Workforce Development
Training the Next Generation: Two PMPA Members Selected for 2018 STEP Awards
Nancy Peterson, chairman and CEO of Peterson Tool, and Joan Wrenn, co-owner, Hudson Precision Products, were this year’s nominees by PMPA for the Manufacturing Institute’s 2018 STEP Awards for excellence in manufacturing.
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HR-530 Series Features Inside Ring Hardness Testers
Mitutoyo America Corp’s HR-530 series Rockwell Hardness Testers feature an electronic control giving it capabilities for Rockwell, Rockwell Superficial Rockwell testing of plastics (A & B) and Light Force Brinell hardness testing.
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'Clean and Green' Seminars Offer VOC Compliance Training
Kyzen Corp.’s VOC compliance training seminars are continuing into 2018 with two opportunities exclusive to the metalworking industry.
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Heidenhain Donates Equipment to University
To enable further advancements in metrology, Heidenhain Corp. recently donated a new EIB interface box with cabling and ACCOM software to UNC Charlotte’s Center for Precision Metrology.
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Training the Next Generation: For Those Too Busy for Customer Relationships, There’s An App for That, But …
Some of the fastest-growing disruptive technologies we see these days are online, cloud-based parts sales brokerage companies.
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VIDEO: The Misconception of Declining Manufacturing Jobs
In this video, Gardner Business Intelligence Chief Economist Michael Guckes discusses the decline of manufacturing jobs and argues that although operators have decreased, programmers and engineers have increased.
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Cleaning Workshop Offers Training on Chemistry, Regulations, and More
The Quality Product Cleaning Workshop is a hands-on and in-class training course that will teach shop technicians and managers how to monitor current cleaning processes and troubleshoot cleaning problems.
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Creative Employee Management at Micron Manufacturing
Micron Manufacturing, a precision machining shop in Grand Rapids, was recently featured on Michigan's Stateside radio show, covering the company’s creative approach to employee management.
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Training the Next Generation: Why it is Important to Build Effective Teams
Effective teams are an integral part to every company’s success.
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PMPA Member Prime Engineered Components Finds Success in Employee Training and Diverse Capabilities
A little more than 50 years ago in Watertown, Connecticut, Prime Engineered Components was only a handful of screw machines in a garage, making munitions for the Vietnam War efforts.
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