Shop Class Offers an Early Look into the Trades — And Possibly the Future
You can’t attend a trade show without hearing about trade skills, or, all too often, a lack of trade skills. Vocational training to develop...
4 Welding Maintenance Mistakes to Avoid
When completing maintenance jobs, welders need to make sure they plan for the specific requirements of the task at hand and perform the work...
Preparing Future Mechatronic Engineers
The Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University (KSU) provides high-quality engineering degrees with education led by industry-expert faculty...
Tormach Donates New CNC Mill to Support Education, Workforce Development and the National Robotics...
Tormach Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of affordable, PCNC (Personal CNC) Milling Machines, has donated an all-new PCNC 440 CNC Mill to support education...
Building a Smart Manufacturing Workforce
Regardless of the state of the world and global markets, we are currently experiencing one of the most exciting, unpredictable and opportunity-rich times manufacturing...
FABTECH 2018 Announces New Education and Show Floor Features
FABTECH 2018, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, announces new education and show floor features designed to showcase emerging industry trends...
The Skills Gap Isn’t The Only Workforce Challenge
We talk extensively about the “skills gap” facing manufacturing. The problem is this only partially true. Yes, there's a deficit in our skilled trades...
To Train or Not To Train?
In the restaurant industry, training is a given. There's no question that a new hire won't get a minimum number of training hours, from...
Robots, Reshoring and Redeployment:
The economy is rapidly growing and prompting American companies to give a second look at the viable path to profitability robotic automation solutions can...
Can Workforce Development Close the Skills Gap?
Manufacturing is experiencing a much-appreciated resurgence amid a growing economy, but this positive news only highlights a persistent and growing problem – we have...
