In-plants Around the World

CUPMAC (www.cupmac.ca), which started in 1968, also holds a yearly conference. (This year's event, taking place this month at Viamede Resort, in Ontario, features your humble editor as one of its speakers.) As with ACUP, this conference is CUPMAC's big event of the year, where members mix and mingle, while attending educational workshops. Unlike ACUP, though, CUPMAC is a dues-paying organization with a formal constitution.With about 50 members, exclusively from universities and colleges, CUPMAC has seen slight growth in recent years, says Terry Oakes, president of the group, though he acknowledges that many busy in-plant managers are not yet aware of CUPMAC.