The new building in Reutte, Austria, creates space for the training of up to 240 apprentices in six technical apprenticeship trades.
“With this new building, Plansee sets a clear sign that the training of skilled workers will be even more important in the future for success in business. My sincere congratulations,” explained Governor Günther Platter on the occasion of the official inauguration in Reutte.
“More room, a modern machine park and new technologies create the conditions for continuing to offer top quality training to our apprentices in the future too,” said Karlheinz Wex from the executive board of the Plansee Group.
Apprenticeship training is exclusively offered for the company’s own needs. After successfully concluding the apprenticeship, junior skilled workers will be taken over with a permanent contract.
The new training centre provides 2,700 square metres for the practical part of the training. The machine park is divided into the main areas of the training: handwork, turning, milling, grinding and CNC machines.
In addition, the Plansee Group has invested in new machines for additive manufacturing and grinding. The CNC machines are provided with state-of-the-art software for the programming of the CAM systems.
At the same time, investments have been made in the in-house vocational school. New classrooms and IT rooms as well as laboratories for hydraulics, pneumatics and electrical engineering meet the needs of growing student numbers.
his infrastructure is also used by the students of the new economic engineering-focused secondary school in Reutte, which specialises in business informatics. The students will benefit from the fact that the Plansee Group, as a cooperation partner of the school, will manage the complete practical part of the training.
At present, Plansee and Ceratizit offer the following training for apprentices: metal engineering with the main focus on cutting tools and mechanical engineering, process technology, materials engineering, electrical engineering and laboratory technology.
For the business year 2021/22, the company is also offering jobs for these profiles and is looking forward to dedicated and enthusiastic applicants.
Meanwhile, Ceratizit has acquired the remaining shares in Ceratziti Los Angeles with effect from 1 June. The company, which is part of the Austrian Plansee Group, now holds 100% of the Rancho Domingo, California-based subsidiary.
The Ceratizit Group had acquired the majority of the shares in the company, which at that time was still called Best Carbide Cutting Tools, in early 2017. Today Ceratizit Los Angeles, together with the sites in Warren, MI, Schaumburg, IL, and Rancho Cordova, CA, forms the Group's North American production network. As part of this, the site functions as a specialist for solid carbide tools and in particular high-end micro tools and serves customers throughout the Americas.
Mirko Merlo, president, Ceratizit Group Americas, said: “The Ceratizit Group acquisition of the remaining shares allows us to further expand our footprint and accelerate our growth strategy in the cutting tools market, specifically in high-end micro tools. As a reliable partner and industry leader, we will continue to deliver engineering knowledge and technical proficiency to assist our customers in driving productivity.”
Both parties have agreed not to disclose any financial details of the transaction.
