Reuters Global Manufacturing and Transportation Summit

What’s ahead for the manufacturing and transportation industries in 2012, and what does it mean for investors?

December 12 - 15

Caption|REUTERS/Tony GentileReuters Global Manufacturing and Transportation Summit will bring keen insights on an economy that is increasingly looking adrift. With Europe’s spreading financial crisis threatening to undermine an already ailing world economy, Reuters bureaus in New York, Frankfurt and Singapore will sit down with a lineup of executives from top global manufacturing and transportation companies including Caterpillar, Boeing and United Parcel Service for a deep look at the industry’s heading in 2012.  

The sector has already felt the pinch of slowing global demand, with manufacturers’ shares taking a deeper dive than the broad Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the past year, even as big U.S. manufacturers have notched solid profit growth through the first nine months of the year.

A lineup of guests that also includes Harley-Davidson and Siemens will weigh in on their hopes for 2012 and whether so-far strong demand in rapidly developing economies in Asia and the Middle East will be enough to keep the industry on a growth path as demand in the United States and Europe cools.

During closed sessions with Reuters journalists, executives and experts will discuss these issues and more. The Summit will generate exclusive interviews and articles, blog postings and online videos, immediately available ONLY to Thomson-Reuters clients.

Some video interviews will be available exclusively on Reuters Insider - our multimedia platform delivering relevant news, analysis and trade ideas.

Speakers include:

Monday – Dec 12

  • Harley Davidson COO and President, Matt Levatich
  • Siemens Industry Sector North America CEO, Helmuth Ludwig
  • Caterpillar Group VP of Marketing, Stu Levenick
  • Rockwell Collins CEO, Clay Jones
  • APL (Neptune Orient Lines Container Shipping Arm) CEO, Kenneth Glenn
  • Paynet President, William Phelan

Tuesday – Dec 13

  • Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, Jim Albaugh
  • National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO, Jay Timmons

Wednesday– Dec 14

  • UPS CFO, Kurt Kuehn
  • Navistar CEO, Dan Ustian
  • Agco CEO, Martin Richenhagen  
  • Lufthansa Cargo CEO, Karl Ulrich Garnadt
  • National Association of Letter Carriers Senior Counselor for Manufacturing Policy, Ron Bloom

and more

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