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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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Female student wins Skills USA's national sheet metal competition
At Skills USA's 47th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 19-24, Olivia Keech, 16, won gold in the high...
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Sheet metal construction camp designed for young women
Tri-Counties Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program in Ventura, Calif., held a MAGIC (Mentor A Girl In Construction) camp the week of...
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Motoman Robotics recertified as continuing education provider
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has recertified Motoman Robotics, Dayton, Ohio, a division of...
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20 students earn manufacturing scholarships from FMA
Twenty students seeking careers in manufacturing each earned $1,500 toward their college or trade school education from the Fabricators &...
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Metcam adds 30 positions, enters training partnership
Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies for OEMs, has added 30 new positions to its facility in Forsyth County, Ga.,...
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Weiler donates to training for returning vets
Weiler Corp., Cresco, Pa., has donated wire brushes, grinding wheels, hand brushes, and tools for a veterans training program run by the...
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Lincoln Electric's virtual reality welding system wins international innovation award
The VRTEX® 360 virtual reality welding system from Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, has been recognized by the International Institute of...
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NBT announces 2011 national manufacturing camp grant awards
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has...
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Genesis Systems Group establishes robotic welding scholarship
Robotic workcell integrator Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, Iowa, has announced a new scholarship resulting from an agreement among Genesis...
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Ivy Tech Community College named Motoman-endorsed robotics instructor training center
Ivy Tech Community College is now a Motoman-endorsed robotics instructor training (MERIT) center. The program helps community colleges and...
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Manufacturing to add jobs in January, but pace will follow slow-growth pattern
The U.S. private-sector labor force is expected to add jobs in manufacturing and services in January, but the pace will follow a recent...
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Sheet metal apprentice competition to include more than 325 participants
More than 325 sheet metal apprentices and their families will go to Las Vegas March 6-10 to take part in the Annual International Sheet Metal...
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Bakersfield, Calif., unions come together to educate tomorrow's work force
Members of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) in Bakersfield, Calif., are taking unprecedented measures to help ensure that...
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Grainger honors veterans through expanded scholarship program
Facilities maintenance supplier Grainger has expanded its Grainger Tools for Tomorrow® scholarship program for the fifth consecutive year. In the...
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New educational center features automated welding, cutting systems
Airgas Great Lakes has opened a new Automation Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Developed in partnership with Retro Systems, Hypertherm, Motoman, and...
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9 students win manufacturing scholarships from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs
Nine students seeking careers in manufacturing earned $1,500 toward their college or trade school education from Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs®...
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CNA Foundation donates $15,000 to support youth summer manufacturing camps
The CNA Foundation — the philanthropic arm of Chicago-based, global commercial insurer CNA — has contributed $15,000 to Nuts, Bolts &...
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Bunting increases college scholarship program
Bunting® Magnetics Co., Newton, Kan., has announced the 2010-2011 recipients of the Walter F. Bunting and June A. Bunting Memorial...
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Rio South Texas initiative brings English-language proficiency to manufacturing workers
South Texas College (STC), McAllen, Texas, has partnered with The Manufacturing Institute, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and other...
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FMA wins 2010 public relations award for job campaign
A public relations program created and conducted by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., and its public...
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Hobart Institute hires director of planning, development
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the appointment of Rich Green to the newly created position of director of...
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SHRM LINE survey: More manufacturers adding to payrolls in May
Hiring activity in the manufacturing sector will increase significantly in May compared with a year ago, according to the Society of Human...
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Lorain County Community College opens welding center
Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Elyria, Ohio, has opened a new welding lab and classrooms. The center, made possible with a $4.9 million...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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