This grant provided funding to Durham Technical Community College to support the expansion of the college’s existing manufacturing programs. The college previously offered pieces of an advanced manufacturing degree pathway, including PLC, robotics, and hydraulics. This project expanded those programs to build-out a formal advanced manufacturing pathway. Local industry partners (Merck, Bell and Howell, Purdue Pharma, AW, Biogen, KBI, and Morinaga Foods) requested updated training in automation for new and existing workers that leads to a more highly skilled workforce. Golden LEAF funds were used for updated training equipment, renovations, FESTO certification training, and initial funding to cover instructor salaries.
