Education

In July, representatives from KION North America participated in Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Signing Day. Students gathered at Trident Technical College to sign their employment letters to become apprentices with Charleston-area employers.

Omron Foundation, the charitable arm of the U.S.-based operations of industrial automation solutions provider Omron, donated a new laboratory complete with workstations and state-of-the-art equipment to the University of Houston.

In May 2019, ABB instructors began teaching certificate training classes at the recently built Automation & Robotic Training Center (ARTC) adjacent to the Motlow campus.

Graduates of the program will receive training at both institutions

Collaboration creates world’s first stacked master’s degree on edX.org from two top-ranked universities in the field

Whether incremental or ambitious, moves to tackle the skills gap can also help make existing workforces and operations more competitive.

PMMI awards three scholarships totaling $15,000 for processing, mechanical and electrical engineering

Majors in machine tool technology, structural and pipe welding, mechanical engineering and precision machining technology prepare students to fill manufacturers' openings in skilled trades and engineering.

Ten students received $5,000 scholarships from the PMMI Member Family Scholarship.

Grants will foster STEM learning programs to help develop future automotive, manufacturing workforce

Menasha Corporation’s 35 summer interns are part of a formal company intern program and they work at various company locations throughout North America over an 8-week period.

PMMI Scholarship awarded to students at two-year colleges

As part of the 55th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, more than 6,500 outstanding career and technical education students will compete in hands-on competitions in over 100 various trade, technical and leadership fields.

This $2,000 scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in a two- or four-year program at any of PMMI’s partner schools.

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has partnered with ABB to introduce the first Youth Apprenticeship Program for advanced manufacturing in the state of Arkansas.