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Friday, January 30, 2004

Blatt Building, Room 101
State House Capitol Complex Pendleton and Assembly Streets
Columbia, South Carolina

AGENDA

OPENING REMARKS

Congressional Perspectives

Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC)

Panel I: Textiles/Apparel

Norman H. Chapman, Executive Vice President Inman Mills(Remarks)
Sarah Y. Friedman, Executive Director of the SEAMS Association
Larry Crolley, President of Craig Industries
Harris L. Raynor, Regional Director of the Southern Region, Vice President Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
Smyth McKissick, Alice Manufacturing, Representing the American Textile Manufacturing Institute (Remarks)

Panel II: Steel

Bob Johns, Marketing Director, Nucor Corp.
Timothy J. Dillon Sr. Vice President, Commercial Georgetown Steel Company LLC(Remarks)
Larry Murray, United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

Panel III: Trends in Trade and South Carolina Manufacturing

Lewis F. Gossett, President, South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA)
Donna DeWitt, President, South Carolina AFL-CIO
Kenneth Riley, President, International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1422
Jon T. McClure, Founder, President and CEO, ISO Poly Films. (Remarks)
Mr. J. Richard Dillard, Jr. Director of Public Affairs, Milliken & Company (Remarks)

Panel IV: Community Impact

Jack Hutchison, Economic Development Coordinator, Georgetown County Economic Development Commission
Allen Burns, Director of Planning and Development, Georgetown County Economic Development Commission
Evans Tindal, Director of Operations, Cheraw Yarns Mill
State Senator Larry Martin(R-SC)

Additional Material Supplied

Daniel R. Dimicco, VICE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT and CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Nucor Corporation U.S. Rep. John M. Spratt, Jr (Remarks)
How Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturers Compare: by Urs Buehlmann, Matthew Bumgardner, Al Schuler & Rich Christianson
Identifying Future Competitive Business Strategies for the U.S. Residential Wood Furniture Industry: Albert Schuler & Urs Buehlmann
How Can the U.S. Wood Products Industry Compete? by Urs Buehlmann, Matthew Bumgardner, Al Schuler & Rich Christianson

Transcript

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