Wapakoneta High School students were able to get hands-on experience in the manufacturing industry.Â
Flex Machine Tools hosted its "Manufacturing Day" on Friday. The event provided students a first-hand look at manufacturing opportunities in their own backyard, while also getting hands-on experiences.
"It's something I would like to see the schools do more of, getting more hands-on training for the students, out of the classroom, into the field," commented Nick Kennedy, Flex Machine Tools CEO. "So today is a great opportunity for them to get a little flavor of that."
Students were also able to tour different parts of the building as well as departments. Students were shown how sales, video production, and more help Flex Machine Tools operate on a day-to-day basis.
"So they're getting much more than just a walk-through. They're going to see, because a manufacturing company is more than just the machine tools that we are building. It's the sales, the purchasing, the engineering, the marketing part of the company," explained Kennedy.
Nick Kennedy, CEO of Flex Machine Tools, stated that he hopes the event will give some students a spark of interest in the manufacturing industry.Â
"We might have someone here that just a great electrical engineer, a computer engineer, and those are all parts of our company where we need people, and yeah, hopefully we can help inspire some purpose for these kids," added Kennedy.
