Profile: MGS Machine in Maple Grove Hires Cooper Grad

A Robbinsdale Cooper High School graduate now working as a designer at MGS Machine in Maple Grove is profiled at the Hennepin Technical College website:

Michael Hagan didn’t know exactly what he wanted as a career when he started attending HTC as a senior at Robbinsdale Cooper High School through the PSEO (Post-Secondary Enrollment Options) program, but what he found was a way to open his horizons to career possibilities.  That’s what he appreciates as he looks back at his decision to attend HTC.

“I had always had an interest in large equipment, and much of that runs with hydraulics,” Hagan recounts. With a start in the Fluid Power program, Hagan then moved to the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program and graduated with an A.A.S. in 2006.  “I chose a position building automated packaging equipment … which uses hydraulics, pneumatics, PLC programming, machining, robotics, and plastics … all the things I learned about at HTC,” explains Hagan, who was president of the nationally awarded robot club at the college.  

Read the full article at hennepintech.edu.

MGS Machine is a secondary packaging company serving the pharmaceutical, food, hardware, household printing and cosmetic care industries.