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Darke County Economic Development
Sophomore Manufacturing Day
On Friday, October 4th, Darke County Sophomores toured one of seven
local manufacturers in recognition of National Manufacturing Day, an
annual event created to demonstrate modern manufacturing and foster
interest in manufacturing careers. Participating manufacturers included
Whirlpool Corporation, Ramco Electric Motors, Midmark Corporation,
Klockner Pentaplast, JAFE Decorating, Greenville Technology
Incorporated, and FRAM. “Our host manufacturers were excited to share
career opportunities available with their companies and connect with
members of their future workforce,” said Tamala Marley, Darke County
Economic Development Workforce Specialist. This is the sixth year that
Darke County sophomores have been invited to tour local manufacturers
on the first Friday of October. This event, coordinated by Darke County
Economic Development, is part of a comprehensive effort to encourage
and grow a skilled workforce to meet the current and future workforce
demands of the region.
“We were pleased to have Congressman Warren Davidson participate in
tours at JAFE Decorating, Greenville Technology Incorporated and Ramco
Electric Motors and speak to students from Arcanum, Bradford and
Greenville,” shared Marley. “Representative Susan Manchester also
participated in a tour at Ramco with students from Mississinawa Valley
High School.” Other guests for the tours included representatives from
Edison State Community College and from Fastlane – University of Dayton
Research Institute.
In addition to seeing modern manufacturing environments with state-of-the-art equipment and robotics, students also learned:
About the wide range of careers available through manufacturing which
require different levels of technical and formal education.
Many manufacturers in the area will pay for college or technical
training for their workforce if it corresponds to a position within the
company.
There are additional options after high school other than college or
straight to work. Opportunities exist to work and make money while
furthering their education, and avoid the debt often associated with
college education.
Darke County Economic Development would like to thank our host
manufacturers – Fram, GTI, JAFE, Klockner Pentaplast, Midmark, Ramco,
and Whirlpool. We would also like to thank Darke County High Schools –
Ansonia, Arcanum-Butler, Bradford, Franklin Monroe, Greenville,
Mississinawa Valley, Tri-Village, and Versailles – for their
participation in this event.
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