At its May meeting, the Western Michigan Chapter of the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) presented several scholarships, including a $10,000 check to the Kent Career Technical Center, located in Grand Rapids, MI.

The Kent Career Technical Center offers a Precision Machining Technology

program that focuses on the fundamentals of the machine tool field including such areas as blueprint reading, CAM programming, CNC set-up and operation, quality control gauging and inspection, and conventional machine tool set-up and operation.

Earlier this year, Andy Baker of Byrne Tool & Die was named the AMBA’s Mold Maker of the Year while the Western Michigan Chapter was named AMBA Chapter of the Year. Each received a $5,000 scholarship check from Progressive Components and was asked to choose a trade related school that the scholarships would benefit in their names. Both chose the Kent Career Technical Center. Progressive’s Regional Sales Manager Glenn Marx was on hand to help present the check to Kent’s Principal Ron Moag and Pete Betzinger, instructor of the school’s

machining program.

In addition to the $10,000 scholarship, the Western Michigan Chapter also awarded six $1,000 scholarships to students entering a diverse range of careers including biomedical engineering.

For more information about the AMBA and its regional chapters, visit www.amba.org.