I would like to draw attention to Oct. 7 – about the time you will be reading this – to the fifth annual Manufacturing Day.

To me the term Brexit reads as if it was a declension from the Latin verb brexo, which I would define as “to leave the European Union (EU) as a Brit.”

At its recent annual meeting in Hilton Head, S.C., FIA recognized nearly 20 companies for their exceptional safety records during the past year.

Through innovation, our ancient ancestors graduated from the Stone Age and into the Bronze Age that, in turn, became the Iron Age. It is no accident that major epochs in human history are named after the types of metals that civilization learned work.

I must confess that two or three times during FORGE’s 2015 editorial year I started writing this column about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

As I write this, we are a year away from the presidential election of 2016, but the campaigning, debates, rhetoric and interminable media coverage have already been going on for months.

Any regular reader of this publication knows that we have been running a series about forging as an advanced manufacturing process.

Anybody who has read Greek mythology knows the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece.

The passing of Mary Doyle Keefe in late April at 92 was not lost on us and, combined with another event, prompts the topic for this month.

Readers of this magazine may have noted the start of a series of articles in our February issue tackling the subject of modern commercial forging as an advanced manufacturing industry.