The 2008 presidential election is over, and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is the victor.

National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler will appear on this week’s “America’s Business with Mike Hambrick” radio program to discuss how American manufacturers will react to change in the White House and Congress after Election Day.

“The National Association of Manufacturers has reached out to President-elect Obama and to his new administration and said, look, manufacturing is the lifeblood of this economy, we still represent 1.6 trillion dollars of economic impact on an annual basis; we want to work with you,” Engler says. “We’ve got a lot of problems ahead as we look to the future. We’re in a recession; globally, the economy of countries all over the world are slowing down. So we need help. And we need to be thinking long term about what’s going to make a difference to allow the U.S. to remain the greatest manufacturing economy in the world.”

NAM Executive Vice President Jay Timmons will also offer a run-down on the winners and losers on Election Day and what the results mean to manufacturers. And respected pollsters John McLaughlin and Allan Rivlin will return to the program to check if their earlier Election Day predictions proved true.

This week’s program is not just about elections. Mike will visit Peerless Chain Company President Tom Wynn. Wynn will talk about why chains are such an important product and how his company is doing in these shaky economic times.

In our regular segments, Renee Giachino of American Justice Partnership gives us the latest on tort reform and commentator Hank Cox recalls “The Way It Was.” And the National Association of Manufacturers President Gov. John Engler will close the program with “The Last Word.”

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The long presidential campaign season is almost over. Election Day is Nov. 4.

Nationally recognized pollsters John McLaughlin and Allan Rivlin will appear on this week’s “America’s Business with Mike Hambrick” radio program to offer the latest election forecasts. And National Association of Manufacturers Executive Vice President Jay Timmons will talk about how manufacturers plan to work closesly with whoever wins the White House and congressional races.

“There is no person who stood for election, particularly this year, who also does not care about jobs,” Timmons says. “We all have a stake in ensuring that this economy is strengthened and that our country is strong and vibrant into the future.”

This Manufacturing Institute  recently launched an Education Council. This new group will focus on expanding and enhancing our nation’s workforce. We’ll hear about the group’s goals from two charter members. They are Dr. Timothy Franklin, director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development at Penn State University, and Dr. Cynthia Bioteau, president of Salt Lake Community College.

Europe is about to implement new trade regulations that would make it more difficult for America’s small and medium manufacturers to ship products to Europe. Commerce Department international trade specialist Don Wright will join Mike to discuss the possible pitfalls of Europe’s REACH regulations.

Over the last year the nation’s electronics makers have made a push to become more environmentally friendly. Some of these companies have even slashed electricity use by 25 percent. Joanne Sonenshine, senior manager of environmental policy at the Consumer Electronics Association, will talk about why and how electronics makers are going green.

In our regular segments, Renee Giachino of American Justice Partnership gives us the latest on tort reform and commentator Hank Cox recalls “The Way It Was.” And our program will close with “The Last Word” from the National Association of Manufacturers President Gov. John Engler.

For more about “America’s Business with Mike Hambrick” and to listen to the program online check out http://www.americasbusiness.org.