My current busyness caused me to even lose sight of putting this editorial together. Hard to believe, right? This editorial is just the tip of the iceberg for me each month.

In doesn’t matter if it’s managerial or technical, with the next decade’s shortage of labor and fast-paced change, quality training is going to be an absolute must if you want to maximize your productivity and people.

Registration is now open for IHEA’s Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating Online Learning Course, which begins Oct. 7. Students will learn the basics of heat transfer, fuels and combustion, energy use, furnace design, refractories, automatic control and atmospheres as applied to industrial process heating. 

For those of us running industrial or manufacturing companies, the need for qualified workers might be greater than ever.

The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) is pleased to announce it has launched nine new technical courses, along with its Heat Treat P.E.A.K. Performance Certificate program. The P.E.A.K. program is an online apprenticeship-style program that will take four to six months (approximately 80 hours) to complete.

An engineer is combining his expertise and passion into a national 3D-printing training program for industry and government.

For 27 years Industrial Heating has published its annual Buyers Guide. The goal of this issue hasn’t changed over the years. We always strive to help readers make better purchasing decisions.

We continue our discussion from part 1.