KAM Elects Toyota’s Kerry Creech As Chairman
2025-2026 Officers and Executive Committee Elected HORSE CAVE, KY – Kerry Creech, President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in Georgetown, was elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors yesterday at the Board’s annual meeting, which was held at the T. Marzetti Company plant in Horse Cave, […]
KAM Announces 2024 Manufacturing Awards Winners
LOUISVILLE, KY – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) announced the 2024 Manufacturer of the Year, Manufacturing Employee of the Year, and Manufacturing Executive Leadership Award winners at the Kentucky Industry Conference Awards Luncheon this afternoon in Louisville. This is the first year that the Executive Leadership Award has been presented. The 2024 Manufacturer of […]
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Joins Legal Battle Against European Regulatory Overreach
KAM JOINS AMERICAN FREE ENTERPRISE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LAWSUIT TO FIGHT UNLAWFUL REQUIREMENTS BY EUROPEAN UNION NATIONS TO COMPEL THE RELEASE OF US BUSINESS TAX INFORMATION Contact:Caroline ScottKentucky Association of [email protected] FRANKFORT, KY –– The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) today announced it has joined the litigation introduced by the American Free Enterprise Chamber of […]
KAM and AffirmedRx Announce Partnership to Drive Down Pharmaceutical Costs
AffirmedRx and KAM partner to provide innovative pharmacy benefit management model to help Kentucky employers improve patient-centric health outcomes LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 18, 2023 – AffirmedRx, a Kentucky-based leading provider of transparent pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, announced a strategic partnership with the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) to provide employers a significantly improved pharmacy benefit model. […]
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Board Urges Full Support of Ukraine
For Immediate Release June 29, 2023 Contact: Laura Brooks, [email protected], 606.584.4572 Frankfort, Kentucky – The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and urging the President and Congress to do everything necessary to ensure Ukraine defeats Russia’s illegal invasion, in the first such public statement […]
Ransomware: Key Leadership Issues for Preparing Your Business for a Cyber Security Breach
Summary of 05/23/2023 Presentation Kentucky Association of Manufacturers Preparing Your Business for a Cyber Security Breach discussed how to protect your company from security incidents related to phishing and spoofing and other business e-mail compromise that induce businesses and employees to act and compromise the company’s network, incident response plan best practices, as well as legal […]
Nominations Are Open for the 2023 Manufacturer and Manufacturing Employee of the Year Awards
KAM is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Manufacturer of the Year and 2023 Manufacturing Employee of the Year Awards. Nominations are open through July 31. You can nominate a deserving small, medium, or large manufacturing company and a manufacturing employee in a brief process with basic information. These awards focus attention on the important contributions manufacturers and industry make to their […]
How Kentucky’s Congressional Delegation Voted on the Debt Ceiling Compromise
The legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit and cap some federal government spending – the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) – has passed both chambers of Congress by wide bipartisan margins and will be signed into law by President Biden today. The House approved the bill in a 314-117 voteand the Senate by a 63-36 margin. In addition to suspending the limit on federal borrowing until January 1, 2025, the […]
Statement of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers on the Proposed Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Frank Jemley III, President and CEO of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers, issued the following statement this afternoon: “The Kentucky Association of Manufacturers applauds the agreement between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy that has produced the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. By averting a catastrophic default on the fiscal obligations of the United States and […]
Chevrolet Corvette Wins the 2023 Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky Tournament Presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Frankfort, KY (April 28, 2023) – Today, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and Lt. Jacqueline Governor Coleman announced the Chevrolet Corvette as the winner of the first annual 2023 Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky Tournament presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance. “We all know what makes Team Kentucky special is our people. Kentuckians are behind some of the most […]