The U.S. manufacturing ISM index should show a decent gain today, reinforcing the market's conviction that the U.S. recovery is for real.

This shows the continuing recovery of euro zone manufacturing at the start of quarter four,

You do have some impetus today but there's little conviction and little volume, ... I didn't see any specific reason behind the rally - people may be just trying to outguess the outcome (of the Fed meeting).

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.

Neither team could spend any arms today. But Church did a great job for them.

Today is the busiest day.