Emuge Donates More Than $100,000 of Tooling to Community College

Emuge Corp. (West Boylston, Massachusetts) has donated hundreds of high-performance taps, end mills and other rotary cutting tools to Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) of Worcester, Massachusetts. The tool donation, valued at more than $100,000, will be used to support the college’s new machining technology program.

QCC is expanding and updating its Manufacturing Technology Center, a multi-million dollar facility housing a range of technological equipment on its main Worcester campus. This center provides students with hands-on learning experiences with CNC machining centers, metrology equipment and an array of tools and software. The Manufacturing Technology Center is designed to complement the college’s STEM programming in the soon-to-be-opened QuEST Center (Quinsigamond Engineering, Science and Technology Center).

“We are thrilled to have received this very generous donation of tools from Emuge,” says Dr. Gail Carberry, president of QCC. “We are especially pleased that Emuge reached out to us regarding the donation at a time when we are actively building and implementing expanded programming in manufacturing and engineering technologies.” She adds, “The tools will be a huge plus for the program.”

“We are pleased to support QCC’s manufacturing education program by collaborating with not only tool donations, but also offering our knowledge and expertise in today’s advanced precision manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, defense, medical and automotive,” says Bob Hellinger, president of Emuge. The company has a technology center near the school. He adds, “Hopefully we can also offer recruitment opportunities wherever possible for QCC students, especially as we expand our manufacturing capabilities in our West Boylston facility. Keeping an eye on our future, it is certainly in our interest to acquire skilled manufacturing talent.”