How is Connecticut developing tomorrow’s advanced manufacturing workforce? By Bob Sobolewski In my last post, I encouraged us to discard old ideas about how we used to make things in the U.S., and to be open to careers with today’s advanced manufacturing companies. President Obama’s National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing aims to increase investments in advanced manufacturing technologies, expand the number of workers with advanced...
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Putting the ‘Advanced’ in Manufacturing, Part 1 of 2
What parents and students must know about today’s manufacturing jobs By Bob Sobolewski During the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s (CBIA) Connecticut Creates! Manufacturing Forum this past January, representatives of our state’s manufacturing community discussed their challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled people. During the forum, Dave Tuttle, manufacturing department head at Platt Technical High School (part of...
Reflecting on the “In the Pocket” Video
In The Pita Group’s “In the Pocket” video interview, I had the chance to speak about trending topics that affect business in terms of customer needs and communication. So how has ebm-papst evolved to meet customers’ needs? In one simple word, innovation. Innovation can help discover what opportunities exist now, or are likely to emerge in the future. Our teams collaborate with the feedback given from our customers based on market...
Every Day is a Green Day at ebm-papst
To demonstrate that everybody can do something for a more environmentally friendly world, this year employees at ebm-papst offices around the globe are organizing Every Day is a Green Day campaigns, developing unique ways to demonstrate our shared GreenTech philosophy. Next week (June 11-16) is our time to celebrate Every Day is a Green Day with a special week at ebm-papst’s U.S. headquarters. We’ve got a full lineup of activities, including...