Leadership teams from Okuma AmericaCorp. and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (Rowan-Cabarrus)
announce a corporate training partnership between the two organizations.
The Okuma-Rowan-Cabarrus partnership will provide technical training to
Okuma customers, distributors, and employees at the new Okuma Machine Tool
Academy (OMTA) located within the College’s Advanced Technology Center on the
North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, N.C. The Okuma Machine Tool
Academy is expected to house several Okuma flagship products, including an
Okuma LB3000 EX II horizontal lathe and an Okuma GENOS M460V-5AX 5-axis
vertical machining center. Courses are planned to commence in October 2021 and
will be offered in three focus areas: electrical maintenance, mechanical
maintenance, and programming and operations. All courses will be led in-person
by a full-time instructor, and online and hybrid course offerings will be made
available in the future.
The state-of-the-art Advanced Technology Center opened its doors in 2019
and is over 53,000ft2 in size. It provides various classrooms,
collaboration spaces and lounges for program participants to utilize. The Okuma
Machine Tool Academy was built specifically for industrial machine tool
training and is equipped with overhead utilities and 6” level concrete floors
to support flexible machine layouts and configurations.
Ira Busman, vice president of customer service at Okuma, expressed his
excitement about the program – “Providing robust training and ongoing
educational tools for our customers is one way that Okuma fulfills our mission
of passionately pursuing a customer for life. We are very excited about
the alliance with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and the modern tools and
services they can provide at the new ATC facility.”
The Okuma Machine Tool Academy is conveniently located less than 30
minutes away from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport and is steps away
from various lodging, restaurant and entertainment options in downtown
Kannapolis, N.C. Program participants also have the option to incorporate a
visit to Charlotte, N.C., to tour Okuma America Corp.'s headquarters, and to
visit Welcome, N.C., to experience the campus of Okuma’s official NASCAR
partner, Richard Childress Racing.
“Rowan-Cabarrus is thrilled to partner with Okuma to provide an
outstanding location for the training academy at the College’s Advanced
Technology Center located in Kannapolis,” says Rowan-Cabarrus President Dr.
Carol Spalding. “By collaborating to offer these training opportunities, Okuma
and Rowan-Cabarrus will be helping tomorrow’s professionals develop top-notch
skills. We are excited to welcome future participants to the North Carolina
Research Campus.”
Future updates about the training courses will be shared at okuma.com/training.