Thursday, August 07, 2008
Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) recently received an outstanding business partnership award from the Rock Hill, SC School District for its service in the promotion of material handling & logistics educational programming in the high school and technical school area.
The result of this effort is the establishment of the Don Frazier Warehousing Training Program as part of the Rock Hill Schools Applied Technology Center. Named for Don Frazier (founder of Frazier Industrial Company), this new program will launch in the 2008-2009 academic year with an entry-level educational program for 93 high school students that includes the creation of a 4,000 square foot working warehouse and training center.
In addition to MHIA, the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) and major local industry including West Marine, Ross Industries, State Farm Insurance, Black & Decker and US Foods contributed to this effort to make it possible for these students to have access to a career in the material handling & logistics industry.
According to Allan Howie, MHIA Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development, “the work done to establishment the Rock Hill Training Center is just the beginning. Plans are already underway to duplicate this program in high schools, technical schools and community colleges across the country in order to get this important training for manufacturing and distribution jobs where it is most needed.”
For more information on this program, contact Allan Howie at 704-676-1190/800-345-1815 or via email at ahowie@mhia.org.
MHIA is an international trade association that has represented the material handling & logistics industry since 1945. MHIA members include material handling and logistics equipment and systems manufacturers, integrators, consultants, publishers, and third party logistics providers. Member companies come from all areas of material handling and various parts of the world, making MHIA a strong national and international representative for the material handling industry. Much of the work of the industry is done within its product-specific sections, councils and affiliates. The association also sponsors trade events, such as ProMat and NA 2010 to showcase the products and services of its member companies and to educate industry professionals on the productivity solutions provided through material handling and logistics.
Contact: Carol Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) (704) 616-1190/800-345-1815 / cmiller@mhia.org
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