NAM

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1895. It is the largest manufacturing association in the United States, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states.

Manufacturing employs more than 12 million men and women, contributes $2.09 trillion to the U.S. economy annually and has the largest economic impact of any major sector

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• earliest effort was to call for creation of the U.S. Department of Commerce. also helped launch the National Council of Commerce, which later became the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• During WWII NAM conducted community relation efforts and assisted companies with such wartime problems as priorities and allocation
• In the1980s the NAM unveiled its six-point “Revitalization Agenda” to combat inflation and invigorate manufacturing and the economy

SOURCES

• http://www.nam.org/About/
• http://www.nam.org/About/History-of-the-NAM/