Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the pace of technological change? For many adults, especially t...
Proponents of alternative energy sources are excited about growing interest in domestic manufacturing related to renewable energy sources, especially solar. For years now, the supply of solar-related products, such as solar panels, has mostly come from Asia, but that may change in the coming years if the United States government has its way. According to
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, employers in every sector experienced a phenomenon that manufacturers had been dealing with for many years: a shortage of skilled workers. Most people vividly remember “CLOSED” signs adorning windows due to staffing shortages. While we’re a ways past the pandemic now, many businesses continue to experience skilled labor
FAIRVIEW, TN – He took the job in 2003 as a business education teacher. But Kevin Sizemore didn’t know he’d build a mechatronics program that offers students an associate’s degree along with their high school diploma. Sizemore, the mechatronics instructor at Fairview High School in Fairview, TN, said his goal as an instructor is to
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) instructors face a variety of challenges. For many new CTE instructors, it’s a matter of establishing a program and getting it off the ground. However, it can be just as difficult to revive and improve an established program that’s underperforming. That’s the situation Dean Lepkowski found when he took
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Schools Embrace Hands-On Skills in Increasingly Digital World
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
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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...
Digital Twins and VR Finding Their Niche in Manufacturing
What kind of dreams did you have when you were young? Did you think about the future and what k...
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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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Will Geothermal Save Oil and Gas Jobs?
If someone asked you what the opposite of a fossil fuel is, what would you say? Some might say ...
Are Home Heat Pumps the Future of HVACR?
Growing up in the hot and humid Midwest, I never thought of air conditioning as a luxury. Inste...
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Four Essentials for a Successful CTE Program
Career and technical education (CTE) programs exist in nearly every high school in the United S...
Major CTE Investment Needed to Create New Career Pathways
Have you sensed the transition that appears to be taking place across the country regarding how...
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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...
