It has been a year since Wake Technical Community College dedicated the $42 million Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence in north Wake County. Since then, Wake Tech has tripled the number of students in its automotive systems technology program and added a new degree program in collision repair.
Three recently announced advanced manufacturing projects — one in the carbon fiber bicycle and two in the lithium-ion battery industries — will create a total of over $1.6 billion in investment and more than 700 jobs in Spartanburg, Chester, and Richland counties, South Carolina.
The South’s fast rise as a leader in the building of electric vehicles and the batteries to power them is helping drive Clemson University’s decision to form a new school that brings together its mechanical and automotive engineers, according to a news release from the school.
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Greensboro College in North Carolina has launched a new online program to train students for aerospace and manufacturing jobs as demand for workers in those fields increases, an announcement last week from the university said.
More than 50 years after scientists first coined the term "hydrogen economy," the movement to make hydrogen a predominant global fuel source could be gaining traction thanks to research led by one West Virginia University.
Goodwill Southeast Georgia and Savannah Technical College are launching a virtual reality manufacturing training program.
For 2017, there will be even more opportunities for attendees to explore groundbreaking manufacturing technologies, software and services.
In a column for The Huffington Post (5/4, Holt, Contributor) Proto Labs President and CEO Vicki Holt writes that “for businesses looking to operate more efficiently and competitively, digital manufacturing models have the potential to create tangible business results that can be realized from the factory floor all the way to the board room.”
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