Workforce Development
MMT Chats: 30 Under 30 Honoree, Blending Heavy Metal Moldmaking and Music
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges invites Adem Talic, an apprentice moldmaker at Tri-Par Die and Mold Corporation in South Elgin, Illinois, who shares his journey into moldmaking, commitment to learning, but still finding time to pursue his percussion passion. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Building a Team on the Shopfloor
A tooling engineer for a Michigan-based provider of tooling for automotive interior and underhood solutions shares how to create a team philosophy within the tool shop.
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Westminster Tool Launches “Manufacturing Careers in the Making” Video Series
Westminster Tool celebrates manufacturing month with a four-part video series shared weekly on its blog to highlight some of the career paths and opportunities the industry has to offer.
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Hurco North America Launches New Apprenticeship Program
Hurco’s Field Service Apprenticeship (FSA) is a two-year program that starts with a 12-week industry training which merges hands-on training and repair of CNC machines with classroom materials.
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Fully Functional Molding Shop Floor Virtual Reality Supports Training Initiatives
Kruse Training is developing virtual reality (VR) classes for injection molding processing to prepare users for work on an actual shop floor as well as support mold shops’ hands-on process training initiatives.
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Online Training Program Devotes a Comprehensive Approach to Injection Molding
Kruse Training offers a range of topics for new and veteran engineers, including Mold Design, which focuses on the basics of mold design and how various design elements impact a molded part.
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The Polymers Center Heads Assistance in Product Development, Polymer Testing and Training
Not-for-profit organization, which is exhibiting at Amerimold 2021, promotes and develops the plastics industry through education, research and development and trial operations.
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2021 Leadtime Leader Award Winner: Westminster Tool—Perseverance with a Plan
Westminster Tool’s latest commitment to the plan—investment in new technologies, processes and capabilities, workforce development/training and sales & marketing—helped them edge out this year’s competition.
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MMT Chat: 5 in 5 with Pyramid Plastics
This quick 5 in 5 MMT Chats video series reveals five best practices in 5 minutes on ways to improve efficiencies with technology, workforce development and business management. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Advancing the Mold with Amerimold 2021 Education Sessions
With an expanded three day schedule, more free educational sessions are being offered than ever before, including a range of sessions from Amerimold exhibitors.
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