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To register for the seminar, schedule an individualized demo for the day after or learn more about Lissmac’s debur- ring technology, visit www.liss- mac-usa.com.
News Fronts
“Our new website offers users a customized experi- ence with articles and tech- nologies relevant to the specif- ic needs of manufacturers and informative videos that illustrate the complexities of various manufacturing processes,” says Josh Dixon, Beckwood’s director of sales and marketing.
attend the seminar, which will take place on Tuesday, May 23, at the 3M CAM Center in St. Paul, MN.
Almetals Redesigns Website
NIMS, LIFT and Ivy Tech Release New Skills Credentials
Almetals, Inc., Wixom, MI, has redesigned its website, www.almetals.com, to provide a unique, new look with new features. It now includes a Find My Metal function, which allows users to find exactly what they are seeking, accord- ing to company officials. As a timesaver, when the user finds the metals needed, the Request a Quote form will automatically pre-populate the information.
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) and Ivy Tech Community College (located throughout Indiana) are mak- ing available a new set of skills credentials and training to help fill open manufactur- ing jobs in states along the Midwest auto-corridor. The partners are releasing nine new NIMS credentials that validate key skills and compe- tencies needed for industrial- technology maintenance jobs, which represent a criti- cal and growing function in high-tech manufacturing focused on new technologies and innovation, according to LIFT officials.
Almetals, Inc. is a specialty metals slitter and processor supplying stampers, rollform- ers and tube producers. Coil products include aluminum, brass and copper, cold-rolled steel, fin stock, and coated and stainless steels.
“Manufacturing organiza- tions—especially those serv- ing the defense and trans- portation sectors—continue to embrace new lightweight metals and technologies, adding advanced technical requirements to critical jobs already going unfilled because workers do not have the required skills,” says Emily DeRocco, education and workforce development director for LIFT. “This is an unprecedented, yet critical, partnership to address the ever-increasing workforce needs of our industry part- ners and their supply chains.”
Training
Lissmac and 3M to Host Deburring Seminar
Steel brushing-, grinding- and deburring-machine devel- oper Lissmac Corp., Water- ford, NY, and industrial-abra- sives and finishing-equipment manufacturer 3M, St. Paul, MN, are teaming up to host a seminar on edge rounding, deburring and finishing. Com- panies interested in learning about streamlining the debur- ring, chipping-slag or graining processes are invited to
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