(Secaucus, NJ—September 23, 2016) Students majoring in Engineering
Tech at High Tech and their instructors received a rare opportunity to tour
Goya Foods’ newly retooled manufacturing plant as part of Junior Achievement of
New Jersey’s Job Shadow program, announced Dr.
Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.
Sergio Gamarra and Harry
Peles, who teach engineering technology classes, and Gregory Simon, supervisor
of the Digital Design and Fabrication Academy (D/FAB), joined the Engineering
Tech majors on a tour hosted by Anthony Figueroa of Goya Foods’ public
relations department. They witnessed automated manufacturing equipment that produces
600 boxes of pre-packaged rice each minute and learned about quality control,
logistics, and Goya’s global distribution methods. After the plant tour, the High Tech Engineering
Tech students and teachers traveled to Goya Foods’ corporate headquarters, where
executives discussed work and the goings-on at GOYA.
Goya, the
largest Hispanic-owned food manufacturer in the U.S., produces four million
cases of goods like beans, rice, and flour at the plant. Originally, the plant had housed the
company's headquarters before it moved in June 2014 to nearby Jersey City. Originally founded in 1936 by Don Prudencio
Unanue Ortiz, who immigrated to New York City, Goya Foods started out by
selling imported Spanish olives and olive oil, but now posts annual sales of
almost $1.5 billion.
Junior Achievement (JA) Job Shadow offers students an opportunity
to visit a professional work environment, where they gain insights into the
requirements needed for earning a position.
JA programs always correlate to state educational standards and to
Common Core State Standards.
High Tech’s
Engineering Tech major, a blend of metal fabrication and advanced manufacturing
or "Mechatronics," provides student with the chance to apply
engineering research principles as they design and construct solutions. This student learning experience (SLE) permits
students to take a look at a state-of-the-art automated
advanced manufacturing
