PTC is building a regional reputation as the go-to flex space for industrial training programs. ABB, a global supplier of robots, chose the CAM this year as one of its national training sites. And Samsung completed a successful training program at the CAM while its Newberry manufacturing plant was under construction.
Ready to Roll
A Promise to Abbeville Residents
The Foundation for a Bachelor's Degree
From Italy to South Carolina
A quiet, word-of-mouth recommendation of Piedmont Technical College’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) in Laurens has brought 12 students who are completing their training at Azienda Bergamasca Formazione (ABF) ― a regional technical school in picturesque Bergamo, Italy ― to South Carolina for a month of instruction, training, and manufacturing plant tours.
At The Ready
It’s a really great time to live and work in the seven-county region served by Piedmont Technical College. Names like Teijin, Samsung, Lonza, Fujifilm, JTEKT and Colgate Palmolive are making their presence known by creating hundreds of well-paying jobs in our part of the state. But how did they get here?
Life on the EDGE
College recruiters look for qualities like talent, agility and the ability to effectively carry the ball. Nineteen Greenwood County high school students who have the right stuff recently made it to signing day. Their playing field? It’s populated not by turf and football sleds but by CAD tools, safety goggles and robots.