News: Middleton named chair at AMRC Training Centre
Vince Middleton, chair of Newburgh Engineering, has been appointed chair of the new AMRC Training Centre.
Newburgh is a precision engineering specialist that has it's head office and manufacturing facility in Templeborough, Rotherham and a site in Derbyshire. It is a specialist contract manufacturer of component parts and assemblies for the nuclear, defence, oil and gas, petrochemical, aerospace and power generation industries.
The AMRC Training Centre is a £20.5m centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham where the focus will be on 250 students aged from 16 upwards, taken on paid apprenticeships with opportunities to progress on to postgraduate courses.
Vince Middleton, chair of the AMRC Training Centre (pictured above, far left), said: "It's an honour to chair the AMRC Training Centre. It's a landmark in the advanced manufacturing training scene in the region, and it's going to lead the way nationally. Having looked around a lot of other areas, I've seen that there are very few places that have got their act together in employer-led training. By focusing on industry as the customer, the AMRC Training Centre will create exceedingly good people who can go into companies and create wealth and jobs.
"At Newburgh, we've said for a long time that we need to either correct the ills of training, or plan a 20 year exit from manufacturing. One of the main reasons that manufacturers aren't able to grow is that they can't get enough skilled people. The UK advanced manufacturing sector has huge potential and is very well respected around the globe, but if we haven't got the people to do it then we lose out.
"We need exceedingly good people. We really need degree-capable apprentices, which is why the pathways through the Training Centre are critical. People can see it's a high-grade approach, and that helps change the perceptions about apprenticeships."
Other businesses represented on the Training Centre board include Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Tata Steel, Evenort, JRI Orthopaedics, Maher, MTL, Nikken and Polypipe.
Alison Bettac, training director at the AMRC, said: "I'm delighted to welcome Vince as chair of the AMRC Training Centre. As with our established research centres, we are led by our industrial partners, ensuring that everything we do is bringing real value to UK manufacturers.
"Apprentices and students coming to the AMRC Training Centre can be sure that they will be learning the skills they need to forge a rewarding career in some of the world's most exciting and innovative industries."
The board met for the first time last week and will have seen construction of the new 59,000 sq ft building progressing rapidly, with the first steelwork now erected. The building will open in the autumn.
Newburgh website
AMRC Training website
Images: AMRC Training
Newburgh is a precision engineering specialist that has it's head office and manufacturing facility in Templeborough, Rotherham and a site in Derbyshire. It is a specialist contract manufacturer of component parts and assemblies for the nuclear, defence, oil and gas, petrochemical, aerospace and power generation industries.
The AMRC Training Centre is a £20.5m centre on the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham where the focus will be on 250 students aged from 16 upwards, taken on paid apprenticeships with opportunities to progress on to postgraduate courses.
Vince Middleton, chair of the AMRC Training Centre (pictured above, far left), said: "It's an honour to chair the AMRC Training Centre. It's a landmark in the advanced manufacturing training scene in the region, and it's going to lead the way nationally. Having looked around a lot of other areas, I've seen that there are very few places that have got their act together in employer-led training. By focusing on industry as the customer, the AMRC Training Centre will create exceedingly good people who can go into companies and create wealth and jobs.
"At Newburgh, we've said for a long time that we need to either correct the ills of training, or plan a 20 year exit from manufacturing. One of the main reasons that manufacturers aren't able to grow is that they can't get enough skilled people. The UK advanced manufacturing sector has huge potential and is very well respected around the globe, but if we haven't got the people to do it then we lose out.
"We need exceedingly good people. We really need degree-capable apprentices, which is why the pathways through the Training Centre are critical. People can see it's a high-grade approach, and that helps change the perceptions about apprenticeships."
Other businesses represented on the Training Centre board include Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Tata Steel, Evenort, JRI Orthopaedics, Maher, MTL, Nikken and Polypipe.
Alison Bettac, training director at the AMRC, said: "I'm delighted to welcome Vince as chair of the AMRC Training Centre. As with our established research centres, we are led by our industrial partners, ensuring that everything we do is bringing real value to UK manufacturers.
"Apprentices and students coming to the AMRC Training Centre can be sure that they will be learning the skills they need to forge a rewarding career in some of the world's most exciting and innovative industries."
The board met for the first time last week and will have seen construction of the new 59,000 sq ft building progressing rapidly, with the first steelwork now erected. The building will open in the autumn.
Newburgh website
AMRC Training website
Images: AMRC Training
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