workforce development
New Coatings/Finishing Resource Center to Open in Virginia
An international coatings training and research center will be built in Halifax County in Virginia as the American Wood Finishing Institute relocates their corporate headquarters and training center from New Jersey. The “Center for Coatings and Application Research and Education” will create about 15 jobs thanks to a $1,052,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Commission to prepare its new quarters and to buy equipment.
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New powder coating plant to bring 30 jobs to Bradenton, FL
Trogan Florida Powder Coating will open 97K square foot building
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ANODIZING: Saginaw Valley State University building meets LEED certification
First project in the northeastern and mid-Michigan to get Silver Green Building Rating
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AESF Foundation Educational Opportunities
AESF Foundation offers a variety of educational training options.
Read MorePainting Training Courses
Do you offer training courses or training materials that will help get us started?
Read MorePassing the Torch: Succession, Estate and Lifetime Planning
Three natural companions for family business owners.
Read MoreThe $5 Lean Manufacturing Primer—Lunch Included
Introducing a cutting-edge, innovative training program on the topic of lean manufacturing.
Read MoreSuccession Planning Phobia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1933, "Fear paralyzes those who succumb to it."But some things are downright scary.
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America’s Most Wanted: Skilled Workers
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association president Gerald Shankel discusses the imperative to recruit young people with higher skills into the manufacturing workforce.
Read MoreMaking the case for training American workers
When the downturn ends and manufacturers are ready to bring on more workers, will there be enough qualified people to hire?
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