In April, Simonds Saw held its most-attended ‘Little Red Schoolhouse’ training session in over five years. The Q1 session was held in response to increased demand. The session has been a staple in the company’s distributor training itinerary since 1935, held multiple times a year in various formats.
18 distributors, manufacturer representatives and Simonds employees attended the full-day schoolhouse training at Simonds’ Fitchburg facility, completing learning modules and then finishing hands-on training in the cutting lab.
“Our Little Red Schoolhouse trainings are particularly effective because attendees have varying degrees of industry experience and experience with our products,” said Simonds Saw Global Product Manager Dale Petts. “It encourages a collaborative learning experience, and ensures that everyone is learning something new. It’s important that every representative learn something new about the trusted metal cutting products we provide end users.”
Over the years, Simonds has trained more distributor sales people than any other industrial products manufacturer. In addition to the ‘Little Red Schoolhouse’ trainings for sales people, Simonds also offers in-the-field training to saw blade end users. In 2010, Simonds Saw also began offering online end-user training through its Never Yield to Steel microsite. Another large schoolhouse session, this time for Spanish-speaking customers, will be held in July.
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Established in 1832, Simonds Saw is a leading manufacturer of high-quality metal cutting saw and file products and has been in business longer than any other cutting tool company in North America. Simonds offers one of the broadest and most trusted lines of metal cutting band saw blades found anywhere in the world, engineered to suit almost any application. Simonds blades are made to the most stringent quality standards and are manufactured both in the U.S. in the
company’s Fitchburg, MA Headquarters and in Europe by WESPA ® , Simonds’ band saw blade technology division located in Melsungen, Germany. Both factories operate under a single quality system that is ISO 9001 Certified. Simonds is the only band saw blade manufacturer with multi-facility ISO certification in the U.S. and Germany.