Editor's Comments: Skilled press operators are yet another industry segment affected by the skills gap. SkillsUSA has been going since 1967 and it is great to see Xerox step-up and sponsor the competition. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — July 10, 2017 — As a generation of skilled press operators retires, many managers at leading graphic communications firms and in-plant departments struggle to find qualified replacements. To help fill that void, Xerox and Electronics for Imaging (EFI) on

Editor's Comments: It is great to see GE taking the lead and proactively closing the skills gap in manufacturing. It is exciting to read about an organization that is not talking about old-time manufacturing struggling to survive but embracing the digital future of robotics, artificial intelligence and additive technologies. I don't think for a moment that this is easy: for GE or for any other manufacturing organization. The skills gap has proven to be highly complex and d

This article originally appeared on the Department of Commerce’s blog, Commerce.gov. Guest blog post by John Killam, Director of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP). A U.S. Air National Guard veteran, a high school dropout, a person with a background in sales and a family man who hadn’t been in a classroom for twenty years; four men on very different paths that ultimately led to one destination…the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership’