Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry was honored Nov. 7 at a celebration where it was named by the Wisconsin Technical College System as the recipient of a Futuremaker Partner Award in recognition of its relationship with Lakeshore Technical College.
Futuremaker Awards are announced four times a year by the WTCS to pay tribute to the valuable relationships between employers and local technical colleges.
The foundry’s CEO, Sachin Shivaram, is an active member of Lakeshore’s Foundation board. Other key staff serve on advisory committees. The foundry depends on Lakeshore for workforce training, including apprenticeships, and provides generous financial support to the college.
“We are thankful for Sachin’s leadership role in growing the partnership between Lakeshore Technical College and Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry for the benefit of not just these two institutions, but for the benefit of our entire Manitowoc community,” said Lakeshore President Dr. Paul Carlsen.
“Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been a champion of technical education and Lakeshore Technical College for many years,” said S. Mark Tyler, WTCS board president. “Their work with Lakeshore has provided scholarship funds, funding for manufacturing program equipment, and they have key employees serving on Advisory Committees. Additionally, they rely on Lakeshore for many forms of workforce training and they currently employ five apprentices. This is an exemplary model of how Wisconsin’s technical colleges across the state work closely with the companies in their communities to provide the workforce needed to keep our economy growing.”
