June 22, 2020
The need for skilled workers with automation training certifications is growing. According to the Manufacturing Institute, there are over 600,000 unfilled manufacturing positions in the US, but many applicants lack the skills and training to do the job. In the next ten years, this gap is expected to grow with well over two million manufacturing jobs predicted to go unfilled as the number of manufacturing jobs requiring higher skills continues to outpace the pool of trained candidates.
Today, FANUC has over 1,250 educational partnerships throughout the Americas. All FANUC education programs adhere to national ANSI/IACET standards, and meet the nationally recognized certifications approved by the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (DOE).
If you’re a school looking to ramp up your technical training programs, FANUC's sales representatives will assist you in putting together a strong education curriculum to attract the next generation workforce.
If you’re a business and need to collaborate with a school that has a CNC and robotic training program, FANUC will talk with you about your goals and help you make the right connections.
The Schmersal Group’s Wettenberg production site in the German state of Hesse has begun production of wireless modules for aconno GmbH. aconno, a young start-up based in Düsseldorf, Germany, develops Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 solutions including Bluetooth and sensor modules and development kits. Its users include companies in the automation industry, as well as the buildings and property industries. Schmersal acquired a share of 26 percent in aconno GmbH in April 2020.
Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Cisco have formed a technology partnership designed to help drive major advances in making smart buildings the standard. 
Edge Automation has a new home at 363 Sovereign Road, with all of their design, production, programming, machining and assembly under one roof! This move allows for easier communication between departments, furthering their ability to bring you the best quality product possible from concept, to design, to finished product.
Since the dawn of computer science more than two centuries ago, one thing has remained constant: Programming and data entry are tougher than they look. From the first computers’ punch cards to today’s programming languages, a single, minor error can mean the difference between a functional program and a crashed computer. And when a buggy program is run on a CNC machine tool, it likely won’t just be the computer that crashes.
John Mitchell
