This is type of leadership that speaks to what is needed in America today. Read the Guest Column by Carlos M. Cardoso, President & CEO, Kennametal Inc., which appeared in the Sunday, August 12, 2012 edition of The Plain Dealer.
For decades, good manufacturing jobs allowed workers to own homes and cars, take nice family vacations, satisfy their health care needs, send children to college and retire with financial security.
The importance of this group -- the manufacturing middle class -- to the United States has been immeasurable. Manufacturing jobs created a vision of American life that led immigrants around the world to our shores.
As chairman, president and CEO of Kennametal Inc., I have personally witnessed the American dream become a reality for many of our employees, including the 280 who work at our durable steel engineered solutions and standards facility in Solon and the additional 720 at our three other Ohio-based locations.
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