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State awards $864,549 for workforce training at 10 Dane County businesses
Ten Dane County employers will share nearly $865,000 in state grants for training in artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream plans to use its $72,800 award for a digital manufacturing system and an online engineering degree for an employee.
Ten Dane County employers will receive a combined $864,549 in Wisconsin grants to train workers in artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, Gov. Tony Evers and the state Department of Workforce Development announced Monday, Oct. 12.
The local awards range from $8,000 to $297,000. They are part of $6.6 million distributed to 84 employers statewide through the Wisconsin Training for Resilient Advanced Industry Needs program, known as WisTRAIN.
The Dane County recipients are Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company, DSG Outerwear, Madrax and Thomas Steele by Graber Manufacturing, Plastic Ingenuity, Quartz Health Solutions, Royle Printing, Scott’s of Wisconsin, Springs Window Fashions, Universal Presentation Concepts and Weyauwega Cheese.
Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, a Madison business dating to the early 1960s, will use its $72,800 grant to introduce a digital manufacturing system and fund an online engineering degree for one employee.
Evers announced the WisTRAIN program in his Feb. 17 State of the State address. The grants support employer-led training in fields including AI and advanced manufacturing.