Ramco Electronics Donates to New MVCTC Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Program
Englewood, Ohio – Ramco Electric Motors of Greenville, recently donated $10,000 to the Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC) at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) to support the school’s efforts to provide a viable and highly trained workforce.
Ramco is located in Greenville on Jaysville-St.John’s Road. With over 100 employees, they are a sub-contract manufacturer for AC Induction Stators, Rotors, & Rotor Shaft Assemblies for use in Industrial, Commercial, Military, and Aerospace Applications. Ramco is AS9100:2009 Rev C / ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certified and has $14 million in annual sales.
At the end of last school year, Ramco hired two MVCTC Precision Machining students from Darke County, Christopher Grillot (Versailles) and Evan Weaver (Franklin-Monroe). Both students worked full-time over the summer as machinists and now are working during the school year as part of the MVCTC Apprenticeship Program. Bethany Menke, Human Resources Manager for Ramco Electric Motors, shared, “They are great kids and great employees. We value the relationship we have started with MVCTC and plan to continue it in the future.”
In August of 2014, an Ohio Straight A Fund Grant was awarded to career center partners to create nine Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC) facilities in Ohio. MVCTC is the Miami Valley’s regional RAMTEC facility providing training opportunities to a 12 county area (Darke, Preble, Miami, Montgomery, Warren, Clark, Mercer, Auglaize, Champaign, Greene, Clinton, and Shelby Counties). The goal is to strengthen the collaboration between industry, education and government to offer industry certifications for robotics, CNC machining, mechatronics, industrial maintenance, and robotic welding, all at a regional career center. As part of the collaborative, the MVCTC received $1.47 million of the grant to provide state-of-the-art equipment and to renovate space at their Hoke Road campus into a RAMTEC center.
The grant money allowed MVCTC to create a 21st century advanced manufacturing and robotics lab where both high school and adults students will now be able to receive industry certifications from the largest robotics and industrial maintenance companies in the world including, FANUC and Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, Allen-Bradley and Mitsubishi PLCs, Parker Hydraulics and FANUC CNC. In addition, all RAMTEC sites received 3D printers, lasers, capable of etching, cutting and engraving various materials, and VEX robotics.
The MVCTC RAMTEC center will train people to work as technicians and engineers familiar with the use of robotics and associated industrial automation equipment and maintenance. MVCTC Superintendent, Dr. Nick Weldy, said, “The RAMTEC initiative is a robust and deep experience for high school and adult students including unemployed and underemployed incumbent workers across the Miami Valley region. The MVCTC is proud to be leading these efforts and collaborating with our partners to solve the region’s workforce challenges.”
For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties in Southwest Ohio. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.
For more information about Ramco, visit www.ramcoelectonicmotors.com. For more information about RAMTEC @ MVCTC, visit www.mvctc.com/RAMTEC or follow MVCTC on Facebook (Facebook.com/MVCTC) or Twitter (Twitter.com/MVCTC).
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Picture: MVCTC Superintendent, Dr. Nick Weldy, accepting a $10,000 donation from Dave Dunaway, President of Ramco Electric Motors. The donation goes towards the Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC) at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) to support the school’s efforts to provide a viable and highly trained workforce.
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