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ZF Transmissions in Gray Court recently donated 14 transmissions to the �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) Automotive Technology Program. Just as a transmission regulates the speed of an engine power directed to a vehicle’s tires, ZF’s donation to �鶹��Ƶ is helping harness the power of education to move students forward in their careers and lives. 

�鶹��Ƶ Automotive Technology Program Director Gerald Sartin and �鶹��Ƶ Foundation Associate Vice President Fran Wiley joined other college officials in welcoming a ZF team that was invited to celebrate the donation with a tour of the O’Dell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence donation last month in Greenwood. 

“I would like to take a moment to express my sincere appreciation to each of you for the generous donation to our Automotive Technology program here at �鶹��Ƶ,” Sartin told the visiting ZF officials. “These transmissions will be used to train future automotive technicians, giving them hands-on experience with the latest in transmission technology.”

“ZF values our longstanding relationship with �鶹��Ƶ,” said ZF Transmissions Human Resources Team Lead and Training Supervisor Robbie Ellis, “and our partnership is essential to our continued success and employee development.” 

“�鶹��Ƶ is proud to count ZF Transmissions among its essential business partners,” �鶹��Ƶ President Dr. Hope E. Rivers said. “This reciprocal relationship not only provides critical resources to the college and its students, but it also helps bolster ZF’s workforce with highly trained �鶹��Ƶ graduates.”

For more information about �鶹��Ƶ’s Automotive Technology Program, go to www.ptc.edu/automotive. 

PHOTO:  From left:  �鶹��Ƶ Foundation Associate Vice President Fran Wiley, ZF Transmissions Human Resources Team Lead and Training Supervisor Robbie Ellis, �鶹��Ƶ Automotive Technology Program Director Gerald Sartin, �鶹��Ƶ Automotive Technology Instructor Bill King, ZF Master Trainer Tony McClennan, ZF Technical Training Instructor Brian Campbell, and �鶹��Ƶ Dean of Engineering and Industrial Technology Christina Knight.