While a lot of attention has been on Washington D.C. in recent months, politics wasn't the top point of discussion at the Power Transmission Distributors Association's 2011 Industry Summit in Washington. Instead, with an uncertain economy and continued consolidation, most of the attention was paid to change: where is the industry at and where is it going – and how do distributors and manufacturers best "Capitolize on Change"?

"Let's face it, there's been nothing but change over the last few years," said David Mayer, PTDA president and vice president of marketing for Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp., Windsor, CT. "And as strong as we are, …