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Original Message <br /> • From:Mary Jacobson[mailto:mary.jacobson@anokaramsey.edu] <br /> Sent:Friday,October 03,2003 2:27 PM <br /> To:Mary Jacobson <br /> Cc:Jim McCormick;Judy Gall <br /> Subject:Grant Signing E&O Tool and Plastics/Anoka-Ramsey Community College <br /> For Immediate Release <br /> From Anoka-Ramsey Community College <br /> Grant allows Anoka-Ramsey Community College, E & 0 Tool and Plastics to <br /> become partners <br /> The grant signing, Sept. 23, makes the partnership official: Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon <br /> Rapids and Cambridge, and E &0 Tool and Plastics,Elk River, are now working together through a <br /> Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Grant from the State of Minnesota's Department of Employment and <br /> Economic Development. The signing was held at the Black Woods Grill, Elk River,Minn. <br /> Anoka-Ramsey Community College (ARCC) applied and won the grant last spring and actual training is <br /> scheduled to begin next month and run through June 2005. This grant will allow the college to provide <br /> customized training services to employees of E& 0 Tool and Plastics. The objective is to allow the <br /> company to become more competitive in its overseas operations and remain a viable employer in the Elk <br /> River area. <br /> 110 "It will focus on lean manufacturing training, specifically geared to helping E &0 (Tool and Plastics) <br /> implement lean manufacturing processes at their facility," says ARCC Director of Customized Training, <br /> Jim McCormick. "Additional training topics include cell technology, theory of constraint, transitioning <br /> to a lean environment, and safety issues in a lean environment." <br /> Anoka-Ramsey Community College is also managing a similar grant with MISCO (Minneapolis <br /> Speaker Company) that focuses on lean training. The Customized Training area continues to develop <br /> capacities to provide this training to other businesses. <br /> ABOUT ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE <br /> Anoka-Ramsey Community College, with campuses in Coon Rapids and Cambridge,has been a leading <br /> provider of higher education and training in the north suburban area of Minneapolis/St. Paul since 1965 <br /> and East Central Minnesota since 1977. Annually, the college serves over 8,000 learners of all ages as <br /> they pursue associate degrees that transfer as the first two years of a bachelor's degree, or certificate <br /> programs that lead immediately to rewarding careers. <br />