Session 1: June 9-11 2025
Session 2: September 8-10, 2025
Session 3: December 1-3, 2025
Click here to download the MDI 2025 brochure.
MDI Topics Include:
• Objective setting, delegation and time management
• Business law - contracts, terms and conditions
• Effective business communications
• Planning strategy and business models
• Industrial markets, marketing and sales
• Financial management and non-routine decision making
• Negotiations when developing and managing the supply chain
• Professional development and networking in the forging industry
Registration Fees:
Member: |
$5,000 |
Non-Member: |
$9,000 |
Please login at the top of this page to register. The last day to register for this event is April 1, 2025. No registrations will be accepted after this date. If you have questions about MDI registration, or would like to submit a paper registration form, please contact Kathy Edwards at kathy@forging.org.
Session 1: Plant Tour: thyssenkrupp rothe erde USA Inc.

Please note: The plant tour facility will have the opportunity to review the list of attendees prior to the event. If the company decides that someone on the list is deemed to be in competition with them, the facility will inform FIA. The FIA staff will then contact the attendee to let them know that they may not attend the tour.
Suggested Hotels:
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Cleveland Independence
6060 Rockside Place, Independence, OH 44131
Phone: (216) 264-4190
Embassy Suites
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, OH 44131
Phone: (216) 986-9900
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations will be permitted until March 18, 2025 and will be refunded in full. After March 18, 2025 no refunds will be given, but substitutions are allowed if submitted to the FIA in writing.
Please Note:
No registration is final until accepted by FIA. FIA reserves the right to refuse registration/attendance to any person. Any registration that is not accepted by the FIA will be refunded in full.