ROCHESTER HILLS, MI – August 15, 2016 - FANUC America, the world's leading provider of CNC, robotics, and factory automation solutions, is expanding its CNC training program with additional course offerings and significant facility upgrades.  FANUC currently offers a wide range of training courses covering CNC maintenance, operations and programming, servo and laser maintenance, Ladder/PMC editing, FANUC Picture Development, G-code programming, custom macro programming, conversational programming and more. FANUC training courses include hands on instruction and real-world troubleshooting and are taught by experienced professionals who have been trained at FANUC headquarters in Japan. 

FANUC training program improvements include:

• New online training courses including mill, lathe, and custom macro programming courses as well as general maintenance and integrator training
• More than 50 new CNC systems were purchased for classroom training
• New training facility in Auburn, WA (Seattle) and classroom upgrades at the Huntersville, NC (Charlotte) and Rochester Hills, MI (Detroit) facilities. 
• Machine tools with FANUC controls installed at several FANUC locations for use in select classes.

A complete course list and schedule is available at www.fanucamerica.com/cnctraining.

Visit FANUC at IMTS booth #S-8919 and at the Student Summit NC-619.

About FANUC America Corporation

FANUC America Corporation is a subsidiary of FANUC CORPORATION in Japan, and provides industry-leading robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation.  FANUC’s innovative technologies and proven expertise help manufacturers in the Americas maximize efficiency, reliability and profitability. 

FANUC America is headquartered at 3900 W. Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309, and has facilities in:  Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Houston; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; Montreal; Pine Brook, NJ; Pontiac, MI; San Francisco; Seattle; Toronto; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo, and Manaus, Brazil; and Aguascalientes, Mexico City, and Monterrey, Mexico.  For more information, please call: 888-FANUC-US (888-326-8287) or visit our website: www.fanucamerica.com.



Contact:

Cathy Powell
Industry Marketing Manager – Robotics and ROBODRILLs
FANUC America Corporation
T: 248-377-7570
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Derek Sheedy
Marketing Communications Specialist - CNC
FANUC America Corporation
T: 847-898-5679
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