How the President and Vice President Came to Visit SPI Member Techmer PM

January 20, 2015

Three carloads of Secret Service personnel arrived at Techmer PM's plant on Jan. 3, and they didn't leave for another six days. "They never left our plant until the president was gone," said John Manuck, Techmer's chairman and CEO.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Techmer’s Clinton, Tenn. facility on Jan. 9, touring the plant as part of an effort to promote American manufacturing and spotlight the creation of the administration’s newest manufacturing innovation hub. While the visit only lasted about an hour, its origins for Techmer were years in the making.

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