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Educational Institution
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Contributing
Business(es)
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Amount
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Program
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| St. Paul College
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Ford
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$399,305 |
Partnership
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This grant will provide training in continuous improvement, lean manufacturing
and Six Sigma for 2,085 St. Paul plant employees.
Local contact: Paul Dalton, Customized Training Representative, St. Paul College,
651-846-1429.
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St. Paul College
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Wilson Tool International
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$232,084 |
Partnership
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This grant will help create Wilson Tool University and a succession planning
system. About 481 machinists, managers, engineers, and manufacturing and technical
staff will receive training.
Local Contact: Joy Sommers, Customized Training Representative, St. Paul College,
651-846-1438.
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Northland Community & Technical College |
Lean Health Consortium |
$352,692 |
Partnership
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About 228 employees of Northwest Minnesota healthcare employers will receive
training in lean healthcare practices and continuous improvement.
Local contact: Pat Balstad, Director of Lifelong Learning, Northland Community
and Technical College, 218-773-4524.
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Dakota County Technical College
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Toro |
$398,992 |
Partnership
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Uniform training in lean manufacturing will be given to 1,875 Toro employees
with the grant.
Local contact: Pat McQuillan, Customized Training Coordinator, Dakota County
Technical College, 651-423-8318.
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Pine Technical College
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FLOE International |
$268,000 |
Partnership
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This grant will fund training for 572 employees in four specific areas, including
best safety practices; machine tear down and maintenance and total preventive
maintenance; occupational English and intercultural communication skills; and
foundry orientation and operations.
Local contact: Jason Spaeth, Director, Customized and Continuing Education, Pine
Technical College, 800-521-7463.
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Pine Technical College |
Progress Casting Group |
$283,000
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Partnership
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This grant will fund training for 572 employees in four specific areas, including
best safety practices; machine tear down and maintenance and total preventive
maintenance; occupational English and intercultural communication skills; and
foundry orientation and operations.
Local contact: Jason Spaeth, Director, Customized and Continuing Education, Pine
Technical College, 800-521-7463.
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Alexandria Technical College
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Brenton Engineering |
$280,000 |
Partnership
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This grant will support advanced packaging automation and motion control training
for 150 Brenton Engineering employees. The company, a world leader in the packaging
industry, anticipates adding 24 jobs over the three-year grant period.
Local contact: Chad Coauette, Dean of Customized Training, Alexandria Technical
College, 320-762-4403.
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Central Lakes College
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Crestliner |
$233,416 |
Partnership
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This grant will assist Little Falls’ fourth largest employer to implement
and maintain a formal quality management system. About 423 employees, including
sales, purchasing, customer service and quality manager, will earn continuing
education units for training. In addition, Crestliner plans to hire over 30 employees
during the two-year grant.
Local contact: Rebecca Best, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, Central
Lakes College, 218-855-8143.
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Century Community College
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Reell Precision Manufacturing |
$334,685 |
Partnership
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This grant will support four areas of training for 206 precision-manufacturing
employees, including adult learning styles, coworker foundation skills, workforce
diversity, and Lean Sigma. The project will impact Reell’s productivity
and coworker skill enhancement.
Local contact: Mary McKee, Continuing Education and Customized Training, Century
College, 651-779-3362.
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Rochester Community & Technical College
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Schmidt
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$227,183 |
Partnership
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Located in Byron, Schmidt is the area’s largest commercial print shop and
one of the largest insert card printers in the United States. Training for 171
employees will include web offset press training, advanced web operations, and
bindery training.
Local contact: Sara Bunge, Workforce Development Specialist, Rochester Community
and Technical College, 507-280-3124.
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| South Central Technical College |
Broin Companies |
$131,559 |
Partnership |
This grant will provide 150 Broin Companies mangers, assistants,
operators, controllers, supervisors and maintenance staff training in environmental
and safety issues for the ethanol industry. In addition, SCTC will work with
the company to create a global environment and safety management training
program.
Local contact: Jane Carter, Customized Training Coordinator, South Central
Technical College, 507-389-7326.
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| Minnesota State College - SE Technical |
DBI |
$393,989 |
Partnership |
This grant will provide 228 DBI production, maintenance and
administrative employees with training in leadership and lean manufacturing.
Local contact: Terry Anderson Buck, Custom Consultant, Minnesota State College-Southeast
Technical, 651-385-6308.
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| Minnesota State College - SE Technical |
Red Wing Shoe Company |
$283,566 |
Partnership |
This project will help the Red Wing-based footwear manufacturer
implement a make-to-order process by training 508 employees in Six Sigma,
lean overview, value stream mapping, and total productive maintenance.
Local contact: John Key, Custom Consultant, Minnesota State College - Southeast
Technical, 651-385-6327.
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| Normandale |
Hitchcock Industries |
$393,989 |
Partnership |
This grant will help Hitchcock Industries, supplier to the
aerospace industry, create a “visual workplace”. About 369 employees
will receive training. Visual Power English, and intensive visual-based conversational
English program, will give Hitchcock employees immediate basic conversational
skills.
Local contact: Brenda Dickinson, Director of Continuing Education and Customized
Training, Normandale Community College, 952-487-8238.
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| Normandale |
Taylor Corp. |
$392,064 |
Partnership |
This grant will assist Taylor Corporation implement an Entrepreneurial
Lean Six Sigma program; 1,980 employees will receive training. Wedding and
Greeting Entrepreneurial Business employees will have opportunities for personal
development, recognition, and internal designations.
Local contact: Brenda Dickinson, Director of Continuing Education and Customized
Training, Normandale Community College, 952-487-8238.
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| University of St. Thomas |
Fair Isaac Corp. |
$395,472 |
Partnership |
This grant will support training for 437 employees in computer
programming and project management, and help create a successful business
culture. Employees will earn continuing education units and be given the
opportunity for advancement and pay increases.
Local contact: Janis Aamodt, Program Manager, University of St. Thomas, 651-962-4600.
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| University of St. Thomas |
Tennant |
$392,606 |
Partnership |
This grant will assist Tennant Company by providing a blend
of lean, project management, and Six Sigma training for 899 research and
development, manufacturing, engineers, IT and human resources employees.
Local contact: Marilyn Barth, Program Manager, University of St. Thomas,
651-962-4606.
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| Inver Hills Community College |
Sensor Systems, Goodrich Corp |
$392,606 |
Partnership |
This grant will assist Sensor Systems in entering the homeland
security market by supporting training in optical and laser technology for
164 employees.
Local contact: David Anderson, Dean, Center for Workforce and Professional
Development, Inver Hills Community College, 651-450-8655.
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| Inver Hills Community College |
Xcel |
$377,403 |
Partnership |
This grant will assist Xcel energy move to e-learning, as they
implement a computerized outage management system to be placed in 200 to
300 trucks.
Local contact: Bruce Lindberg, Director, Center for Workforce and Professional
development, Inver Hills Community College, 651-450-8506.
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| Metro State University |
Nursing Consortium |
$399,994 |
Partnership |
This grant will assist the nursing consortium develop an accelerated
Bachelor of Science in nursing and specific continuing education for nurses
and other health professionals. Of 2,500 trainees, 2,470 will earn credit
certificates, and 30 will earn a BSN degree.
Local contact: Marilyn Loen, Executive Director of Nursing, Metropolitan
State University, 651-793-1380.
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Short Form Applications
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Anoka Technical College
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Federal Cartridge |
$42,000 |
Short Form Partnership
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This grant will assist Federal Cartridge implement Lean manufacturing
training. This training will enable Federal Cartridge to place themselves
on the cutting edge of efficient manufacturing technologies.
Local contact: Michael Gallagher, Customized Training Program Director, Anoka
Technical College, 763-576-4788.
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| Anoka-Ramsey Community College |
Top Tool Co. |
$49,444 |
Short Form Partnership |
Top Tool Company’s need are
related to their growth, both in service areas and employees, and a need
to improve processes and systems to cut waste and operate more efficiently.
Local contact: Jess Niebuhr, Director, Continuing Education and Customized
Training, Anoka Ramsey Community College, 763-422-3414.
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| Century Community College |
Axis MN |
$48,910 |
Short Form Partnership |
Axis had identified approximately
seven areas of training needed in order to meet regulatory training requirements
and to meet company quality care standards.
Local contact: Roger Hughes, Director of Business Development, Century College,
651-779-3926.
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| Rochester Community & Technical College |
Modular Computing & Comm |
$49,911 |
Short Form Partnership |
The training provided through this
project will assist the company in successfully launching and growing its
business in the marketplace.
Local contact: Scott Eakins, Workforce Development Specialist, Rochester
Community and Technical College, 507-529-6136.
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| St. Paul College |
Dacon Manufacturing Co. |
$43,511 |
Short Form Partnership |
Having identified opportunities
to increase their sales by entering new markets and developing new customers
Dacon, thru this training will become ISO 9002 registered.
Local contact: Dave Baker, Business Development Manager, St. Paul College,
651-846-1583.
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| St. Paul College |
Industrial Louvers |
$49,922 |
Short Form Partnership |
Industrial Louvers’ goal is
to re-engineer their production processes to become more efficient, improve
their quality control, and create an added sense of value for the customer.
Local Contact: Dave Baker, Business Development Manager, St. Paul College,
651-846-1583.
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| Teamworks |
AKA |
$25,000 |
Short Form Partnership |
This grant will help AKA support
the growth of a new business located in the JobZ Zone in Park Rapids, MN.
Local contact: Cathy Carney, CEO, Teamworks, 218-732-3622.
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| Teamworks |
Lamb-West/RDO |
$36,000 |
Short Form Partnership |
This grant will assist ConAgra/Lamb
Weston/RDO in their efforts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness
of their employees and plant through the efforts of “Best Practices” and
Food Production.
Local Contact: Kath Carney, CEO, Teamworks, 218-732-3622.
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| Teamworks |
Renneberg Hardwoods |
$42,000 |
Short Form Partnership |
Renneberg Hardwoods has grown from
a two-man shop to a company with double-digit growth. In order to continue
on their growth plan and become more efficient, they are going to need to
develop a Lean and effective manufacturing environment.
Local Contact: Kath Carney, CEO, Teamworks, 218-732-3622.
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| Century College |
Axis MN |
$150,000 |
HELP Loan |
Axis Minnesota, Inc. will partner
with Century College using both loan proceeds and MJSP grant funds. The loan
proceeds are needed to cover additional costs of changing and improving the
training methods and formalizing the training process, as well as implementing
more robust documentation and tracking systems.
Local contact: Roger Hughes, Director of Business Development, Century College,
651-779-3926.
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