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SME launches digital learning resource
Tooling U-SME, a company of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich., has launched Knowledge Edge, an online, multimedia,...
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Victor contests recognize users of oxyfuel, plasma cutting equipment
Victor Technologies™, St. Louis, has launched two contests as part of its celebration of the 100th anniversary of its Victor® brand of...
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Hobart Institute to expand welding training area
Driven by a demand for welding training and increasing enrollment, ground is being broken to enlarge the northeast area of the Hobart...
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LINE survey: Hiring activity to increase in services and manufacturing in May
In May the hiring rate will rise in the service and manufacturing sectors compared with a year ago, according to the Society for Human Resource...
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Science Channel named official media partner for second annual Manufacturing Day
Science Channel, Silver Spring, Md., has been named the official media sponsor for the second annual Manufacturing Day, a broad-based grassroots...
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E-course highlights weld discontinuities and defects
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has released a new online course called Discontinuities and Defects, designed for people...
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ThomasNet launches scholarship program to encourage manufacturing careers
In a move to draw the next generation into manufacturing, ThomasNet® has launched its North American Manufacturing Scholarship Program. Up to 30...
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Solar Atmospheres to donate vacuum furnace to ASM teaching facility
In commemoration of ASM Intl.'s 100th anniversary, Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., will donate a vacuum furnace to ASM for use in its...
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Washtenaw student to represent U.S. in welding competition
Alex Pazkowski of Saline, Mich., a student at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich., will represent the U.S. in Leipzig, Germany, in the...
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FMA partners with Kelly Services® to help members find skilled workers
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has announced an affinity partner program with Kelly Services, a...
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National Robotics Challenge to be held April 11-13
The National Robotics Challenge promotes innovation and helps stimulate creativity in students using robotic technology. Students from 70 schools...
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OMAX recognized for leadership in educational outreach
OMAX® Corp., Kent, Wash., a designer and manufacturer of advanced abrasive waterjet technology, has received the inaugural Inspire Award...
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Georgia Labor Commissioner to tour Georgia Trade School
Georgia Trade School, Kennesaw, Ga., will welcome Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler on Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 1:45 p.m. Commissioner...
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Victor Technologies announces welding, cutting contest winners
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School
Victor Technologies™, St. Louis, a provider of cutting, welding, and gas control...
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WTTI achieves ISO 17025 accreditation
Welder Training & Testing Institute (WTTI), Allentown, Pa., has received its initial accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 in the field of mechanical...
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FMA CEO receives CMA Leadership Award from NAM
FMA President and CEO Ed Youdell (right) receives CMA Leadership Award for spearheading first annual Manufacturing Day
Ed Youdell,...
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NBT announces 2013 national manufacturing camp grant winners
Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), has announced the winners...
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Manufacturing Institute forms coalition to train U.S. veterans for advanced manufacturing jobs
The Manufacturing Institute, New York, has launched a coalition with GE, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Alcoa, and other business, digital, academic,...
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Hobart Institute of Welding Technology adds marketing, career development rep
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT), Troy, Ohio, has hired Kevin Trick as marketing and career development representative.
Trick...
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More than 200 companies participate in first Manufacturing Day
On Oct. 5 more than 200 manufacturing companies participated in the first Manufacturing Day, a national event to highlight the importance of...
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Service manager course preps workers for residential service
The International Training Institute (ITI), Alexandria, Va., the education arm of the unionized sheet metal and air conditioning industry, offered...
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Labor productivity No. 1 factor for global manufacturing competitiveness, survey says
In a new global survey commissioned by Kronos Inc., Chelmsford, Mass., and conducted by IDC Mfg. Insights, labor productivity ranked the highest...
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Central McGowan provides supplies to Central Minnesota Career Academy
Central McGowan Inc. (CMI), Little Falls, Minn., recently supplied welding wire, contact tips, safety glasses, and welding coupons (courtesy of...
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SME works with U.S. Army to help close manufacturing skills gap
Over the next five years, up to 1 million military personnel will return to civilian life — and the civilian workforce. Currently 600,000 jobs...
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Caster Concepts supports manufacturing experience for kids
The Greater Albion College Access Network, in collaboration with Albion Public Schools, and the Manufacturing Education Fund at the Albion...
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Victor Technologies launches contest for welding students, schools
Victor Technologies™, a provider of cutting, welding, and gas control equipment in St. Louis, has announced its 2012 Innovation to Shape...
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2012 manufacturing scholarship winners announced
Ten students seeking careers in manufacturing have earned $1,500 toward their trade school or community college education from Nuts, Bolts &...
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CNA Foundation donates $15,000 to NBT
The CNA Foundation, Chicago, today announced that it is donating $15,000 to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), the educational foundation of...
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RealWeld Systems addresses skilled-welding-labor shortage
EWI, Columbus, Ohio, has founded a spinout company, RealWeld Systems Inc., to commercialize its welder training technology. The spinout company's...
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Stephen C. Mandes, NIMS executive director, dies
Stephen C. Mandes, who served as executive director of the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) since its inception in 1999, died in...
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NIMS names executive director
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), Fairfax, Va., has appointed James A. Wall as executive director. As executive director,...
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NTMA-U graduates to receive college credits at University of Akron
The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) has announced that it has finalized an agreement with the University of Akron to grant up to...
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Manufacturing Institute and partners increase credentialed workforce
The Manufacturing Institute (the Institute) and its partners have announced significant progress towards achieving a five-year goal to award...
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Agrawal receives ASEE's 2012 James H. McGraw Award
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has awarded its James H. McGraw Award to Ashok Agrawal, M.S., P.E., vice president for...
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Waukesha Metal Products' president appointed to College and Workforce Readiness Council
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has appointed Jeffrey Clark, president and CEO of Waukesha Metal Products, a contract metal forming company in Sussex,...
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NBT awards 11 grants to community, technical colleges for youth day camps
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has...
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International Sheet Metal Competition winners announced
More than 250 sheet metal apprentices from the U.S. and Canada participated in the 40th Annual International Sheet Metal Competition, March 5-9 in...
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Harrisburg Area Community College becomes MERIT center
Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), Harrisburg, Pa., is now a Motoman Endorsed Robotics Instructor Training (MERIT) center, serving the...
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Bellingham Technical College receives $455,000 software grant from Autodesk
Bellingham Technical College (BTC), Bellingham, Wash., has been awarded a $455,000 grant for engineering design software from Autodesk Inc. The...
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Gene Haas Foundation awards $27,000 to SkillsUSA Machining Championship Awards program
The Gene Haas Foundation, Oxnard, Calif., has awarded a $27,000 grant to the SME Education Foundation, Dearborn, Mich., for the development of a...
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SME Education Foundation provides CIM funding to PLTW high schools
The SME Education Foundation, Dearborn, Mich., has provided $400,000 in 2012 to 167 Project Lead The Way high schools for equipment and classroom...
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Mid Atlantic Machinery to host Machine Tool Madness show
Mid Atlantic Machinery will host the Machine Tool Madness show at its Harrisburg, Pa., showroom March 28-29 for welders and fabricators interested...
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Annual International Sheet Metal Competition to be held in Las Vegas
More than 275 sheet metal contestants and their families will go to Las Vegas March 5-9 to take part in the Annual International Sheet Metal...
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Lincoln Electric sponsors AWS's Careers in Welding trailer
The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, is partnering with the American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, to provide a hands-on welding experience...
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Thermadyne names Built With Class contest winners
St. Louis-based Thermadyne® has announced the winners of its Built With Class welding contest. The contest was open to all students who were...
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Gene Haas Foundation, SME Education Foundation align funding for machinist training
Gene Haas Foundation, Oxnard, Calif., the philanthropic arm of Haas Automation Inc., has provided a $150,000 grant to the SME Education Foundation...
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FMA Precision Sheet Metal Operator certification program added to NAM-endorsed Manufacturing Skills Certification System
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with The Manufacturing Institute...
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Officers elected to Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.® (FMA), has elected a...
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5th annual Manufacturing Summit on high-tech skilled jobs, apprenticeships held in Washington D.C.
Concerned for the future of manufacturing jobs, more than 150 leaders of businesses, community colleges, and workforce development organizations...
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Welding a viable option for women seeking lifelong career
When it comes to sheet metal welders, the lyrics "Anything you can do, I can do better" isn’t a phrase of competition or ego. Women welders in...
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