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of the project.
According to data collected by
MassMEP, there were positive results
for the manufacturers.
• Increased sales: $4,574,000
• Jobs created: 40
• Jobs retained: 32
• Cost savings: $1,384,075
The companies that participated were:
• Southbridge Sheet Metal
• INCOM
• David Packard Co.
• Dexter-Russell
• G&F Industries
• United Lens
• H.T. Machine
• Magnetic Technologies
• Schott North America
• Swissturn
• T & D Specialties
• Eaton-Wrightline
• ECM Plastics/A. Schulman
• Prematech
• Kinefac
• Stellar Industries
• Primetals Technologies
Jim Laliberte from Primetals
Technologies said in a statement that
these trainings are important, especial-
ly as companies face replacing signifi-
cant portions of their workforce in the
coming years.
"A shortage of adequately skilled
workers in the U.S. is a problem faced
by most companies and could com-
promise the country's economic com-
petitiveness if left unaddressed,"
Laliberte said in a statement.
In January, students at Quinsigamond Community College became the first in the region to
have access to a manufacturing facility with a 3D printer.
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