Schaumburg, IL – July 26, 2011 – Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc. has joined forces with the Illinois Worknet, Medusa Consulting and the “Golden Corridor” (an expansive manufacturing core of businesses stretching along I-90 in northern Illinois) to launch an eight-week pilot internship program. Driving this effort is the principal need to introduce young adults (18-21) from the local community to the many great career opportunities manufacturing has to offer. Individuals participating will obtain real work experience ranging from hands-on machine shop and service department projects to warehousing.
Expanding upon this program, Kitagawa-NorthTech will also educate their interns about engineering, sales and customer service capacities; displaying the depth of manufacturing professions. Tim Winard, Chief Operating Officer of Kitagawa-NorthTech, acted immediately upon this opportunity stating, “When we learned that this pilot program would be introducing young people to the world of manufacturing, I knew immediately this was something special and we wanted to be involved. It is a very exciting opportunity to know that the next 8 weeks will provide a life-long impression of the manufacturing industry, how business functions and how it might shape their own career in manufacturing. We are glad that we had a chance to participate and hope for the success of all the participants.”
For more information contact:
Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc.
Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc.
301 E. Commerce Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: 800.222.4138
Email: info@kitagawa.com
Web Site: www.kitagawa.com
About Kitagawa-NorthTech, Inc.
Kitagawa-NorthTech has expert engineers and consultants on staff to ensure every measure is taken to analyze and design specific workholding solutions for lathe and turning center shop needs. Kitagawa-NorthTech is driven to deliver value and focused on helping end users to reduce cycle times, reduce setup and downtime, decrease scrap, increase through put, increase consistency and help grow customer profits.