Currier Plastics Jumps on the Education Bandwagon!
Custom plastics molder Currier Plastics just received a grant by the state Department of Labor to train its employees in all things lean manufacturing.
Webinar Makes a Compelling Case for MTConnect
MTConnect is an industry standard that specifies a protocol for data communication between machine tools and other manufacturing equipment or systems. Mazak is an early adopter of MTConnect and a strong proponent of its benefits to improve overall equipment efficiency. A recent webinar sponsored by Mazak details how MTConnect can serve as a complete communications standard for an entire manufacturing facility.
Lubricant Meets Laboratory Certification
Unist, Inc. says its Coolube 2210 and Coolube 2210EP lubricant’s bio-based content has received independent laboratory.
Time to Spring into Action
It seems to me that winter is as good a time as any to hunker down and think about all the ways your shop has improved within the past year--whether that is increased technology investment, advanced processes, better delivery times, improved quality, an updated business plan, a broader customer base, a solid training program, commitment to industry development--then spring into action and consider giving your company the recognition it deserves. Read on.
Structured Training
Finding, Training & Retaining Employees, Part 2
StandardAero Gets Certification for Protective Coatings
Eight of its aircraft paint technicians have completed the Embry Riddle Aeronautics University/Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) program in aircraft painting.
GF AgieCharmilles Opens Training Academy
The facility will serve existing employees.
Learn, Work, then Learn Some More
Those are the words of Glenda Neff, Director of Outreach Services at University of Cincinnati Clermont College, when describing the goal of their partnership with Milacron LLC to think out-of-the-box when preparing the workforce of the future: a pilot machinist training program, whose entire first graduating class has been hired full-time by Milacron. Sounds like they did something right!
Maintenance Training? Show Me the Money
Training works best if a goals are set and a plan is established to meet them.
Training Soldiers for a Lifetime
Students in the U.S. Army Ordinance School’s Allied Training Specialist Course are learning machining and welding—skills that will help them bridge the gap between active service and eventual separation from the military.
40K Grant Donation to a Worthy Cause—Workshops for Warriors
It is wonderful to see industry suppliers help further efforts to educate our industry—and help our nation’s veterans—with a $40,000 grant worth of metal-cutting tools to a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free job training, certification, and job placement to veterans.
E-Coat Training
Where can I obtain training for electrocoat operators and process engineers?
