Posts Tagged with ‘illinois’
January 12, 2015
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Inc. (NIMS) provides credentials and uniformity of information between companies, instructors, employers, and workers. The new NIMS Credentialing 101 video is a tutorial for […]
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January 9, 2015
What types of products are being introduced at CES 2015 in Las Vegas this week? All kinds of fun and interesting new consumer electronics products, some of which are manufactured right […]
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January 7, 2015
Women of Today’s Manufacturing is a nonprofit networking group for manufacturing professionals in the Rockford, IL area. The group is offering a scholarship to promote careers in manufacturing in the […]
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January 6, 2015
The Certified Production Technician (CPT) program at Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) offers great opportunity for students interested in manufacturing. Students, such as Everado Orozco of Mendota, IL, are seeing […]
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January 6, 2015
In this article, Daniel Goff, of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, addresses some of the reasons that many global companies are opening new production, distribution, and sales […]
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December 23, 2014
On December 11, Kishwaukee College’s Collision Repair Technology (CRT) program hosted a contest for students of their CRT 114, Introduction to Coating and Painting class. The contest was to see […]
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December 21, 2014
Danville Area Community College (DACC) recently dedicated the new Julius Hegeler II Advanced Technology Center. The ceremony took place on December 10, and was attended by Hegeler, faculty, local dignitaries […]
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December 17, 2014
US Manufacturing output in November reached its highest pre-recession point (since Dec 2007). Total industrial production grew 1.3% to address increased demand for automotive, food, and products utilizing wood, plastics […]
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December 15, 2014
Enbridge, a leading energy supplier, recently donated $5,000 to Illinois Valley Community College. The money will be used by the college’s welding program to fund five scholarships of $1,000. The […]
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December 12, 2014
A new wheelchair design has been developed by two former U of I students. Seeing an opportunity to provide wheelchair users with more efficient operation, Marissa Siebel and Scott Daigle […]
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