Technical College System of Georgia Volume 20, Number 1 CENTERS OF ACTION Checking in on the latest from Quick Start's statewide training centers Starts on page 10 From top: Kia Georgia Training Center; Georgia Advanced Manufacturing Training Center; and Georgia BioScience Training Center www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Notes Quick Start's training trends, and a pause for re ection "... over the past decades, Quick Start has helped attract thousands of new companies to Georgia, creating more than a million new jobs. None of that 2 would have happened without Dr. Breeden's vision." Just a little more than 10 years ago, Quick Start operated from regional of ces located around Georgia. Since then, dramatic changes have transformed manufacturing and other businesses. Likewise, Quick Start has adapted to those changes. In this issue, we catch up with Quick Start's latest innovations in the development and delivery of customized workforce training. The biggest change has been the Quick Start training centers built and operated to customize training in a wide range of advanced manufacturing technologies, from biotech to automation and robotics. The rst was the Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point, Ga., to support the revival of industry in West Georgia. That investment has paid off with the creation of more than 15,000 direct jobs in the region. And now we are preparing to open our latest, the Georgia Advanced Manufacturing Training Center in Savannah, Ga., to support new and existing businesses in that booming region. Remembering Dr. Kenneth Breeden Almost always in this newsletter we celebrate Georgia's good news. New jobs. New companies. New opportunities. Sometimes, however, the news isn't always welcomed. So it was this past December when we lost Dr. Kenneth Breeden, one of Georgia's visionary leaders. We could write a book about Dr. Breeden's intelligence, humor, and deep commitment to improving lives. Dr. Breeden led the development of the Technical College System as we know it today, and de ned Quick Start's mission and vision. His impact on Georgians is immeasurable, but consider this: over the past decades, Quick Start has helped attract thousands of new companies to Georgia, creating more than a million new jobs. None of that would have happened without Dr. Breeden's vision. We at Quick Start are proud to be living his vision, and continuing what he called "a tradition that is based on hope, dedication, and dreams." Jackie Rohosky Deputy Commissioner jrohosky@georgiaquickstart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Table of Contents 10 3 Events Around the State 5 Accelerated Development Quick Start helps P&G hires get up to speed 6 Boom Box U.S. Corrugated Inc. and 10 Centers of Action Each of Quick Start's training centers Quick Start team up for growth provides unique training and learning 8 On A Roll Quick Start's predictive maintenance opportunities for companies and future employees alike 6 training helps Irving Consumer Products prepare for the expected 15 Quick Start FY2018 The scal year in review Volume 20, Number 1 Published by Georgia Quick Start www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start is a registered service mark of the Technical College System of Georgia -- Matt Arthur, Commissioner. Please address comments and questions to: Dr. Rodger Brown, Executive Director of Marketing and Strategic Media rbrown@georgiaquickstart.org Georgia Quick Start 75 Fifth St. NW, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30308 Events Next Generation Manufacturing Event www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 19, No. 4 From left: Jackie Rohosky, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) deputy commissioner, Dr. Jurgen Hring, owner and president of Hring Precision's parent company Anton Hring KG, and Andrea Daniel, president of Athens Technical College Hring Precision pinpoints Georgia Hring Precision USA LP, Georgia Quick Start and Athens Technical College formalized a training plan in a ceremony at the company. Hring provides high precision parts and assemblies for nearly every car in the world. The 600,000-plussquare-foot Lavonia, Ga., plant manufactures parts for transmissions, brakes, sensors, injectors, steering, undercarriages, camshaft and camshaft settings and e-mobility for the auto industry and is expected to hire 400 employees from the Hart County region, with the plant fully functional by July. Dr. Jurgen Hring, owner and president of Hring Precision's parent company Anton Hring KG, said the company looked at other sites but Georgia "was the best," citing a close connection to some of its customers and Harts eld-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as key factors in the site decision. He expects to hire 300 to 400 employees within three years. The rst products being manufactured are parts for fuel injectors and the company's largest customer is Bosch, which has a plant in Charleston, S.C. Andrea Daniel, president of Athens Technical College, recalls it was four years ago she was invited to a meeting with North Georgia Technical College and from that meeting ATC took "a non-traditional approach" to send some of its students to Hring's headquarters in Bubsheim, Germany, for intensive and extensive training in the German language and culture and Hring's culture. The partnership with Hring is unique for Georgia Quick Start, says Jackie Rohosky, deputy commissioner. "And we are with you for the long haul. We're going to bring our talents to your program to help you grow." The Next Generation Man- ufacturing event, held Oct. 2, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta, brought together hundreds of manufactur- ing executives from Georgia and the Southeast. From left: Aprio CEO and Managing Partner Richard Kopelman, Next Generation Manu- facturing Executive Director Regina Maddox and Metcam President Bruce Hagenau were part of the day-long event, which included panel discus- sions and the release of the 2018 3 Georgia Manufacturing Survey. Georgia Manufacturing Summit The Georgia Manufacturing Summit was held Oct. 10, 2018, at Cobb Galleria Centre in metro Atlanta. Jamey Jackson, president of Malone Workforce Solutions, shown at podium, was the moderator of a workforce development panel discussion at the fourth annual summit, hosted by the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance. The summit highlighted manufacturing successes in Georgia. More than 40 organizations and companies were represented at the event. Events www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Carrying the Torch FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, the Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association hosted the annual Southern Automotive Conference 4 recently at the Cobb Galleria Centre in metro Atlanta. Despite the attraction of hundreds of auto-related displays and panels of stellar industry professionals, Quick Start contributed to the excitement with the only booth display that breathed re. Virtual re, of course, but real clouds of show-biz smoke and crackling sound effects that attracted crowds to the virtual welder at Quick Start's booth, where visitors could try their hand at one of the most in-demand skills in manufacturing. Photos, from top left: Matt Arthur, commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia, tries his hand at the virtual welder, with help from Bobby Free, Quick Start Advanced Manufacturing Technology training coordinator. Don Price, Quick Start training coordinator, demonstrates the virtual welder to Charles Stallworth, director of business recruitment at Georgia Power, and Jackie Rohosky, deputy commissioner. Technical colleges participating included Lanier Tech, bottom left, Atlanta Tech and Gwinnett Tech. Other partners in the workforce development pavilion included TCSG, bottom right, Georgia Southern, Central Educational Center, Georgia Tech and The University of Georgia. Feature Accelerated Quick Start helps P&G hires Development get up to speed in training www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Procter & Gamble routinely trains its new Albany, Ga., employees in-house, but in 2018 decided it needed help from Quick Start to boost the training level. "The Georgia Quick Start pro- gram has really helped us at P&G accelerate development of new 5 employees, about 39," says Werhner Washington, plant manager, P&G Albany, where the Procter & Gamble, a long-time partner with Georgia Quick Start, turned once again to the program to accelerate training of new employees, who will eventually replace a retiring workforce. consumer products giant manufactures and lubrication, as well as seals Washington says. "This allowed us Bounty paper towels and gaskets and introduction to to accelerate the development of and Charmin bath tissue. "Many piping systems. these folks." of these new employees The Albany facility, who went through this which employs almost 700, program, and with only is the primary supplier of about a year of experi- Bounty and Charmin to the ence, are nearing the skill southeastern United States level of those who have and Puerto Rico. 10 years of service." In addition to the For P&G, that's huge, production role, the P&G he says. The plant hasn't plant also has a devel- hired any new plant technicians since 2009, and has an aging work- "The Georgia Quick Start program has really helped us at P&G accelerate opment site for Charmin products responsible for gauging consumer needs force, Washington says. The recent Quick Start training allowed P&G development of new employees." -- WERHNER WASHINGTON, PLANT MANAGER, P&G ALBANY and translating them into product innovation. The Albany facility, "to develop employees which is one of the who can step in [with maintenance] "At P&G, we can train on our Cincinnati-based company's largest as some of our workforce nears technology, but some of these areas, plants, is the largest manufacturer retirement." like mechanical fasteners, pumps in Dougherty County, in southwest The recent training included and valves, the only way our folks Georgia, and celebrated its 40th mechanical fasteners, drive systems can learn is through experience," year in the area in 2013. Feature www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 A U.S. Corrugated employee oversees plain boxes as they run through a machine that prints and cuts to a client's speci cations. Boom Box 6 Georgia Quick Start helps U.S. Corrugated Inc. grow in Covington The growth in e-commerce has corrugated packaging materials, in done more than make shopping Covington is growing and projected in your bathrobe more socially to add 75 jobs, with Georgia Quick acceptable. Start training its new employees. It's also made the corrugated U.S. Corrugated opened its box your new best friend. (You Covington facility, one of three probably call it cardboard, but see full-line corrugator plants for the the sidebar on the next page to Washington, Pa.-based manufac- learn the difference.) turer, in January 2018 and is adding That means more business for second and third shifts to keep up companies making corrugated pack- with booming demand. aging. And it's not just e-commerce The manufacturing plant not -- food and beverage companies only makes corrugated board, the make up almost half the market for building block of a box, it also corrugated materials. Forecasters operates converters, which make predict that the market will grow custom boxes for various clients. to almost $300 billion in the U.S. alone within the next decade. "Quick Start has provided training every step of the way and allowed us It's one reason U.S. Corrugated Inc., a national manufacturer of to meet our expansion goals." -- DENNIS MEHIEL, U.S. CORRUGATED FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO To develop training on this new technology, Quick Start carried out detailed analysis of the company's equipment, processes, and quality standards, said John Morrison, training manager at the Quick Start/Athens Training Center and lead for the U.S. Corrugated project. Quick Start's Sterling Daniel and Toney L. Ferguson discuss improving training materials for U.S. Corrugated. Feature www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 From left: The Covington plant uses several quality control devices to check for product accuracy. Quick Start Training Manager John Morrison and Nelson Concepcion, U.S. Corrugated quality assurance manager, measure a at box for custom speci cations. "This is U.S. Corrugated's Quick Start is helping the are running 1,500 feet per minute," latest plant," Morrison explained. company with comprehensive Morrison said, "if something goes 7 "It has some very new equipment training that includes safety, wrong, you can have a whole lot of that hasn't been used before in the process controls and operations. wasted paper." United States by the company." A critical "We're pioneering an The company recognizes the emphasis is on innovative 21st-century value of customized training. quality. Morrison manufacturing culture "Quick Start has provided train- explained the to go along with our ing every step of the way and material has to cutting-edge equip- allowed us to meet our expansion be continually ment," Mehiel said. goals," said Dennis Mehiel, U.S. monitored for "Quality control is a huge part of Corrugated founder, chairman and warping, humidity, pH levels and what we offer. The way we meet our CEO. "That has been a win for other factors. customers' demand is with quality U.S. Corrugated and for our "There is a high degree of throughout, customer service employees in Covington." quality checking because when you and reliability." A warp gauge helps provide quality Toney L. Ferguson uses a warp gauge to check a stack of corrugated control on nished product. material for warp. Cardboard v. Corrugated Cardboard typically refers to a thick paper stock or heavy pulp-type board. Think of material used for cereal boxes or greeting cards. Corrugated board is made from multiple layers of heavy paper used for liners and uted (ruf ed) medium. Think of a typical shipping box from an online retailer or pizza delivery box. Feature www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start Training Coordinator David Gagnon, center, shows Irving Consumer Products employees how to use Ultrasonic Testing to check equipment for leaks. On A Roll Quick Start trained Irving employees on several predictive maintenance practices as part of Advanced Manufacturing Training. Quick Start's predictive maintenance training helps Irving Consumer Products prepare for the expected Sometimes, making products consumers expect to be as tissue machine that integrates a two new courses in predictive complete tissue production process maintenance: Ultrasonic Testing soft as possible requires the use 8 of some hardcore advanced in one piece of equipment. The automated and Infrared Thermography. Infrared manufacturing technology. system requires Thermography, That's the case with Irving Irving's main- for example, Consumer Products, a Canada- tenance team uses heat based company that plans to create to be prepared detection to 200 new jobs when it opens a to identify potential problems spot potential problems in motors, new $400-million tissue manufac- before they can impact production. bearings and shafts, said Bobby turing facility in Macon, Ga. in "Anticipating issues before they Free, AMT training coordinator. early 2019. Irving will produce become problems is critical for "You establish a baseline on ultra-premium quality household complex operations like this," said equipment and you document paper products including soft bath Vic Desmarais, director of Quick the temperature over time," Free tissue and absorbent paper towels. Start's Advanced Manufacturing explained. "If you see temperatures A key part of Irving's new Training (AMT) team. To meet rising, that can indicate damage or operation is the Advantage ThruAir Irving's needs, Quick Start designed a malfunction." Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Feature www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Irving Consumer Products plans to add 200 employees to its new tissue plant in Macon, Ga. Irving manufactures bath and facial tissue and paper towels for both the U.S. and Canadian markets. "All of our people so far have gone equipment," said Susan Williams, Irving's Macon facility, said that Quick Start and Central through the training ... It not only Quick Start Georgia Technical College have gets our people trained, but it helps training coordinator for the been critical in meeting the company's accelerated start-up sched- 9 us save money." project. "Irving's entire warehouse ule, and ensuring all employees have a common foundation -- BRIAN SOLHEIM, PLANT MANAGER, IRVING MACON will be made up understanding the operation. of laser-guided "All of our people so far While the innovative technology vehicles (LGV) have gone through the training," and advanced training can give and robotics, so we developed Solheim said, noting the numerous Irving a competitive edge, a wide customized LGV and robotic bene ts to Quick Start's customized range of additional Quick Start safety training." Additional training. training is being provided to help hands-on training included "The collaboration is great," ensure overall success. manufacturing technologies and he said. "It not only gets our "This plant is technologically reading complex schematics. people trained, but it helps us advanced with state-of-the-art Brian Solheim, plant manager at save money." The Valmet machine Produced by the company Valmet, a leading innovator in the pulp and paper industry, the Advantage ThruAir tissue machine will be used by Irving Consumer Products at the new Macon facility. Robert K. Irving, president of Irving Consumer Products, said that installing the innovative system at the new plant "will help Irving Consumer Products continue to grow and deliver premium quality tissue paper products to our customers," increasing production capacity for bath tissue and towel products with excellent performance strength and absorbency. Centers of Action www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org For Kia, West Point is home What began as a trade mission to Korea in 2003 resulted in one of Georgia's top manufacturers: Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. As Kia executives began considering Georgia for the plant in West Point, Kia Georgia Training Center YEAR OPENED: 2008 Ga., a Quick Start team drew up training plans for what Kia would need to open and operate the plant. The result was construction of the Kia Georgia Training Center, completed in 2008. LOCATION: West Point, Ga. 10 PURPOSE: Houses robotics labs, Now, Kia is in its 10th year of production and in 2019 expects to produce its 3 millionth assessment stations and other vehicle, making West Point training labs to facilitate Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc., which announced in 2006 it would build a $1.2 billion automotive assembly plant in West Point. MILESTONE: KMMG recently began production of the Telluride, its largest SUV, at the West Point facility. the hub of job growth in the region. Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia is responsible for 15,000 direct jobs in the state. At the West Point facility, Kia manufactures the award-winning Sorento, Optima and has just begun production on the Telluride, the company's largest SUV. Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Kia rolls out the Telluride Gov. Brian Kemp spoke at the start of production ceremony at Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. Feb. 15, noting that Kia represents 15,000 jobs in the West Point, Ga., region and Kia's corporate footprint represents a $3.7 billion investment."Because of strong principled leadership, the company understands the importance of a solid workforce, heavily investing in its team members and encouraging them to be involved in community engagement. This foresight pays immeasurable dividends and directly contributes to the company's success across the globe." www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Centers of Action 11 "Because of strong principled leadership, [Kia] understands the importance of a solid workforce, heavily investing in its team members and encouraging them to be involved in community engagement." -- BRIAN KEMP, GOVERNOR, STATE OF GEORGIA From left: Stuart Countess, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. chief administrative of cer; KMMG President & CEO Jang Soo (Jason) Shin; Consul General of the Republic of Korea Young-jun Kim; Gov. Brian Kemp; Kia Super Bowl LIII ad star Korbin Pope; Kia Motors North America President & CEO SeungKyu (Sean) Yoon; Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson; Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Matt Arthur; and Georgia Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Christopher Nunn. Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Centers of Action www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start/Athens Training Center YEAR OPENED: 2013 Quick Start and Caterpillar -- A Showcase Training Partnership LOCATION: Athens, Ga. PURPOSE: Originally designed to support Caterpillar's Athens plant, 12 Quick Start's customized training services were a major incentive for Caterpillar's decision. To support the plant's 3-5-year hiring sched- ule, Quick Start installed equipment in a dedicated facility on the Athens the Quick Start/Athens Training Center today serves regional companies with a custom-built Simulated Work Environment (SWE), assembly, Technical College campus. Quick Start trained new employees on tools, welding and other advanced manu- parts and equipment unique to Caterpillar. facturing training. A highlight was the Simulated Work Environment (SWE), a scale model MILESTONE: Since Caterpillar of the production facility that emphasized principles and processes related began production in Athens in 2013, to performance, quality and values. more than 48,000 machines have Today, the Quick Start/Athens Training Center provides training for been produced. manufacturers throughout the region. Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Athens site announced Quick Start begins operation of the Athens Training Center Quick Start trainees top 700 Quick Start training reaches 1,500 new employees FEB MAR 2012 2012 Athens groundbreaking ceremony JAN MAR 2013 2013 Day one in the Athens Facility JUL DEC JUL 2014 2014 2015 Quick Start's welding training begins with 100% certification score by corporate engineers DEC 2014 30,000 machines produced since day one 5 Year Anniversary OCT 2018 48,000 machines produced Caterpillar Athens Marks Fifth Anniversary Caterpillar recently celebrated the fth anniversary of its Building Construction Products Division's facility in Athens, Ga., where about 1,600 people are employed making mini hydraulic excavators and small, track-type tractors. Since starting production in 2013, the Georgia operation has turned out 48,000 machines. Centers of Action www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Constant Companion -- Quick Start's BioScience Georgia BioScience Training Center Training Center Goes With the Flow 13 YEAR OPENED: 2015 LOCATION: Covington, Ga. PURPOSE: Georgia announced Quick Start would build and operate the new BioScience Training Center when Baxter International Inc. selected the state for its new plasma fractionation facility in 2012. MILESTONE: Takeda traces its founding back to 1781. As of 2019, the company becomes part of Georgia's bio sector with its acquisition of the Covington facility. Georgia won big in 2012 when Baxter picked Covington as the site for a biomanufacturing facility to produce therapeutic products derived from blood plasma. The biotech sector took notice. The Covington facility was so desirable, it's changed hands three times in the past four years. In January it was bought by Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. From the beginning, Quick Start and our Georgia BioScience Training Center have continued to provide innovative training support. Takeda Takes the Lead When Takeda Pharmaceuticals completed its $62 billion acquisition of Ireland-based Shire, it cemented its place as one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical companies. The Covington facility had already been producing GAMMAGARD LIQUID, and in February received FDA approval to sell albumin for blood volume replacement therapy. Centers of Action www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org Manufacturing 14 Success in Georgia Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 The Georgia Advanced Manufacturing Training Center is the latest Quick Start training facility in the state and will help boost manufacturing in the coastal region. The 50,000-square-foot center will provide local manufacturers with customized workforce training. The center is equipped for a wide-range of advanced manufacturing and smart factory training, including mechatronics, control systems, automation and robotics, sensors, and networked wireless systems. It also includes computer labs and additional exible training space. The center will be run by Quick Start, a division of the Technical College System of Georgia and the state's internationally acclaimed program providing customized training free-of-charge to quali ed new, expanding and existing businesses. Georgia Advanced Manufacturing Training Center YEAR OPENED: 2019 LOCATION: Savannah, Ga. PURPOSE: The 50,000-square-foot center will give regional manufacturers the support, equipment and space they need with training. MILESTONE: The state-of-the-art training facility highlights smart factory and Industry 4.0 technologies. FY2018 Annual Report Operating Results for As the reigning #1 workforce development program in the nation, Georgia Quick Start, part of the Technical College System of Georgia, is Georgia's FY2018 primary discretionary incentive for job creation and retention. Since its origin 51 years ago, Quick Start has trained 1,290,002 Georgians through 7,046 projects, and it has continued to build a reputation of successful partnerships and thriving businesses in FY2018. www.GeorgiaQuickStart.org 95%95% of Quick Start FY1028 projects supported Georgia's advanced manufacturing operations -- the foundation of our economy. 4,790 jobs were created with Quick Start's help in FY2018. 15 Quick Start News Volume 20, No. 1 Investments From Around the Globe Quick Start's free, customized workforce training attracts new 58% New 42% Existing Quick Start delivered 79 customized workforce training programs to companies creating or retaining jobs in Georgia. business and investment from all over the globe. In FY2018, Quick Start delivered 41% of its projects to companies of international origin. These companies came from 11 different countries 62% of projects were located outside Metro Atlanta, representing 69% of FY2018 trainees. 38% 62% Metro Atlanta Projects Projects Were Outside Metro Atlanta 11 countries in 32 projects. Australia Belgium Canada France Germany Israel Italy 32 projects Japan South Korea Sweden United Kingdom 75 Fifth Street NW, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30308-1022 SURVEYS, 9 9 ! WINS Site location pros pick Quick Start as #1 in ninth of nine surveys by Area Development magazine.