Students Spend a Day at Okuma America
They learned more about CNC machining and technology by touring the facility and watching cutting demonstrations with advanced machine tools.
Posted: January 8, 2015
Okuma America Corporation (Charlotte, NC), a world-leader in CNC machine tool manufacturing, hosted “A Day at Okuma America Corporation” for area high school students at its Partners in THINC technology center on December 16, 2014, in Charlotte. This special event gave students the opportunity to learn more about CNC machining and technology and to speak with company sales and technical professionals in the CNC manufacturing industry.
Students learned about career opportunities as engineers, machine tool operators, programmers and service professionals. They also toured the facility and were able to see several cutting demonstrations on state-of-the-art machine tools.
“Our industry now has a significant shortage of skilled people that can operate, program and service the needs of manufacturing. This translates to a significant increase in career opportunities. We understand that the talent to fill those opportunities comes from strong STEM programs in our high schools. Therefore we feel it is important, as manufacturing professionals, to help students understand the education paths into manufacturing, as well as introducing them to the wide variety of career options,” said Denise Wilson, the human resources manager at Okuma America.
The company-sponsored Royal Robotics Team from Piedmont Community Charter School attended and demonstrated their award winning robot to the Okuma members. The Royal Robotics Team is a member of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and participates in the annual FIRST Robotics Competition.
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