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News Release from: GTMA
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2002
Dumping applies to mould and die tools
too
Roger Onions, GTMA Chairman, proved to be one step ahead of the news, when he was a guest speaker at the Competitive Technologies Conference in Rockford, USA on 20th February.
Roger Onions, GTMA Chairman and Sales Director of Delcam UK, one of the leading Cad Cam suppliers to the toolmaking industry, proved to be one step ahead of the news, when he was a guest speaker at the Competitive Technologies Conference in Rockford, USA on 20th February Unfair competition was one of the main themes of the conference and although, at that time, President Bush had yet to announce the steel tariff, the thought was clearly on the minds of the assembled US manufacturers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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During his presentation, US Senate Representative Don Manzullo, informed delegates that the US International Trade Commission was investigating the alleged unfair competitive conditions facing domestic tool, die and industrial mould associations.
In the US, as in Britain, there is a strong belief that some foreign companies engage in the practice of "dumping", selling goods for less than the price of manufacture, causing major problems to the industry.
Roger Onions took the opportunity to call for the creation of equal trading conditions.
Urging the US and UK governments to act before it was too late, Roger called for a swift and appropriate response to the current crisis.
"We have to have an even playing field or we will get to the point where industry will collapse rapidly," said Roger, concluding, "I am certain our governments do not realise how serious the situation is." Issued by: On behalf of: SMPR Limited GTMA Dovecote Cottage Gauge and Toolmakers Association Manor Court 3 Forge House, Summerleys Road Stretton on Fosse Princes Risborough GL56 9SB Buckinghamshire HP27 9DT Contact: Shelagh Morgan Contact: Julia Moore Tel: 01608.663425 T el: 01844.274222 e-mail: info@smpr.co.uk e-mail: gtma@gtma.co.uk.
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