Austin (KXan) – Texas Technical State College in Williamson Province It expands its manufacturing program, and opens new doors for the residents of the fast -growing boycott.
the Advanced Manufacturing Technology – Industrial Maintenance Program It will move to a different floor of the Higher Education Center in the East Williamson Province in Hotto, which can now hold 40 students in an educational area of 4,750 square feet. In the previous location, the program can only hold 12 students.
According to the TSTC analysis and preparation department, the program had more than 45 graduates between the summer of 2020 to the spring of 2025.
Dr. Kelly Cook, the Provember TSTC, said that the school chose to invest in expansion since it was “starting” in the region.
“We have renewed our third floor space for our advanced manufacturing technology program, specifically for our industrial maintenance program,” said Cook. “We have done this to meet the increasing demands of the needs of advanced manufacturing technology in this field.”
The main technology players have recently moved to the boycott, which increased the demand for industrial maintenance workers. Samsung is currently building a $ 17 billion chips factory in Taylor, and has brought Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin thousands of new jobs to the region.
David Porter, Executive Director of Economic Development of Williamson Province, said TSTC is helping to create a “talent line” to grow a strong workforce in the province.
He said: “What Texas Technical State is doing is to enhance our ability to attract more companies, but it is one of our greatest assets.”
The Dean of TSTC told Roger Snow manufacturing programs that investing in the manufacture of semiconductors is a decisive step for the school, especially since President Donald Trump is planning to submit 100 percent tariffs On semiconductor imports.
Snow said about the production of semiconductors: “There is an element of safety, and I also think that national pride is also, in saying that we were able to preserve ourselves and thus control our future.”
The new learning space is only part of TSTC expansion. By this autumn, TSTC aims to reset the area of previous industrial systems as a clean, fake room to imitate the conditions in the semiconductor laboratory.
Coke said that the college is also planning to build an advanced manufacturing center, a new building that is scheduled to be ready in the spring of 2027.
“At the present time, we are limited in space, and in this building we will be able to serve the wise program, and the complete university campus, about 300 students,” she said.
Porter said that the recent expansion of TSTC only helps in developing local talents in the province.
“It will be a great opportunity to bring more people to train to go to work in the semiconductor industry,” he said.