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It's never too late to learn something new. Forklift training today at the AMTC. Thank you Gale Brockie for instructing our students!

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Thank you for all of your support of Golden Glyph in the Coolest Thing Made in Michigan Contest!

We’re excited to share that Golden Glyph has advanced to Round 2!

Voting is now open through October 7, and you can vote once per day.

If you have a moment to cast your vote and share this with others, we would be so grateful for your continued support!

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What a great story!! JAMA is proud to be apart of their journey!!

“This is Lomar’s 50th year. 50 years ago, Jim Geisman got a couple patents and along with his business partner, named the business after their wives by combining their two names: Lola and Mary. Then it became just Jim owning Lomar, and for the last 30-some years, his son Ron has led the company. We’re now into the third generation—me! Jim is my grandpa. I joined Lomar after college and we've been here ever since.

Horton is a super tight-knit community. You feel it as soon as you leave. I left for college and went to Grand Valley for a finance degree. I spent a little time working at University of Michigan and then got a master's degree from Central Michigan. I reconnected with my now-husband and we moved back to Horton. Our families are all here, and we just kind of missed it. In my experience, you don’t realize how good you have it: I tried out the city things, and home called me back. It's the people, 100%. You go to the little markets, the stores around here—it's all people you grew up with. The people I graduated with are now the teachers for my kids, and life becomes a full circle. Even here at Lomar, we have a father and a son both working here. Brothers work here. When you see those people, those connections—it's what makes Horton feel like a community.

At Lomar, we feel it’s important to invest back into the community. We've got a great partnership with the Jackson Area Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Our apprentices are so valuable to us and JAMA has such an in-depth program there, and we give apprentices experience in all the machine areas at our shop so they come out so well-rounded at the end of that four-year program. Skilled labor is always hard to find, so when we take someone who wants to learn and give them a full understanding of everything on the machining side, we all win. They get the skills and we're able to do harder, more complicated jobs.

One of my teachers in high school was Denise Bergstrom. She went on to be the middle school principal, and now is the superintendent. That circle again! The Jackson Chamber introduced a Drive Jackson 20-Year Vision Plan. Lomar just loves the idea of making Jackson a great place to live, work and go to school. We started meeting monthly with Denise, trying to connect some dots between what we do at Lomar and how we can help students in the community.

Because of those meetings, she approached us and said, 'Our new technology teacher has this great idea to create a tech hub that'll give students hands-on STEM activities: interactive tables, drones, Lego kits, things like that. Would Lomar help us with this?' And of course, we jumped right in and we're doing a community match grant: any funds that are raised, Lomar will match that to help them meet their $120,000 goal. STEM is so important to manufacturing. We need those kids that can get in and figure stuff out, who want to work with their hands. We are so excited just to be a part of this whole process.

Another partnership we've really enjoyed is the Parks Department, another pillar of the Drive Jackson campaign. A few years ago, they approached us and they wanted a new playground here at our Hortonville Pond Park, and so Lomar jumped in, and we've got some equipment that's named in memory of one of our founders. We've recently reengaged with them and are looking at different opportunities to update that park even further. We love that partnership and are excited about the impact it will have."

—Becky Dorian, Lomar Machine & Tool Company

Due to meetings today the office will close at 3:30pm. Sorry for any inconvenience

We are without WiFi this morning. Meaning our email and phones are down. We are working on a backup. Thank you for your patience

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The office is closed September 4 at 12:00 pm and closed September 7 in honor of Labor Day

We will reopen on September 8 at 8:00 AM

Enjoy your holiday

⛳ THANK YOU FOR A GREAT 29TH ANNUAL JAMA GOLF OUTING! ⛳

What an incredible day at the Country Club of Jackson! Thank you to everyone who joined us for JAMA’s 29th Annual Golf Outing. We are incredibly grateful to our golfers, sponsors, volunteers, and partners who make this event possible year after year.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 2026 SPONSORS!

Dinner Sponsor: Alro Steel
Lunch Sponsor: Lematic
Hole-in-One Contest Prize Sponsor: Art Moehn Chevrolet
Hole-in-One Hole Sponsor: Eaton
Golf Cart Sponsor: Drushal Fabricating
Driving Range Sponsor: Bohl Crane
Prize Raffle Sponsor: Jackson College
Mulligan Raffle Sponsor: Lematic
Golf Challenge Sponsor: SBAM
Water Sponsor: Ladwig’s Water Culligan of Jackson
Winning & Losing Team Prize Sponsor: Country Club of Jackson
Snack & Beverage Sponsors: Ladwig’s Water Culligan of Jackson, 517 Kettle by Heath & Lomar
Halfway House Sponsors: Vector, Lomar & MMTC

Hole/Tee Sponsors:
Alro • Barker Weber • CertainTeed • CMF • Eaton • Fishbeck • Lally Group • Lematic • Libra Industries • MACI • Martinrea – Jonesville • Next Industries • O’Harrow Construction • OmniSource • Orbitform • PNC Bank • Power Drive Systems • R.W. Mercer • Southern Michigan Bank & Trust • Walton Insurance Group • Willis & Jurasek

Your continued support of JAMA and our manufacturing community is what makes events like this possible. THANK YOU!

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 WINNERS!

1st Place: Barker Weber
Last Place: Walton Insurance Agency – Team 2

Raffle Winners: Scott Brockie, Collins Design/Build & Jason Vanwormer
50/50 Drawing: Collin Duffy
Mulligan Drawing: Jay Compton
Most Lost Balls: Rob Clark

Golf Challenge Winners:
Longest Drive – Hole #1: Kittyanne Latocki
Longest Putt – Hole #8: John Walsh
Straightest Drive – Hole #15: David Killebrew
Closest to the Pin – Hole #6: Matt McGaughey
Closest to the Pin – Hole #10: Bryan Wright
Closest to the Pin – Hole #21: David Shirkey

And finally, a huge thank you to our volunteers and hole-in-one spotters:
Rebekah Franz of Hatch Stamping, Josh Latocki of Cross Country Mortgage, Katie Bertke of Peak Manufacturing, James McClelland of Michigan Works! Southeast, Tiana Abrams and Ben Neville of Henry Ford Health, and Tanya Blehm as well as the wonderful Country Club of Jackson staff for helping make the day run smoothly!

Thank you to everyone who golfed, sponsored, volunteered, donated, and supported this year’s outing. We couldn’t ask for a better community to spend the day with.

Next year is a big one — the 30th Annual JAMA Golf Outing! We can’t wait to celebrate with you in 2027!

The office will be closed on August 24 for our Annual Golf Outing. We will reopen on August 25 at 8:00 am