Ed Youdell is president and CEO of Rockford, Illinois-based Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International, a professional organization with nearly 2,500 members working to improve the metal fabricating and forming industry. Manufacturing Day is supported by a panel of co-producers comprised of the FMA, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Institute, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and guest producer Industrial Strength Marketing.