NTMA North Texas Chapter and Local Colleges Host MFG Day
December 1, 2016
An MFG Day event was held in North Texas to highlight and encourage careers in manufacturing for students, parents and educators in the area. More than 100 students representing eight school districts attended the event, which was a joint venture in cooperation with the North Texas Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), Richland College of the Dallas County Community College District, and Lincoln School of Technology Campus in Grand Prairie.
The event included manufacturing/machining demonstrations, programs and career planning in manufacturing and site visits to manufacturing industry companies in the Dallas area.
Richland College recently opened a new Technology, Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (TEAM) Center, an advanced training facility that houses a manufacturing lab fully equipped with CNC and manual machines to provide students with hands-on training.
Visitors to Lincoln Tech's Grand Prairie, TX, campus had the opportunity to interact with engineers operating CNC machine tools and learn more about the college's training programs. The campus occupies a modern 152,000 sq. ft. facility specializing in career training in metalworking, automotive and other skilled trades industries. Students can develop hands-on skills for manufacturing careers in the 21st century through the CNC Machining and Manufacturing Technology training program.
Two NTMA member companies, Manda Machine and Applegate EDM, coordinated site visits to their shops so students could engage with employers and employees in a real time manufacturing environment. Manda Machine manufactures precision machined parts and Applegate EDM is a provider of wire EDM, sinker EDM and small hole EDM services.
For more information contact:
NTMA North Texas Chapter
www.ntmanorthtexas.org
Richland College
12800 Abrams Rd.
Dallas, TX 75243??
972-238-6100
www.richlandcollege.edu
Lincoln College of Technology
2915 Alouette Dr.
Grand Prairie, 75052?
972-660-5701
www.lincolntech.edu
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