Training and retention related news

There are 18 news releases related to training and retention.

Hypertherm announces plasma curriculum for schools

Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., a provider of plasma arc metal cutting technology, has announced the availability of the first commercial curriculum specifically for plasma cutting and gouging. Created with input from welding instructors, Plasma Cutting Technology: Theory and Practice includes lessons...
11/20/09

Hypertherm, Lincoln Electric discuss no-layoff business model on NPR

Metal fabricating industry suppliers Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., and Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric, were featured today on a National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast discussing companies that operate with a no-layoff policy, even during tough economic times. A written transcript of the prog...
11/5/09

Lincoln Electric hosts wind tower welding seminars

Lincoln Electric recently hosted more than 120 industry professionals interested in learning more about wind tower fabrication for several daylong seminars. Seminar attendees traveled from across the U.S. and as far away as Brazil and Portugal to the company’s Cleveland headquarters. Each seminar...
10/13/09

Mitsubishi EDM partners with Oakland Community College

Mitsubishi EDM has announced a new partnership with the Advanced Technology Center of Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills campus. A new Mitsubishi FA20S Advanced Wire EDM is being installed under the direction of Philip Hale, Dean of Technology of OCC, and Dan Meehan, Account Manager for Mitsubi...
10/8/09

ABB, Vincennes University partner to enhance robotic training

ABB Robotics, a supplier of industrial robots, and Vincennes University (VU), Vincennes, Ind., have formed a partnership to enhance the college's vocational and technical robotic training and provide ABB with an authorized training facility in the central Midwest. The partnership includes the insta...
9/28/09

Wolf Robotics personnel receive CRAW-T training, certification

Wolf Robotics employees Patrick Cross, Franklin Jones, Drew Akey, Aaron Bailey, Dan Gipson, Joshua Cirbo, and Jeff Gauger recently became qualified as AWS Certified Welding Inspectors and passed the Certified Robotic Arc Welding Technician requirements. The company's employees, including customer...
9/9/09

D&S Mfg. provides scholarshiops for girls' engineering program

D&S Mfg., Black River Falls, Wis., has presented scholarships for the STEPS for Girls summer program to two local students from Black River Falls Middle School. Jessa Ammann and Kyleigh Nandory were selected, based on merit, by a panel of their teachers. "Through partnership with our community's...
8/11/09

August hiring to follow recent pattern of gradual monthly improvement

Layoffs continue to permeate the labor market, but more companies in the manufacturing and service sectors are hiring compared with the first few months of 2009, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for August 2009. ...
8/7/09

Manufacturers support summer camps to inspire next-generation workers

Even in these uncertain economic times, companies in the hard hit manufacturing sector are stepping up to the plate to improve the industry. The Gene Haas Foundation, Amada America, and CNA Insurance Foundation contributed grants totaling $100,000 to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), The Foundation ...
6/15/09

Welding chair, center established at University of Alberta

The University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering has named Dr. Patricio F. Mendez as the inaugural Weldco/industry chair in welding and joining in the Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering. This new industrial research chair is the cornerstone of the Canadian Centre for Welding and Joining, ...
6/9/09

Consulting, prototyping, training available for laser industry

Priority Cutting LLC has announced the launch of its new company that focuses on providing comprehensive consulting, prototyping, and training services exclusively for fabricators with CNC lasers. With 13 years of working experience in the field, the company has developed two training programs de...
4/27/09

Lorain County Community College to lead national welding education and training effort

Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Ohio's top-ranked community college, has been named project leader for a $4.9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) program establishing a National Center for Welding Education and Training on the LCCC campus. The Center will increase the number of scienc...
4/14/09

"The Power of Personal Energy" nominated for Georgia Author of the Year Award

"The Power of Personal Energy" by Dr. Bob Rausch has been nominated for the 45th annual Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Awards. Nominated in the Specialty Books category, the book discusses the different kinds of energy people possess and how to use this energy for fulfillment and success. A...
4/1/09

John Ratzenberger’s NBT, FMA join forces to encourage youth to pursue manufacturing careers

A new entity dedicated to inspiring America's youth to consider careers in manufacturing and respond to a growing need in this country has been created through the partnership of two leading foundations. Founded by actor, director and producer John Ratzenberger, the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Fo...
2/23/09

Ranking Small Business Committee member introduces CHOICE Act

Today House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves announced the introduction of the "CHOICE Act." "As Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee, I have seen firsthand the need for this bill. The bill tackles two of the most significant challenges facing small employers—the...
2/5/09

Wolf Robotics personnel receive CWI certification

Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins, Colo., has announced that several of its employees have passed the qualifications and testing required to be considered official AWS certified welding inspectors. Scott Cornelison, Gary Brown, Dale Lockwood, Patrick Cross, Franklin Jones, Drew Akey, Aaron Bailey, Dan...
1/13/09

FMA wins ASAE's 2008 Associations Advance America Award of Excellence

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) is one of only 11 organizations nationally to receive an Award of Excellence in the third round of the 2008 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program, a competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & T...
7/8/08

Exact JobBOSS announces new manufacturing training program

Exact Software™ has announced that the company's Exact JobBOSS division has initiated a new manufacturing training program to help its customers address the global issues that face today's manufacturers. Developed specifically for the owners, managers, and employees of small manufacturers, t...
3/13/07
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