Okuma America Corp. and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in North Carolina have partnered on a new training program.

The Okuma-Rowan-Cabarrus partnership will provide technical training to Okuma customers, distributors, and employees at the new Okuma Machine Tool Academy (OMTA) located within the College's Advanced Technology Center on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

The Okuma Machine Tool Academy is expected to house several Okuma flagship products, including an Okuma LB3000 EX II horizontal lathe and an Okuma GENOS M460V-5AX five-axis vertical machining center. Courses are planned to commence in October 2021 and will be offered in three focus areas: electrical maintenance, mechanical maintenance, and programming and operations. All courses will be led in-person by a full-time instructor, and online and hybrid course offerings will be made available in the future.

The Advanced Technology Center opened its doors in 2019 and is over 53,000 sq. ft. in size. It provides various classrooms, collaboration spaces and lounges for program participants to utilize. The Okuma Machine Tool Academy was built specifically for industrial machine tool training and is equipped with overhead utilities and six-inch level concrete floors to support flexible machine layouts and configurations.

For more information on training courses, visit okuma.com/training.
For information on Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, visit www.rccc.edu.