Gene Haas Foundation backs college group’s plan to create a new industrial revolution in the East

Andrew Ward, Director of Haas Automation UK and Laraine Moody, Group Principal University & Professional Development, celebrating the announcement of a grant from the Gene Haas Foundation to West Suffolk College.

West Suffolk College and Eastern Education Group is looking to engineer a bright future for the manufacturing industry thanks to the creation of a new training centre in Bury St Edmunds.

The building – that will be located inside the University Professional Development Centre based on Western Way – has been made possible thanks to a £550k investment from an organisation called the Gene Haas Foundation.

Work is set to be completed by the end of 2025 and once opened, the facility will be training engineering and manufacturing students – and apprentices – across all levels of education.