Workforce Development

CamInstructor Announces New Online CNC Training Courses

The bundle covers Mastercam, Solidworks, CNC programming and operation of Haas machine tools.

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Indexable Tools Bring Solid Job Shop Returns

An event in the heart of Europe sheds light on how the company behind Precision Twist Drill and other venerable solid-round-tool brands aims to break into the North American indexable-insert market.

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CAD/CAM

Software Delivers Job Files, Process Control for AM

DP Technology has announced its Esprit Additive Suite, a comprehensive software product designed to deliver efficiency and accuracy while simplifying the additive manufacturing process into a few steps.

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Hermle Commended for Apprenticeship Collaboration in Wisconsin

The company is the first in the state to designate an employee for a system developed in the style of German apprenticeships.

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Top Shops

“Top Shops” Human Resources Honoree Offers Two Creative Tips for Employee Prospecting

Go to where you might discover the candidates who could turn into strong players in your shop. You have to plant seeds, the shop owner says.

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Shop Greenery Gives New Meaning to “Plant” Floor

Plants assist with the mood of the shop and quality of the air. Here are a few additional innovations at the shop we covered this month for its application of data-driven manufacturing.

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Shop Finds Jobs Using Online Marketplace

TD&M Machining LLC wanted to grow its business without competing against other local shops. After subscribing to MFG.com, about 75 percent of the shop’s customers now originate from the platform. 

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AUKOM Is Coming to the United States

The AUKOM coordinate metrology training standard originated in Germany, but it could become the de facto, global training method for future production metrologists.

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Eleven Graduate from Machining Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Women

The Step Up program, a partnership between West Virginia Women Work and Apprenticeship Works, is offered twice a year at Robert C. Byrd Institute in West Virginia.

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NIMS Launches Online Resume Generator

The tool was developed in collaboration with partner organizations to help newly-credentialed people to translate those credentials into the language of technical skills for employability.

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