NTMA Wins 'SkillsUSA' Gold Awards for CNC Mill, Lathe
 MOORPARK, CA,
May 1, 2008 – Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM, software
for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, is pleased
to announce today that the SkillsUSA Competition team from the NTMA
Norwalk & Ontario Facilities took home the Gold medals for CNC Mill
and CNC Lathe categories from the
SkillsUSA 2008
California State Competition held in Fresno, California on April
12th. This latest series of wins is a repeat of the team’s
exceptional performance at the California SkillsUSA Region 6
competition where they won all twelve medals, Gold, Silver and
Bronze, across four categories – CNC Mill, CNC Lathe, Conventional
Mill & Lathe, and Conventional Mill. In recognition of their Gold
medal wins at the California State Competition, the students were
presented with seats of GibbsCAM software.
“We are extremely proud of our students’ accomplishments,” stated
Rick Kumler, Lead Instructor, NTMA Training Centers, Ontario Campus.
“With the training they’ve received our students are ready to enter
the workforce as extremely productive contributors. We look forward
to competing at the national level at the SkillsUSA National
Competition held Kansas City, MO in June.”
The group from the NTMA Norwalk & Ontario Facilities had two Gold
medal winners in the categories of CNC Mill and CNC Lathe. Cynthia
Moran won the Gold medal for CNC Lathe. James Kumler won the Gold
medal for CNC Mill.
“Gibbs and Associates is proud to be an active part of these
student’s future career aspirations,” commented Bill Gibbs, founder
and president of Gibbs and Associates. “Without the youth of today
becoming interested and trained we will not have a workforce of
tomorrow. We wish each and every one of these students who
participated in the Skills USA competition a very promising future
in manufacturing. We are pleased to present them with a seat of
GibbsCAM in recognition of their accomplishments”
About Gibbs and Associates
Gibbs and Associates continues to be a leading provider of
cutting edge CAD/CAM technology, while maintaining its signature
ease-of-use and productivity. Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful is
the guiding philosophy at Gibbs. Gibbs believes in empowering the NC
programmer, machinist, and manufacturing engineer, not eliminating
them. Gibbs’ goal is to introduce manufacturers to new technologies
and new ways of working that makes their machining easier and their
businesses more profitable. To achieve this goal, Gibbs creates
tools that are naturally intuitive, graphically interactive,
extremely visual, associative, and just plain enjoyable to use.
Gibbs provides a total quality solution with the service and support
successful customers require.
The current GibbsCAM product line supports 2- through 5-axis
milling, turning, mill/turning, multi-task simultaneous machining
and wire-EDM. GibbsCAM also provides fully integrated manufacturing
modeling capabilities that include 2D, 2.5D, 3D wireframe, surface,
and solid modeling. GibbsCAM has received Microsoft’s “Works with
Windows Vista” certification. GibbsCAM’s data exchange capabilities
are able to access the broadest range of native and industry
standard CAD data formats. GibbsCAM is certified under the Autodesk
Inventor Certified Application Program, is a Solid Edge Certified
Select Product, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product. GibbsCAM
is either offered or endorsed by a number of leading worldwide
control and machine tool manufacturers, including GE Fanuc,
Infimatic, Siemens, Doosan Infracore, Haas, Index, MAG Fadal, Mazak,
Mitsubishi, Mori Seiki and Tornos. Gibbs and Associates distributes
its products worldwide through a network of international Resellers.
For more information about Gibbs and Associates and its CAM
software packages, call 1-800-654-9399, or visit at
www.GibbsCAM.com.
About Cimatron
With more than 20,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a
leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and
die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is
committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that
streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside
vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time. Cimatron’s
cutting-edge CAD/CAM solutions are widely used in the automotive,
medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries.
Founded in 1982, Cimatron is publicly traded on the NASDAQ
exchange under the symbol CIMT. Cimatron’s subsidiaries and
extensive distributor network are located in over 35 countries to
serve customers worldwide with complete pre- and post-sales support.
For more information, please visit
http://www.cimatron.com.
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