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CNC WEST June/July 2018 www.CNC-West.com 53 land Community College, and located in a nearby fa- cility that PCC is building. The PCC OMIC Training Center, scheduled to open in fall 2020, will emphasize craftsmanship, professionalism, and placing graduates into high-wage, high-demand jobs; with students com- pleting an associate degree or certificate leading to an advanced degree. While Training Center construction is underway, PCC will have a temporary delivery site at Scappoose High School beginning in 2018. OMIC has the strong support of trade unions, in- cluding the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, which recognize the importance of training and apprenticeship programs in growing high-skill, high-wage manufacturing jobs in Oregon via innovation and industry growth. Metals manufacturing is a cornerstone industry for the Greater Portland area, with current employment estimated at nearly 28,000 and approximately 600 small, medium and large metals manufacturing companies. OMIC presents a significant opportunity for the retention and expansion of these firms and the workforce in the re- gion. and appreciate that manufacturing facilities of all sizes will benefit from the state-of-the-art technology, train- ing and business opportunities OMIC brings.” CGTech and Summit join sixteen other OMIC R&D industry and university members in the Scappoose fa- cility: ATI; Blount International; The Boeing Company; Daimler Trucks North America; Hangsterfer’s Labora- tories, Inc.; Kennametal; Mitsubishi Materials Corpora- tion; OSG USA, Inc; Silver Eagle Manufacturing; Vig- or; Walter Tools; and WFL Millturn Technologies and Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech); Oregon State University (OSU); and Portland State University (PSU). The OMIC R&D model focuses research on help- ing indigenous industries increase competitiveness while creating a real partnership with and integration into the local economy. As research activities expand with high-cost, high-value machinery added on to the production floor, OMIC R&D is expected to eventually increase state and regional commercial productivity in manufacturing and stimulate economic growth and de- velopment. OMIC R&D will coordinate its applied research projects with hands-on “earn and learn” apprentice- ship programs at OMIC Training Center, led by Port-