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CMA NEWS ROUNDUP

The MiLL

welcomes

its first

students

The Manufacturing Industry Learning enrolled in the MiLL’s first semester industry partners. Machines include a
Labs – aka “the MiLL” – that we wrote courses, Beginning Cabinet Manufac- Weeke CNC router, Stiles edgebander,
about in the PROfiles summer issue is turing 1/2 (first of two semesters) and Timesavers sander, Altendorf table
up and running! second-year Cabinet Manufacturing saw, SCM case clamp, Striebig panel
3/4 (the third semester of a total of 4 saw, JLT clamping systems, eight
The 46,000-square-foot training for the entire course).
center in Colorado Springs, designed TigerStops, many Kreg products,
to provide manufacturing training for “In early October, the MiLL welcomed Bessey clamps and Rikon machinery.”
high schools, colleges and industry, industry partners, educators and To read more about this inspiring
began classes in August, Woodworking students to see the rapid progress of venture, go to woodworkingnetwork.
Network (WWN) reported recently on the training center at a special open com and read the full feature. To
its website. house event that demonstrated the
industry’s support,” WWN says in its find it, just type the article title in
About 100 beginning students from feature article on the new facility. the search box on the home page:
Widefield and Fort Carson school “The shop floor is filled with equip- “Industry machines in place for MiLL
districts in Colorado Springs are ment and signs to recognize the many training center.”

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