QCC receives $100K in manufacturing equipment
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Gail Carberry, president of QCC, and Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge Corp., stand in front of donated equipment.
Emuge Corp. of West Boylston donated more than $100,000 in manufacturing equipment to Quinsigamond Community College, to help QCC expand and update its Manufacturing Technology Center.
“The industry is in dire need of advanced manufacturing skills. To address this, we are willing and eager to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with QCC,” Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge Corp., said in a statement.
The donation includes hundreds of high performance taps, end mills and other rotary cutting tools. It came as QCC was actively expanding manufacturing training at its Worcester campus, said Gail Carberry, president of QCC.
The multi-million dollar manufacturing center features new computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining centers, metrology equipment and a wide array of tools and software, all brought together with the goal of providing real-world experience and education for students. The center is meant to complement the new QuEST center (Quinsigamond Engineering, Science & Technology) set up to open later this year.
"The new initiative is designed to equip our students with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to fill the rapidly growing gap in the manufacturing workforce and help them secure careers in advanced manufacturing,” Carberry said in a statement. “The tools will be a huge plus for the program.”
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