Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Motion Control
10/6/2016If you’re having trouble finding highly skilled talent in manufacturing equipment, a contest with awards in cash and travel might help. That’s the logic behind Rotor Clip’s Ring-A-Majig student competition.
Rotor Clip is a manufacturer of retaining rings, wave springs, and self-tightening hose clamps that serves the global automotive, distribution and general industrial markets. The company launched a contest last year that asked students to create a product using a number of the company’s rings. “We’ve always been concerned about skills shortage and wanted to make sure there was enough technical expertise,” Joe Capello, global marketing director at Rotor Clip, told Design News. “We wanted to create some enthusiasm in technical solutions, so we tried to inspire creativity and enthusiasm among students to help them develop the skills we need to keep our industry healthy.” (…)
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