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I don’t see any of your food “manufacturers” here. Food processing such as making Twinkies and Ho-Hos is not manufacturing-——>>>>

http://www.manufacturing.gov/council/members/index.asp?dName=council

Manufacturing Council Members

Manufacturing Council
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Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council

Secretary Gutierrez has appointed Fred Keller as Chairman and Kellie Johnson as Vice-Chair of The Manufacturing Council.

Members:

Chairman Fred Keller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Engineering

Vice - Chair Kellie Johnson, President, Ace Clearwater Enterprises

Dr. Dean Bartles, Vice President and General Manager, General Dynamics Corporation

John Cantlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lifoam Industries

Daniel DiMicco, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Corporation

Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., Chairman, Morrison Products, Inc.

William Jones, President, Penn United Technologies, Inc.

Peter Kamenstein, President, M. Kamenstein Corporation

James McGregor, President, Morgal Machine Tool and Ohio Stamping and Machine

Michael Nowak, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coating Excellence International

Jason Speer, Vice President and General Manager, Quality Float Works, Inc.

Harding Stowe, President and Chief Executive Officer, R.L. Stowe Mills, Inc.

Ed Voboril, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greatbatch, Inc.

Della Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Williams-Pyro, Inc.

That seems to be a popular, but wrong, perception. Go into any food factory (and that is what it is, a factory), and watch it in action. There is just as much, if not more, automation and IP in its operation as in any Toyota plant.

Go into a sawmill, and watch the mega-millions of dollars of sophisticated capital equipment (with its inherent IP) reduce a log to finely sized lumber products, or even more complex, into plywood.

Manufacturing is manufacturing, irregardless of what the raw materials or specific product might be.

You can use more metamucil in your diet to make your thinking less fuzzy