Where Factory Apprenticeship Is Latest Model From Germany

November 30, 2013

Where Factory Apprenticeship Is Latest Model From Germany

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

GREER, S.C. — For Joerg Klisch, hiring the first 60 workers to build heavy engines at his company’s new factory in South Carolina was easy. Finding the next 60 was not so simple. “It seemed like we had sucked up everybody who knew about diesel engines,” said Mr. Klisch, vice president for North American operations of Tognum America. “It wasn’t working as we had planned.” Read more of this post