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MassHire Workforce Boards: Regional Partnerships, Local Impact Look inside for more information about how this network can help your business… We can help your business… Make MassHire your one stop shop to connect your business with specific training and job placement services in the manufacturing industry. MassHire North Central Workforce Board 100 Erdman Way Leominster, MA (978) 534-1023 Jeff Roberge, Executive Director masshirenorthcentralwb.com MassHire Central Region Workforce Board 340 Main St., Suite 400 Worcester, MA (508) 799-1509 Jeff Turgeon, Executive Director masshirecentral.com I t's easy to grow comfortable in a routine, but Slideways CEO Tom Sioui says that's not how it works in his shop. "Some companies are open to change and trying new things, and some are not," said Sioui. "Our culture here is open to making changes." Located on Plantation Street in Worcester, Slideways manufactures products akin to its name. Since 1994, the company has produced plastic parts for conveyor systems and packaging machinery. ose parts are then used on machines conveying boxes and food products, or else are used as part of the food processing system, itself. Sioui and his partner, Glenn Priest, were already working in the industry when they decided to branch out on their own in the early 1990s. Sioui and Priest saw room for another competitor in their market, and so, Slideways was born. To maintain its hold in a competitive industry, Slideways has undertaken a company-wide training endeavor to increase its manufacturing efficiency. Virtually everyone at Slideways, Sioui said, has taken at least one class as part of a program developed by the F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G A W A R D S BY MONICA BUSCH Cool STUFF Digital Editor Training for better profits Slideways has reaped benefits from putting new training programs in place