IMA and Indiana Tech Expand Workforce Training for Manufacturers

Back on October 17th, 2025, the IMA announced a collaboration with Indiana Tech to deliver structured courses, certifications, and manufacturing-focused training programs directly to employees at member companies. The framing matters here: these aren't generic corporate development courses. They're built with the shop floor in mind, maintenance, automation, quality, frontline leadership.

For your facility, this creates a concrete pathway to upskill existing employees instead of trying to hire your way out of skill gaps that the labor market isn't filling anyway. Employees who see a real development track are less likely to leave for a small hourly bump somewhere else. And when you're rolling out new equipment or processes, a workforce that's been trained on the fundamentals first means less disruption during the transition.

Watch for specific program announcements through 2026 and match them to your actual gaps, not the most popular programs, the ones that map to where your operation is exposed right now.