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Three more New Hampshire companies have been awarded job training grants totaling $48,667 to help train 97 workers in new skills.
The grants, which come through the state’s Job Training Fund, were announced by Gov. Maggie Hassan.
Awarded grants were:
• Osram Sylvania of Hillsboro, which received a grant of $27,750 to train 66 employees in a variety of programs.
• MaineLine Graphics, awarded $8,925 for 23 employees to receive Lean Manufacturing training from the NH Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
• CHI Engineering of Portsmouth, which received a grant of $11,992 to train eight employees in a variety of programs.
For more information about the Job Training Fund visit nhjobtrainingfund.org.
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