Alabama
Manufacturing Institute Supports FAME-USA Chapters Through COVID-19
During the COVID-19 crisis, with college partners closed and mounting pressures on employers, the FAME USA team at the Manufacturing Institute (MI) is providing a forum for regular communication, problem-solving,…
Read MoreMI FAME Team joins Muscle Shoals FAME Chapter for Open House
“Discover Your Claim to FAME!” Introduces Community to FAME Employers, Chapter Muscle Shoals, March 3, 2020– Chapter employer members showed great support for the program, setting up tables, bringing equipment…
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” Dennis explained that the FAME Advanced Manufacturing Technician Program was an outgrowth of training that Toyota Motor North America provided for employees when they built their new manufacturing plant…
Read MoreFAME Program Gives Student Jumpstart in Auto Career
Austin Wilhite comes from a woodworking family. But even a few years ago, when he was a teen working in his uncle’s framing business, Austin Wilhite couldn’t have imagined that…
Read MoreFAME Program Puts Student on Road to Success
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Terry McKelvey has always liked making things. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, he worked two part-time jobs in high school that showed him what modern manufacturing looked like. And when…
Read MoreManufacturing Institute to Expand FAME Apprenticeship Program
© UPI Photo BY ALEX GANGITANO – 09/10/19 05:00 AM EDT Ivanka Trump and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)’s Manufacturing Institute are set to announce a major expansion of a skills training and…
Read MoreFuture manufacturers get a boost at community colleges
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alabama is about to be the first state to give a big boost to future manufacturers. The governor announced new manufacturing credentials will be offered at every community college…
Read MoreRise of the Machines: How robotics will shape Alabama’s automaking future
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When The Terminator was released in 1984, the potential – and far-fetched – hazards of robotics and artificial intelligence was brought to the silver screen and to the minds of…
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