The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI, Huntington, W.Va., U.S.) has announced the creation of a new apprenticeship training program for composite technicians, that was recently approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Introduced by Lucinda Curry, workforce director at RCBI, at an Aug. 21 meeting of the Composites Coalition in Chattanooga, Tenn., U.S...
Boeing and Airbus are arch rivals, competing vigorously over decades for supremacy in the global aviation market, much like DowDupont and BASF do in chemicals. Yet all of these companies, along with many others, collaborate at places like the Composites Institute (IACMI). They do this not out of any altruism, of course, but self-interest.
It is at...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards to five of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to fund the acceleration of education and workforce development (EWD) programs that support domestic manufacturing. Specifically, this funding will be used to expand EWD services to broader communities across our nation and...
