FIA Mission Statement
Mission: Improve Members Global Competitiveness
Areas of FIA Focus:
Industry Benchmarking
- Orders & Shipments; Profits
- Safety
- Marketing
- Compensation
Global Networking
- FIA Industry Meetings
- International Meetings
- Forge Fair and Technical Conferences
- Customer Trade Shows
World Class Training and Education
- On-Line Forging University
- Process Specific Courses
- Topical Manufacturing Workshops
- Focused Senior Level Business Seminars
Public Policy Advocacy
- Voice on matters of trade and regulatory issues
- Coordinating industry input through Washington Lobbyist
- Communicating the value of manufacturing issues as coalition participant
- ForgingPAC Political Action Committee
Driving Demand For North American Forgings
- Electronic customer RFQs
- Educating customers of the value of designing with forgings
- Promoting member capabilities to potential customers
- Industry economic summaries/outlooks
Developing And Transfering Technology
- Leveraging industry and government resources for research and development
- Encouraging industry participation in collaborative research
- Research and Technical bulletins available on website
- Technical Assistance/Problem Solving