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G.W. Becker has been working closely with the Penn-Northwest Development Corp and the Lawrence-Mercer Manufacturers Coalition. Meanwhile, without duplicating such existing
programmes as WEDNet and Next Generation Industry Partnerships, the Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grant Program helps companies to identify and train a skilled workforce for existing or near-future open positions and engage youth or those with barriers in awareness building activities of career opportunities in manufacturing and/or advance capacity for local or regional manufacturers.
G.W. Becker's custom 15t overhead crane class D.
Meeting demand A major driver of Pennsylvania’s manufacturing sector – and its demand for overhead cranes and hoists – is the Manufacturing PA Initiative. According to the DCED, this initiative supports the state’s manufacturing community through strategic partnerships with companies specialising in medical devices, organic foods nanomaterials and metal products, as well as job training programmes to develop a skilled workforce. The DCED said on its website that the Manufacturing PA Initiative includes three new programmes – the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program, Industrial Resource Centers and the Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Grant Program. The department said that the Manufacturing PA
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Innovation Program leverages the internationally acclaimed science and engineering talent and discovery capacity at all of Pennsylvania’s institutions of higher education to help ensure that the state remains a national and international leader in manufacturing and achieves the full economic potential for good, well-paying manufacturing jobs. It states that Pennsylvania’s seven Industrial
Resource Centers are the state’s lead economic development organisations, specialising in providing technical assistance to its manufacturing sector by assisting companies with improved bottom line strategies, productivity enhancement and waste elimination, as well as topline growth by supporting strategic initiatives, new and improved products, market differentiation and workforce development strategies.
In addition, Piso says some of the growth in construction of greenfield facilities and expansion of existing facilities and crane upgrades in Pennsylvania has been supported by regional development resources within the state. For example, G.W. Becker has been working closely with two such regional organisations – the Penn- Northwest Development Corp and the Lawrence- Mercer Manufacturers Coalition. He explains that Penn-Northwest Development Corp has helped keep G.W. Becker in-tune with economic development opportunities, offering resources that support business growth, workforce development and local investment, while the Lawrence-Mercer Manufacturers Coalition provides a network of industry peers, helping the company to stay informed about manufacturing trends, workforce training programmes and advocacy efforts to strengthen its operations. On its website, Penn-Northwest Development
Corp explains that it was formed to confront and overcome any economic challenges being faced in Pennsylvania’s Mercer County and that it prepares a programme of work each year that state specific, measurable goals and objectives to help it execute the strategies that are needed to
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