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Industry News
20 March 2013
Alliance for Working Together
announce recent achievements
THE Alliance for Working Together
Foundation (AWT), a group that Roll-
Kraft is heavily involved in sponsoring,
was formedby local business executives
to promote careers in manufacturing
and focus on developing programmes
to encourage students. Roll-Kraft has
announced the programme’s recent
achievements.
These accomplishments include:
conducting over 1,500 seventh and
eighth grade tours of AWT member
manufacturing plants; developing
an Associate’s degree at Lakeland
Community College with input from
member companies; introducing a new
manufacturing high school programme
at the local career centre; conducting
a video contest that drew over 27,000
website hits (all videos may be
seen on the organisation’s website);
launching an AWT Speakers’ Bureau;
forming a Scholarship Committee to
support students in their educational
goals; and creating an Ambassador
Team to promote rewarding careers in
manufacturing at career and job fairs.
In addition, the group attracted
nearly 250 students and over 2,500
spectators to its most recent RoboBots
competition.
The RoboBots competition,
conducted under the guidelines of the
National Robotics League, is another
way of introducing students to the many
rewarding careers in manufacturing.
The AWT Foundation includes more
than 75 manufacturing companies
with executive-level representatives
that understand they must first get
students interested in and educated on
manufacturing careers before they will
have the skilled workforce necessary to
sustain growth in the region.
Roll-Kraft, a leading manufacturer of
tooling for the tube and pipe and roll
forming industry, strongly supports
and participates in the efforts of AWT
and takes an active roll in bringing
students to Roll-Kraft to view its current
manufacturing processes.
Roll-Kraft – USA
Website:
AWT – RoboBot competition
Korea
Machinery
Fair 2013
KOMAF 2013 (Korea Machinery Fair),
which has been held biennially since
1977, will be held again from 16 to 19
October at KINTEX Korea International
Exhibition Center. The event is organised
by KOAMI (Korea Association of
Machinery Industry), and Merebo
Messe Marketing, Germany, is the
representative for Europe and America.
The fair is divided into several areas,
including: motion control and factory
automation; machine tools; plastic
and rubber technology; industrial plant
and equipment; cargo and logistics;
heavy electrical equipment; air-
conditioning and refrigerator technology;
pneumatic and hydraulic technology;
test and measurement; environmental
technology; parts and materials; nuclear
power equipment; and Korea Venture.
Merebo Messe Marketing – Germany
Website:
Visit us at BORU 2013 March 28-30 Stand #9 A106
+1-306-791-7557
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