ATS | Advanced Technology Services

ChicagoBusiness
"A lot of people are retiring who are extremely talented, good people, and there's nobody coming in behind them ... The younger generation doesn't consider manufacturing a viable career alternative."

PlantServices.com
"The looming skilled labor shortage is the single most important issue the US. automobile industry will be facing in the next five to ten years."

USA Today
"Manufacturers say they face a shortage of highly skilled workers who can fix robots and other equipment in a 21st century factory."

MSNBC
"ATS surveyed some 100 automotive industry executives for its survey, asking then about their views on the coming skilled worker shortage."

FOX News
"The survey exposes a widening gap between the dwindling supply of skilled workers in America and the growing technical demands of the modern manufacturing workplace."

MSNBC
"ATS is actively recruiting young people and training them for jobs in skilled manufacturing Owens said, particularly in maintenance roles, hoping to provide trained workers to fill the skilled worker gap."

The Manufacturer.com
"Within a year, downtime was reduced 36 percent, from 55 to 35 hours a day. Quality improvements reduced scrap by $1000 per working day and productivity increased from 62 percent to 72 percent."

Forbes
"The looming skilled worker shortage is an unwelcome threat to the nation's manufacturing base that needs to be addressed at multiple levels."

PlantServices.com
"How to rely on contractors without destroying your career."

Morningstar.com
"Providing a single source for these services on these high-reliability devices will be a tremendous value for our current and future customers."

The Manufacturer.com
"We look for customers with common objectives, quality initiatives, and focus on continuous improvement."

Industry Week
"Our most modern and cutting edge plants can be more productive and profitable by deploying highly skilled employees that make their production machinery run better."

Miami Herald
"Our philosophy is we're going to make [our students] a high-tech technician more like you would see in the IT world and apply it to manufacturing."

Pittsburgh Business Times
"ATS demonstrated an ability to improve our reliability and machine uptime at a lower cost."

CFO Magazine
"Uptime has jumped to 95%... estimates that the company's six plants save $400,000 a year through ATSÂ' contributions."

FF Journal
"By outsourcing equipment maintenance with ATS, the pool of talent is much bigger than any one location could afford."

The Manufacturer.com
"Outsourcing is less controversial when it does not entail offshoring, and when it's simply a case of using an outside provider for a support function, like maintenance, it can be easily justified."

Industry Week
"The outsourcing of machine maintenance was a win-win because the company increased machine efficiency while still having access to valuable skilled workers."

CNN Money
"With ATS taking care of maintenance, the manufacturer can focus on product development and building the business."