New workforce training center a boon to Pinal manufacturing

by Aaron Dorman | Pinal Central

Lucid Motors Technical Training Program Manager Steve Park, left, chats with Gov. Doug Dicey in front of an automotive assembly robot at Central Arizona College./Oscar Perez

A major component of Pinal County’s recent leap into the technology sector came to fruition Wednesday morning with the official opening of a regional workforce training center, named Drive48, on Central Arizona College’s Signal peak Campus.

“Today is a historic day for the college,” said CAC President Jackie Elliott. “This center will serve as a hub for education and training in advanced manufacturing for Arizona’s advanced technology corridor network, and the foundation for a growing and highly skilled workforce.”

The project was a joint effort whose partners included CAC, the Arizona Commerce Authority, Pinal County, the city of Casa Grande and Lucid Motors.

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