Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required
When the German engineering company Siemens Energy opened a gas turbine production plant in Charlotte, N.C., some 10,000 people showed up at a job fair for 800 positions. But fewer […]
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With Innovation in Mind, Embraer Turns to the Tech Industry
As part of the push to boost innovation, Embraer is forming a Global Business Center at its U.S. headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, connected to the company’s engineering departments in São […]
Boomers and millennials, economic stability and instability; yes, all this diversity can work at work
Most of us tend to be rather quick to categorize, even stereotype, our co-workers by their age and habits. Many baby boomers and millennials, however, are successfully collaborating in the […]
How to Use Proven Happiness Principles to Improve Quality Management
In Shawn Achor’s bestselling book The Happiness Advantage, he describes how the traditional idea that success leads to happiness is completely backwards. He tells us that in reality, it’s happiness […]
High School Is Where Manufacturing Careers Start in Delaware
“Team work was what they tried to instill. I was sort of on an assembly line but not really. Everyone had their own goal. It was pretty cool. I was […]
Harris Corporation to Help Develop First US Beyond-Visual-Line-Of-Sight Network for Drone Operations
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a two-year grant to help develop a first-of-its-kind solution to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Harris will partner […]
Craig Technologies Wins Contract to Support NASA in Specialized Engineering, Aeronautics and Manufacturing
Craig Technologies was awarded a subcontract to support AMERICAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION on the NASA Specialized Engineering, Aeronautics and Manufacturing (SEAM) Prime Contract. Craig will be providing aerospace avionics engineering, electrical […]
Goals for Additive Manufacturing in Space Unite Small Businesses
Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions (CTAS) is establishing a Space Development Acceleration Capability (SDAC), in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and Space Florida, to […]
Boeing’s Space Taxis to Use More Than 600 3D-Printed Parts
Aerospace already accounts for about 17 percent of 3D printing revenue, ranking second after industrial and business machines but ahead of automotive, consumer, electronics and medical products. Aerospace is a “near […]
Demand Remains Strong for Middle Skills
National Skills Coalition’s newly updated middle-skill facts sheets demonstrate that demand for middle-skill jobs continues to remain strong in the fifty states. Middle-skill jobs, which require education or training beyond high […]