Remember those dire warnings about robots coming for our jobs? While there are some people who ...
Remember the good ol’ days when Claude was your uncle from Wisconsin, Copilot was the guy helping fly the plane, and Gemini was your astrological sign if you were born in early summer? Today, these names—along with ChatGPT—are the top artificial intelligence (AI) assistants available on computers and smartphones everywhere. Just a few years ago,
Between the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade wars being waged by the Trump administration via tariffs, the importance of manufacturing in the United States has once again taken center stage. To keep up with domestic demand for things like high-tech semiconductors, it’s more important than ever that as many things
Remember those dire warnings about robots coming for our jobs? While there are some people who have certainly been displaced by robots and other types of advanced automation technologies, it’s safe to say that, for the most part, adding robots to manufacturing facilities has not resulted in the massive job losses that some feared. To
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Cobots Provide Canadian Furniture Manufacturer with Quick Return on Investment
Your Industry 4.0 Journey Can Begin with One Small Step
In this era of rapidly evolving technology and an ongoing manufacturing “skills gap” leaving hu...
Once the Future, Industry 4.0 is Now the Present
For years, manufacturing experts have been discussing the coming wave of digital transformation...
Schools Embrace Hands-On Skills in Increasingly Digital World
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the pace of technological change? For many adults, especially t...
Supply Chain Automation: More Talk Than Action
Do you ever look at the calendar, see the year 2025, and wonder how we got here when it seems l...
Ivy Tech & Lilly Celebrate Opening of Manufacturing Innovation Training Center at 16 Tech
On December 11, 2024, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the new Ivy Tech Manufacturing Inno...
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Private-Public Partnerships Propel Progress in Georgia
It’s a tale as old as time. A manufacturer builds a factory in a small town. That town’s local ...
Chardon’s CREW: Training the Next Generation of Ohio Workers
How do you effectively prepare high school students for the manufacturing jobs of today and tom...
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Instructor Profile: Kevin Sizemore
FAIRVIEW, TN – He took the job in 2003 as a business education teacher. But Kevin Sizemore didn...
Instructor Profile: Dean Lepkowski
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) instructors face a variety of challenges. For many...
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New Automation Technologies Target Intersection of Agriculture and Solar
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase “alternative energy”? For some, me...
Will Oil and Gas Workers Get Left Behind?
When you think of oil production, which countries come to mind? If you’re like many people, you...
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How to Set Up a Modern HVACR Training Program Part 5: How Do I Get Started Building a Modern HVACR Training Program?
*This article is part 5 of 5 In the previous articles in this series, we’ve focused on the crit...
A financial focus on Industry 4.0 leads to innovation, employment, and reinforces the US supply chain
Major federal legislation coupled with recent industrial trends point to the potential for a re...
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$100 Million Future Builders Initiative Seeks to Train 50,000 Skilled Workers
Between the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade wars being waged b...
Three Industries to Watch in 2026
If you’re one of the thousands upon thousands of people who call the career and technical educa...
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Practical Solutions Key to Meeting Workforce Challenges
The manufacturing sector in the United States continues to face an ongoing labor shortage that ...
Four Essentials for a Successful CTE Program
Career and technical education (CTE) programs exist in nearly every high school in the United S...
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Amatrol’s Kimberly Perkins Selected as a 2025 Women MAKE Awards Honoree
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN—MARCH 6, 2025 Amatrol is pleased to announce that Kimberly Perkins, Vice Pre...
Ivy Tech & Lilly Celebrate Opening of Manufacturing Innovation Training Center at 16 Tech
On December 11, 2024, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the new Ivy Tech Manufacturing Inno...
Amatrol President Paul Perkins Named to the Prestigious “Indiana 250”
Amatrol is pleased to announce that its president, Paul Perkins, has been named to IBJ Media’s ...
Amatrol Launches Technical Instructor Performance Essentials
The bell rings and you look up from your notes at a sea of curious, eager faces. Ready or not, ...
Hawkeye Community College Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute continues to expand across the United States in 2023 Jeff...
Ogeechee Tech Now An Amatrol Regional Training Center
Amatrol Technology Transfer Institute continues to expand across the United States in 2023 Jeff...
