Indiana Manufacturers Association

Indiana Manufacturers Association The Indiana Manufacturers Association advocates for a business climate that creates, protects & promotes quality Indiana manufacturing jobs.

The Indiana Manufacturers Association is the only trade association in Indiana that exclusively focuses on manufacturing. Manufacturing employs more people and contributes more to Indianaโ€™s gross domestic product than any other industry. The staff of the Indiana Manufacturers Association has more than 100 years of combined governmental affairs experience and is recognized as experts in areas inclu

ding tax, environment, labor relations, human resources, energy, workforce development, and healthcare. For more information, visit www.imaweb.com.

09/01/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ It's time to get your tickets for the 2026 IMA Manufacturing Day Celebration on September 30!

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž? Tickets are available NOW for members and nonmembers or you can buy a table for the entire team! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐? Lock in the sponsorship of your choice by Friday, September 11! ๐Ÿ†

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ž๐ฌ? Reserve an exhibitor table today! ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register for all the above here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://lnkd.in/gHtxREyC

Join us in thanking our sponsors so far! ๐Ÿ‘

Title Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

Silver Sponsor: ๐Ÿ”—Commerce Bank

Bronze Sponsors: Caterpillar Inc. | Country Rhodes Catering

Lifetime Achievement Award Sponsor: JM Tax Advocates

Patron Sponsors: ARCO Design/Build | Goodwill Commercial Services | Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing | Major Tool & Machine

Reception Area Exhibitors: SERVPRO | Ferguson Construction | Green Metals Inc. | Galvant | MS-IL Staffing & Packaging, Summit Staffing, Inc | Patriot Environmental, Recycling and Development

08/27/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ Have you RSVPโ€™d for the IMAโ€™s 2026 Manufacturing Day Celebration? We have! ๐Ÿฅณ

There are so many ways to get involved at the September 30th celebration!
Want to join in on the celebration? Tickets are available NOW for members and nonmembers or you can buy a table for the entire team! ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐? Lock in the sponsorship of your choice by Friday, September 11!

๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ž๐ฌ? Reserve an exhibitor table today!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register for all the above here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://lnkd.in/gHtxREyC

Join us in thanking our sponsors so far! ๐Ÿ‘
Title Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Silver Sponsor: Commerce Bank
Bronze Sponsors: Caterpillar, Country Rhodes Catering
Lifetime Achievement Award Sponsor: JM Tax Advocates
Patron Sponsors: ARCO Design/Build, Goodwill Commercial Services, Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing, Major Tool & Machine

Have you RSVPโ€™d for the IMAโ€™s 2026 Manufacturing Day Celebration? We have! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰ Join us on Wednesday, September 30th to c...
08/13/2026

Have you RSVPโ€™d for the IMAโ€™s 2026 Manufacturing Day Celebration? We have! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

Join us on Wednesday, September 30th to celebrate Indiana manufacturing, the IMA Manufacturers Hall of Fame Inductees and our 2026 Manufacturing Excellence Award winners.

There are so many ways to get involved! ๐Ÿ‘‡

1๏ธโƒฃ Want to join in on the celebration? Individual tickets are available NOW for members and nonmembers...or you can buy a table for the entire team!

2๏ธโƒฃ Want to sponsor the entire event or an individual excellence award? Lock in the sponsorship of your choice by Friday, September 11!

3๏ธโƒฃ Want to exhibit your product, service or company to attendees? Reserve an exhibitor table today!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Learn more about the event, sponsorships and tickets here ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.indianamfg.com/2026-ima-mfg-day-celebration

Join us in thanking our sponsors so far! ๐Ÿ‘
Title Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Bronze Sponsor: Caterpillar Inc.
Lifetime Achievement Award Sponsor: JM Tax Advocates
Patron Sponsors: ARCO Design/Build, Goodwill Commercial Services, Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing, Major Tool & Machine

Our 2026 Workforce Summit helped attendees better understand the challenges facing workforce development across Indiana ...
07/23/2026

Our 2026 Workforce Summit helped attendees better understand the challenges facing workforce development across Indiana while learning actionable ways to build up the next generation of manufacturers! ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ท

๐Ÿ’ก Thank you to all the speakers who shared their insights and attendees who took part in thoughtful discussions throughout the day!

๐Ÿ‘ Join us in thanking our sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor: Purdue Polytechnic IN-Mac
Title Sponsor: Gregory & Appel Insurance
Patron Sponsors: Aidex Educational Systems, iXplore, Urschel

๐Ÿ“ข Donโ€™t miss hearing from these industry leaders in July! ๐Ÿšจ The lineup for the IMA Workforce Summit is full of experts i...
07/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Donโ€™t miss hearing from these industry leaders in July! ๐Ÿšจ

The lineup for the IMA Workforce Summit is full of experts in workforce development, manufacturing education, child care and more! Check out the speakers you can hear from this month๐Ÿ‘‡

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Patrick McGrew | Conexus Indiana | SVP Talent Strategy and Programming
โ–ช๏ธ Paul Perkins | Amatrol Inc. | President
โ–ช๏ธ Ron Sandlin | Indiana Department of Education | Chief Innovation Officer

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ–ช๏ธ Tony Davis | FAME USA | National Director
โ–ช๏ธ Sam Maxwell | HERSHEY'S | Maintenance Manager

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž
โ–ช๏ธ Adam Alson | Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Office of Early Childhood & Out-of-School Learning | Director
โ–ช๏ธ Allie Sutherland | Northeast Indiana Early Childhood Coalition | Executive Director

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐
โ–ช๏ธ Dr. Nathan Hartman | Purdue Polytechnic IN-MaC | Associate Head for Research and Engagement, Dauch Family Professor of Advanced Manufacturing
โ–ช๏ธ Dr. Patrick Rouse | Ivy Tech Community College | VP, Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering & Applied Sciences

๐ˆ๐Œ๐€ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โ–ช๏ธ Ranae Stewart | Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership | Senior Executive Director
โ–ช๏ธ Brian Evans | Aidex Educational Systems | Director of Strategic Partnerships
โ–ช๏ธ Heather Jackson | iXplore | Co-Founder & CEO
โ–ช๏ธ Katie Parrish, Ph.D. | Indiana Tech | Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Secure your spot today โžก๏ธ https://www.indianamfg.com/2026-ima-workforce-summit

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Major Tool & Machine in Indianapolis for our third 2026 Regional Manufacturing Su...
07/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Major Tool & Machine in Indianapolis for our third 2026 Regional Manufacturing Summit and Plant Tour!

Attendees were able to network with fellow manufacturers, tour a world-class facility, and hear practical insights from Safety Management Group on building a safety culture that goes beyond compliance.๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿฆบ

Itโ€™s not too late to sign up to attend an upcoming summit and tour at one of our member plants โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | Duke Energy Corporation
๐Ÿ“ Cayuga
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ https://lnkd.in/gSNMZCuE

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | Toyota North America
๐Ÿ“ Princeton
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ https://lnkd.in/g3ayvgSr

Learn more about the 2026 State of Indiana Manufacturing Summits & Plant Tours and register for as many as youโ€™d like here โžก๏ธ https://lnkd.in/gxDrD2ji

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Batesville Tool & Die for our second 2026 Regional Manufacturing Summit and Plant...
06/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Batesville Tool & Die for our second 2026 Regional Manufacturing Summit and Plant Tour!

Attendees were able to network with fellow manufacturers, tour a world-class facility, and hear from Safety Management Group on how a commitment to safety training can help build strong teams!

Itโ€™s not too late to sign up to attend an upcoming summit and tour at one of our member plants โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ | Major Tool & Machine
๐Ÿ“ Indianapolis
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ https://lnkd.in/gSNMZCuE

๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | Duke Energy Corporation
๐Ÿ“ Cayuga
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ https://lnkd.in/gSNMZCuE

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | Toyota North America
๐Ÿ“ Princeton
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Registration link coming soon!

Learn more about the 2026 State of Indiana Manufacturing Summits & Plant Tours and register for as many as youโ€™d like here โžก๏ธ https://lnkd.in/gxDrD2ji

We had a perfect day for our 2026 IMPAC Golf Outing! โ›ณโ˜€๏ธ Thank you to everyone who joined us last week to support Indian...
06/15/2026

We had a perfect day for our 2026 IMPAC Golf Outing! โ›ณโ˜€๏ธ

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week to support Indiana manufacturers!

๐ŸŽ‰ Join us in thanking our sponsors!
Title Sponsor: UnitedHealthcare
Gold Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Silver Sponsors: Duke Energy, GATX, Wood-Mizer
Patron Sponsors: CenterPoint Energy, Crystal Clean, Krieg DeVault LLP
Lunch Sponsor: Constellation
Tee Box Sponsors: ARCO Design/Build, NCW, WHIN, Country Rhodes Catering
Beverage Cart Sponsor: Bose Public Affairs Group, JM Tax Advocates
Hole Sponsors: Arcwood Environmental, Batesville Tool & Die, Constellation, Faegre Drinker, Huntington National Bank, Millennium Machinery, First Financial Bank, Thomas Oil Company, Indiana Gratings, Inc., Indiana Steel & Engineering Corp

Check out this new article from IMA Member Commerce Bank on the IMA Blog! Cash flow challenges are one of the most commo...
06/11/2026

Check out this new article from IMA Member Commerce Bank on the IMA Blog!

Cash flow challenges are one of the most common threats to the stability of a business.

๐Ÿ’กThis blog details best practices for managing cash flow in the manufacturing industry, so manufacturers can keep operations running smoothly, grow their businesses, and stay prepared for unanticipated expenses or market changes!

Read the blog here โžก๏ธhttps://static.wixstatic.com/media/b2a392_9d0288b0282a419891cd98475e329ee6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1000,h_764,al_c,q_90/b2a392_9d0288b0282a419891cd98475e329ee6~mv2.png https://www.indianamfg.com/post/six-strategies-for-improving-cash-flow-in-manufacturing IndianaMfg

Are you worried about the future of the manufacturing workforce? You arenโ€™t alone!๐Ÿ’ก In a recent survey of IMA members, 7...
06/10/2026

Are you worried about the future of the manufacturing workforce? You arenโ€™t alone!

๐Ÿ’ก In a recent survey of IMA members, 75% listed Skilled Workforce Availability as one of the top challenges facing their manufacturing business.

Thatโ€™s why the IMA is hosting our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, to discuss workforce issues that are vital to Hoosier manufacturers and to connect our members with real workforce solutions. ๐Ÿค

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
โœ๏ธNew Manufacturing Education and Training Opportunities for High School Students
๐Ÿ’กPresentations from Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), Indiana Institute of Technology, Aidex Educational Systems, and iXplore
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿง’Improving Access to Affordable Child Care for Indiana's Workforce
๐ŸŽ“The Talent Pipeline: Aligning Indianaโ€™s Degrees with Employer Demand

Check out the full agenda and register for the summit here โžก๏ธ https://lnkd.in/g73ZWbJE

๐Ÿ‘ Join us in thanking our sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor: Purdue Polytechnic IN-MaC
Title Sponsor: Gregory & Appel
Patron Sponsors: Aidex Educational Systems, iXplore, Urschel

Address

101 W Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN

Telephone

(317) 632-2474

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Indiana Manufacturers Association posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Indiana Manufacturers Association:

Shortcuts

Share