That's the nature of the beast in this city. There's so much construction happening here, and so many (manufacturing) firms are moving here because of our proximity to other Western states.

We now believe that this situation is more permanent in nature and we must reduce our U.S. manufacturing capacity accordingly and utilize only our most modern facilities to be competitive.

Digital manufacturing promises to closely couple production design with the manufacturing process. As product mix changes, you have to make changes to your process.

That's where the big problem is. They want to put the grandchildren in the pool. It's human nature. It's my grandchild and it's different.

These are all key issues on the minds of manufacturing executives today. At the forum, top manufacturers will present the strategies, technologies, and best practices they are using to address these challenges as well as the real benefits they are seeing from their efforts.

This year is sort of about rebirth as well as the nature of vengeance and justice.