Local Company is Offering Scholarship to Train Workers
Ankeny-based Accumold is partnering with Des Moines Area Community College to offer a scholarship to train new workers for high-skills manufacturing positions within the company.
Accumold, a high-tech manufacturer based in Ankeny, recently announced the formation of a $50,000 Skills Scholarship program to develop expert workers in tool and die, automation and robotics, as well as other programs at Des Moines Area Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Center. This will lead to up to 30 new high-skill jobs at Accumold. Accumold is in the midst of a 44,000 square-foot expansion to increase production over the next five years that will lead to 100 new positions onto its current workforce of 150. Future opportunities in mold building, CNC programming, automation and robotic development, as well as other high-tech skills, will be needed. This Skills Scholarship fund will be part of the ongoing Accumold Scholars …
