October 2013
New Mobile CNC Lab Hires A Director
Kevin Glines selected as “Fab Lab” Director
In collaboration with its Manufacturing Advisory Team partners, North Central Michigan College hired a new director
for the Mobile Digital Manufacturing Lab, the “FAB LAB”. Kevin Glines has been selected to lead this new and
innovative program. Kevin has an extensive manufacturing and Computer Numeric Control (CNC) related
background. He will concentrate on teaching the skills needed by modern manufacturing, to high school and college
students as well as workers already employed by our regions manufacturers.
Kevin grew up in Pennsylvania and has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design. He has several years of
experience in design and engineering, CNC programming and working with a variety of CAD software including
MasterCam and AutoCad. Most recently, Kevin was employed by MTD in Antrim County as a CNC programmer
and consultant on special projects.
Kevin will be the “face” of this fantastic new program, showcasing the FAB LAB to the public, to emphasize the
skilled-technical manufacturing careers that are available. Kevin has the perfect mix of technical skills and the ability
to relate to individuals at all skill levels along with a passion for advancing modern manufacturing in Northern
Michigan.
The FAB LAB is currently being built and equipped and will available for training in late February. For more
information about this exciting option for manufacturing training, contact: Tom Erhart, NLEA tom@northernlakes.net
or Tom Nathe NCMC tnathe@ncmich.edu
The Northern Lakes Economic Alliance (NLEA), brought this idea to the region in response to area manufacturer’s
inability to find skilled people to fill ever increasingly more technical manufacturing skills. The NLEA immediately
assembled a collaborative group of partners, in order to make this project a reality. These partners included:
Northern Lakes Economic Alliance, North Central Michigan College (NCMC), Precision Edge Surgical Products ,
Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Char-Em Intermediate Schools, Northwest Michigan Council
of Governments, Little Traverse Band of Odawa Indians, , Charlevoix County, ACAT Global LLC, Moeller Aerospace
Technology Inc., Industrial Magnetics, Inc, EJ, Honeywell, DE-STA-CO, Boyne City Public Schools, Pellston Public
Schools, East Jordan Public Schools, Central Lake Public Schools…and the list of supporters continues to grow.
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