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communications and information, and industry understanding and behaviors. The assessment is a predictor of an applicant's potential to learn the job and function in a precision manufac- turing environment. It is ideal for those entering into manufacturing training programs, apprenticeships, or apply- ing for job vacancies as operators, assemblers and entry-level maintenance technicians.
Keeler and Keremedjiev a Dynamic Training Duo
Clay also notes two other PMA resources that he says have been critical to success in the company’s pressroom: inhouse seminars from Stu Keeler and George Keremedjiev, long-time affiliates of PMA (and contributors to Metal- Forming magazine).
“We recently had Stu here to address some of our engineers on stamping of advanced high-strength steels,” says Clay. “And George has been making presentations here since 2004, after I
Along with encouraging its employees to attend most if not all PMA webinars, Pridgeon & Clay also volunteers its employees to share their expertise by making presentations to the industry. Here, director of operations Keith O’Brien (right) partners with Steve Ramsey, lean-manufacturing specialist and Certified Master Black Belt, to conduct a webinar for PMA on Six Sigma Principles. The webinar was part of a series of events conducted by the PMA Next Gen Leadership Acade- my, a service of the PMA Next Generation Leaders Division.
met him at a PMA event and became aware of his expertise in sensing and in- die electronics. This has helped us earn numerous industry awards (including the PMA Excellence in Process Con- trol Award in 2009 for development of an inline measurement gauge to inspect
parts for flatness around the mounting holes of a steering support bracket).
“I’d conservatively say that our press- es are running 25 percent faster,” Clay adds, “without wrecks, due to the knowledge we’ve picked up from George over the years.” MF
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