Two New Corporate Exec Speakers Announced for Consultants Forum - Automotive

The Forum welcomes two new names from the private sector who will be speaking at the Automotive Forum:

Mirko Marich, President of Contract Services Group (CSG) 
CSG is a Tier II supplier employing a certified Quality Management System to perform sub-assembly, parts kitting & sequencing, inspection, rework, and level I & II containment. In addition to numerous other successful businesses launched, Mirko is a founding partner of Staff Source and serves as Chairman of the Board. Staff Source is an employment agency specializing in manufacturing and related staffing. Collectively, Contract Services Group and Staff Source’s workforce exceeds 700 union and non-union employees.

David Munson, Director Government Relations, Revstone Industries, LLC 
Revstone Industries, LLC is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of highly-engineered components for use in the automotive and heavy truck industries. The Company is headquartered in metropolitan Detroit with offices in Lexington, Kentucky and China, thirty production facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica, approximately 3,000 employees and more than $600 million in annual revenue for 2011 (projected).

Scottsdale Consultants Forum Program And Homeward Growth

The 13th Consultants Forum will return to Arizona in May with a program focused on how the rebounding economy will affect today's economic development programs and what sectors will bring the growth in new investment and jobs.The Forum is geared for attendees ready to learn of the opportunities coming with a post-recession economy.

Camelback Mountain will serve as the backdrop to this Forum held at one of Scottsdale's most exclusive 5 star boutique hotels -The Montelucia Resort and Spa. This hotel is the site for several major corporate events including annual meetings for companies like Google.

The Consultants Forum in Scottsdale will be one of our most relevant and timely programs held at one of our most attractive hotel venues. Registration is now open.

Please read this recent WSJ article which illustrates how U.S. companies, facing slowing markets and rising costs around the world, are taking a new look at their home market. The "reshoring" of capital investment and manufacturing jobs will be a major story line of this economic recovery. This Consultants Forum will be geared towards preparing economic development professionals, and the regions they serve, to take full advantage of this trend.

Update: Automotive Forum Attracts Several Important Sponsors

We are pleased that the Missouri Partnership, an ongoing sponsor of the Consultants Forum series, has added the Automotive Forum to their Forum Sponsorships for 2012 as a Silver Sponsor.  

The Consultants Forum -Automotive event is pleased to have the support of several new sponsors including. PowerSouth Energy Cooperative (Alabama/Florida)  as a Gold Sponsor joining the Baldwin County EDA, Alabama at that level.

The Forum also welcomes Silver Sponsors the City of Opelika, Alabama and  Columbus Region 2020,Ohio who join  Shawnee EDC, Kansas and  Dalton-Whitfield County JDA, Georgia as  Silver Sponsors.

For more information on Sponsorship opportunities please contact Annie Gregson at 212 579 4469 or at annie@areadevelopment.com .

Positraction: Auto Sector Headlines From Today's WSJ

Pedal to the metal.

If you are not sure what engine is driving much of today's economic recovery efforts these articles may be of interest.

Today's WSJ lead story "January Auto Sales Accelerate" talks about the industry's growing sales and "... new confidence in the American economy by disclosing billion-dollar expansions of US factories".

More areas will now compete for increasing jobs and investment from the "new" auto sector as it spreads itself wider and to many other locations across North America as OEMs and Tier 1,2 &3 suppliers -who feed much of this growth - begin to seek new site locations.

Here are the recent top stories coming out of the U.S. automotive sector:

January Auto Sales Accelerate
GM Sees Strong Industry Sales
Chrysler Hits Profit Stride
Honda, Daimler to Expand U.S. Auto Production
VW to Bolster Southeast Asia Presence
Daimler Sets China, U.S. Investment

If you want to learn how auto sector growth will bring jobs and investment its time to register at The Consultants Forum -Automotive in Atlanta this April. It is a must attend conference for you and your team. This boutique style limited seat (100) event is already 70% committed so please reserve your seat today. Sponsor opportunities also are available . Please contact Annie Gregson for information and conference details.