into a three-year, major underwriting agreement with the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) to help promote and grow Kentucky manufacturing, according to Andrew C. Meko, president of KAM. More>>

6-5-07

Andrew C. Meko Announces Retirement; Jim LeMaster Named President and CEO of Kentucky Association of Manufacturers

Louisville--Andrew C. Meko has announced his retirement as President and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), according to Raymond Zavada, chairman of the KAM Board of Directors. He will be succeeded by James G. “Jim” LeMaster, one of Kentucky’s most respected names in business and government. More>>

5-14-07

KAM Accepting Nominations for 2007 Manufacturer of the Year awards

Louisville--Kentucky Association of Manufacturers is accepting nominations for it 2007 "Manufacturer of the Year" awards. The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 31. Awards will be presented at the annual luncheon ceremony on Nov. 2 in Louisville More>>
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4-2-07

Whitcomb Named Membership Director for Kentucky Association of Manufacturers

Louisville--Patricia Whitcomb has been named Membership Director for Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), according to Andrew C. Meko, president and CEO. More>>

3-26--07

KAM Board of Directors votes to support state senate's bipartisan
plan

Louisville--The Board of Directors of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers voted Friday, March 23 to support the state senate's bipartisan plan for reform of the Kentucky state employee pension system. More>>

2-20-07

'Our Quality of Life is at Stake' Says Kentucky Association of Manufacturers As Five-Year Program is Unveiled

Louisville-- "Unless Kentucky lawmakers, civic and education leaders and manufacturers themselves change how Kentucky's economy and education system are led and managed, the quality of life for all Kentuckians will suffer" says Andrew C. Meko, president and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers. More>>

2-15-07

Look to the moon for Kentucky's economic solution

Louisville-- If there was one message for Kentucky elected officials, other leaders, and the manufacturing industry to take away from the recent Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) ProsperousKentucky 2007 summit in Frankfort, it would have to be: "Think and act boldly." More>>