For years, manufacturing experts have been discussing the coming wave of digital transformation...
If manufacturers summarized the last decade, many would choose one word that simultaneously sums up their experience yet doesn’t seem powerful enough to convey the magnitude of their struggles: challenging. From the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic that snarled supply chains around the globe to the current administration’s on-again, off-again foreign trade policy driven by fluctuating tariffs,
If you’re one of the thousands upon thousands of people who call the career and technical education (CTE) world home, then you already know that 2026 could be a make-or-break year for CTE and industry alike. The ongoing challenge of the skills gap means that there are more open positions than ever that need highly
Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and now Generation Z…each of these generations has certain defining characteristics that broadly describe the people born into each specific time period. Which generation do you belong to? What stereotypes of your generation do you agree/disagree with? For example, Gen Z generally includes those people born between 1997 and 2009.
If you grew up in the late 1900s, you may be familiar with a popular cartoon called The Jetsons. This futuristic Saturday morning staple promised flying cars, robot butlers, and whole host of amazing technologies that would help people live a life of leisure. Of course, a quarter of the way through the twenty-first century
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Once the Future, Industry 4.0 is Now the Present
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...
Amatrol’s Newest Portable PLC Troubleshooting Trainer Features a Mitsubishi PLC & HMI
Is a career in manufacturing for you? More and more students are answering that question with a...
AI isn’t the Future. It’s Here. Are Your Students Ready for it?
Is it just us? Or did artificial intelligence (AI) just appear overnight out of nowhere? It see...
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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...
5 Reasons Manufacturers Should Invest in Worker Training
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, employers in every sector experienced a phenomenon t...
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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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Three Industries to Watch in 2026
If you’re one of the thousands upon thousands of people who call the career and technical educa...
AI Data Centers Driving Exponential Growth
How many of you thought a decade ago you’d be in a close relationship with someone named Siri o...
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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...
