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Grand Rapids, Mich., April 20, 2017 – This weekend Stiles Machinery, Inc. will welcome almost 200 manufacturing decision makers to the industry’s most forward thinking event of the year – the Executive Briefing Conference. Taking place Sunday, April 23rd through Tuesday, April 25th in Detroit, Michigan, the EBC delivers company leaders an innovative advantage for succeeding in today’s manufacturing landscape by inspiring them through knowledge, strategies and best practices from the industry’s top thought leaders and innovators. This year promises to be exceptional by tackling issues in workforce development, surviving in a digital world, economic forecasting for our industry and reinventing strategies to help leaders keep up with the fast-paced changes in business.
Taking place in Detroit, America’s great comeback city and the original manufacturing epicenter, attendees will be immersed in trends, technologies and opportunities to remain competitive and profitable. Expect thought provoking discussions from keynote speakers including New York Times best-selling author Josh Linkner, speaking on inspiring, disruptive innovation and Alan Beaulieu sharing his popular economic forecast and advice on managing current economic cycles and Jennifer McNelly addressing the skills gap and offering tools on how to overcome it. Plant tours through Ford’s River Rouge Complex, FANUC America and JB Cutting will give attendees a behind-the-scenes showcase of some of the most progressive manufacturing facilities. Case studies and seminars with industry peers and experts will discuss how to capitalize on data management, trends in automation and smart manufacturing providing strategic and practical information aimed at solving manufacturing challenges for the current and future shop.
This is the 14th year the Executive Briefing Conference has been bringing company leaders together for intentional inspiration on succeeding in today’s manufacturing landscape. This conference is pleased to welcome sponsors Blum, Siemens Corporation and Schuler Consulting to EBC 2017.
For additional information, or last minute registration please contact Christina Elsenbroek, Stiles Machinery, at 616.648-2135 or celsenbroek@stilesmachinery.com.
