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14 | /INSIGHT ON MANUFACTURING • November 2014 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m ED PANELLI KEPT HEARING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN from customers: ey needed welders. Panelli, the global managing director of the automotive segment at Miller Electric Manufacturing in Appleton, says the company knew it couldn't stand idly by. "As manufacturers of welding equipment, we at Miller Electric thought it was in our best interest and in our customers' best interest to find more ways to get more welders trained and into the workforce," he says. at desire led to a unique collaboration with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin to train 120 qualified welders within a year. e project targets E D U C AT I O N & T R A I N I N G Welding a future Hispanic Chamber training program targets underemployed workers BY MARYBETH MATZEK Instructor Loren Beyersdorff leads a team of welding trainees at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau during a program targeting underemployed men and women to fill the growing demand for welders. C O U R T E S Y O F T H E H I S PA N I C C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E O F W I S C O N S I N underemployed and unemployed men and women of all races who might otherwise be qualified for welding training programs, but lack the necessary so skills to be successful. "As manufacturers of welding equipment, we at Miller Electric thought it was in our best interest and in our customers' best interest to find more ways to get more welders trained and into the workforce." – Ed Panelli, global managing director of the automotive segment at Miller Electric Manufacturing