State Technical College of Missouri Wins Educational Institution Award
Monday, November 11, 2019
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CLEVELAND, OH—November 11, 2019—State Technical College of Missouri, Linn, MO, has received the 2019 Clips & Clamps Industries Educational Institution Award, as part of the Precision Metalforming Association’s (PMA) Awards of Excellence in Metalforming. The school won the award for its outstanding precision machining technology program, dedicated to providing students with specialized knowledge in traditional and emerging technical areas as well as general knowledge that fosters a life of learning.
State Tech offers a two‐year associate degree in Precision Machining Technology and currently has more than 80 students enrolled in the program. The school’s curriculum provides students with the practical experience, knowledge and judgment to plan, prepare and operate precision machines.
Graduates understand 3D modeling, computerized post‐processing, and CNC setup and operation. Throughout the program, students complete increasingly complex lab projects to develop skills. Those who successfully complete their Level 1 projects receive National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certification.
With 20 Haas CNC machines, State Tech is an active member of the Haas Technical Education Center Network. Students are exposed to manual machining, CNC turning and multi‐axis machining centers, computerized precision measurement, rapid prototyping and water-jet cutting. State Tech’s program includes 20 hours of hands-on experience per week. Instructors have at least 15 years of experience and all are graduates of the college’s Precision Machining Technology program.
State Tech also has a 99-percent job-placement rate for students who complete the program with graduates working for companies across the state of Missouri and throughout the Midwest.
The Educational Institution Award is one of seven Awards of Excellence in Metalforming, presented annually by PMA. It recognizes a public or private educational institution that provides outstanding training and education services to companies in the metalforming industry. The award, which includes a cash prize, is sponsored by Clips & Clamps Industries, Plymouth, MI, and funded by the Dul Foundation. “Clips & Clamps Industries and Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center through the Dul Foundation and the families of Michael and Kathleen Aznavorian, Douglas and Sandy Mily and the late Estelle Dul support the efforts of the Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation.”
PMA is the full-service trade association representing the $137-billion metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its nearly 800 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry. PMA leads innovative member companies toward superior competitiveness and profitability through advocacy, networking, statistics, the PMA Educational Foundation, FABTECH and METALFORM Mexico tradeshows, and MetalForming and 3D Metal Printing magazines.
EDITOR’S NOTE: More information on PMA’s Awards of Excellence in Metalforming is available at www.pma.org/awards.