Okuma America Career Trek

You’re invited to join Engage ME! Multicultural Engineers Program and the Southern Piedmont Chapter of SME for a facility tour of Okuma America on Wednesday, April 12 from 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm. This event will give students the opportunity to learn about Okuma and its Charlotte sales and service operations, network and engage with engineers and technical professionals, plus explore career opportunities in CNC machine tools and advanced technologies industry. Dinner and transportation to and from the event will be provided.

This tour is open to students of all levels and majors and is a joint event with SME. Engage ME! Multicultural Engineers program will provide transportation to and from the event. Please note the total time commitment is about 3.5 hours due to travel time. Additional information will be provided upon registration.

About Okuma: Okuma America Corporation is the U.S.-based sales and service affiliate of Okuma Corporation, a world leader in CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools, controls and automation systems. The company was founded in 1898 in Nagoya, Japan, and is the industry’s only single-source provider of CNC machines, controls, drives, motors, encoders, spindles and automation systems, all manufactured by Okuma. The company designs its own CNC controls to integrate seamlessly with each machine tool’s functionality.

We will tour the showroom at Partners in THINC, displaying current machines and technology of industry-leading machine tool accessories. We will also tour the facility showing RDT, where machines get retrofitted with options, the large warehouse of parts, and spindle & board repair, where they support keeping new and old machines running.

Direct questions to Sherman Mumford in the College of Engineering at smumford@uncc.edu