scope:

The Industry Vision statement is a first step toward industry cooperative partnerships with government, national research labs, and customer and supplier industries to develop new technology which will improve competitiveness and capabilities of forging companies. The Vision document describes and defines:

• The desired state of the forging industry by the year 2020

• Strategic objectives and performance targets identfied to achieve this Vision.

• Current and future challenges and barriers which impact technology development.

• Market, business and societal factors which will drive changes in the industry.