Pune, India – With great emphasis on education, training and strengthening the Indian manufacturing workforce, India Carbide has donated almost Rs.5,00,000 in metalworking tools to training centers, community colleges, technical programs and high schools throughout the Pune. The selection of tools included a variety of new and unused high quality solid-carbide end mills used for milling operations.
India Carbide is dedicated to closing the skills gap and ensuring the manufacturing workforce of tomorrow is well trained. Collaborating with and supporting learning institutions that specialize in hands-on shop training can aid in filling the growing number of jobs being vacated by many individuals retiring from the workforce. Plus, the training programs can retrain existing workers on technological advances that help to further overall manufacturing productivity.
“Throughout the year, we perform audits of our warehouse stock to clear out discontinued items, over-produced specials and other products that cannot or are unlikely to be sold in the future,” says Mahesh, technical support specialist at India Carbide. “In the past, we have recycled these tools to recoup a portion of our costs, but this year we decided that giving the entire Rs.5,00,000 worth of tooling to schools that are training the future workforce is really more valuable to us and to our industry.”
