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AutomateUp+ Unlocks the Potential of Your Workforce with Next-Generation Skills!
In today’s fast-paced world, technological advancements are reshaping industries, driving the need for new skills and capabilities. Staying ahead requires continuous learning and upskilling. To address this challenge, MVEDA secured a grant from the New Mexico Economic Development Department in 2023 with additional funding in 2024 from the City of Las Cruces. This allowed us to launch an innovative program called AutomateUp+ aimed at helping individuals and businesses obtain industry certifications such as certified manufacturing associates, preventive controls for human foods, proprietary equipment training, & more*. By investing in today’s skills, we’re preparing our workforce for the opportunities of tomorrow. Join us as we shape the future of work in the New Mexico Borderplex.
Industries Served
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Automation
- Aerospace
- Telemedicine
- AI & Computer Science
- Food Sciences
Potential Certificates
- Certified Manufacturers Associate Certificate (CMfgA)
- Robotics in Manufacturing Fundamentals (RMF)
- Electric Vehicle Fundamental (EV)
- Certified Logistics Certification
- Certified Coding Specialist
What We Offer:
A grant to offset up to 100% of industry certification costs aimed at upskilling individuals and employees to be prepared for the expanding needs of tomorrows advanced employers.
Our Commitment to Success:
Cross-collaboration and strategic alliances between employers, community colleges, private sector, tech and high schools to acquire in-demand industry certifications.
Benefits for businesses:
Reduces the burden for employers both in cost and training while developing a strong and educated workforce, allowing businesses the ability to secure and produce a pipeline of skilled workers.
Franklin Mountain Packaging
Franklin Mountain Packaging (FMP) is a newly-formed company engaged in the manufacturing of corrugated sheets and a provider of unique digital printing services for the corrugated box-making industry.
Located in Santa Teresa NM, FMP will target sheet converting plants in the Southwestern U.S. and the maquiladoras and Mexican domestic market.
Certificates Received:
10 Certified Manufacturers Associate Certificate
Seco Spice
1935, the hallmark of Seco Spice’s Ogaz family has been our unwavering commitment to quality. By taking the utmost care in each and every step of the growing and harvesting process, Seco Spice has consistently delivered outstanding chile peppers for the past 3 generations.
Our family farm values and traditions continues to be at the forefront of the Chile industry by researching and determining the very best regions in New Mexico to grow chile, Using the most effective techniques for chile growing, and lastly, employing the best ways to harvest world-class peppers.
Certificates Received:
8 EkoSteris Sterilization Certificates
Young Guns
More than 80 years ago, the tradition of growing chile began with our Great Grandparents Joseph and Celestina Franzoy who immigrated to the Hatch Valley from Austria. Today, their family has grown to over 700 and many of them continue the chile farming tradition.
Farmers swear the unique, sandy loam soil, coupled with good water and perfect “chile climate”, make growing this chile unmatched anywhere else. The talent for growing chile in the Hatch Valley has been perfected as it has been passed down from generation to generation.
Certificates Received:
3 FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food
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More about MVEDA
In addition to the AutomateUp+ program, MVEDA provides local businesses and those considering relocating and expanding in the Doña Ana County area with the information, tools, and resources they need to grow and succeed. MVEDA offers these businesses one-stop convenience for finding the right space, employees, incentives and financing, information, and people. To Learn more about the organization and the success of companies like yours click here.
*The following certifications not covered by AutomateUp+: OSHA Safety Certificates, Forklift Safety and Inspector, Incident Safety Office (ISO), Certified Safety Professional (CPT)
