Leadership teams from Okuma America Corporation and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College have announced 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, NC.
The OMTA 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 (VMC). 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 53,000 sq. ft. in size. It provides various classrooms, collaboration spaces and lounges for program participants to utilize. The OMTA 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, said, "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."
OMTA 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, NC. Program participants also have the option to incorporate a visit to Charlotte, NC, to tour Okuma America Corporation's headquarters, and to visit Welcome, NC, 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," said 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 available at okuma.com/training.
For more information contact:
Natalie Rogers
Training Program Manager
Okuma America Corporation
11900 Westhall Drive
Charlotte, NC 28278
704-504-6040
nrogers@okuma.com
www.okuma.com/training
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Advanced Technology Center
525 John Snow Drive
Kannapolis, NC 28081
www.rccc.edu