Training Seminars
Training that comes to you. From people who've worked the floor.
Understanding your equipment properly — how it works, how to maintain it, and how to get the best out of it — is one of the most effective things you can do to protect uptime and product quality. Our training seminars bring that knowledge directly to your plant, delivered by technical staff who have spent years working in brick and heavy clay production themselves.
This isn’t classroom theory. It’s practical, hands-on training built around your machines and your process, delivered on-site so your whole team can attend without the cost and disruption of sending people off-site.
Who Delivers It
Our technical staff came up through the industry — they’ve worked in brick plants, run production shifts, and dealt with the same pressures your operators face every day. When they run a training session, they’re drawing on that experience as much as any technical manual.
Training is delivered at your plant, on your equipment, which means the learning is immediately relevant and grounded in the actual machinery your team works with.
What We Cover
We tailor each session to your team and your setup. Training can cover:
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Machine operation — getting consistent results from your Steele or Händle equipment
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Routine maintenance — what to check, when to check it, and why it matters
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Wear part identification and replacement — recognising wear before it becomes a problem
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Fault diagnosis — reading what the machine is telling you
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Process fundamentals — clay preparation, extrusion pressure, die performance, and product quality
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Safe working practices around heavy extrusion and shaping equipment
Whether your team is new to the equipment or has been running it for years, there’s usually something to be gained from a structured session with someone who knows the machinery and the process inside out.
On-Site Means Everyone Can Attend
One of the practical advantages of coming to you is that shift workers, maintenance crews, and operators who might not be able to travel can all participate. Training at your plant also means we can work around your production schedule rather than against it.
Training Seminars
Steele stiff extrusion experts teach seminars at our Statesville headquarters. Check for upcoming seminars here on our blog.
Extrusion Seminar August 25th & 26th, 2026
JC Steele will host a stiff extrusion seminar at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Statesville, North Carolina. We’ll be touring the campus and...
Steele to host Extrusion Seminar June 12-13
(Statesville, NC) — J.C. Steele & Sons will host a stiff extrusion seminar at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Statesville, North Carolina on...
Steele to host Extrusion Seminar March 13-14
Our Stiff Extrusion Seminar is sold out.Check back soon for our next seminar in Q2 of 2018! (Statesville, NC) — J.C. Steele & Sons will host a Stiff Extrusion...
Steele to host Extrusion Seminar December 5-6
Our Stiff Extrusion Seminar is sold out.Check back soon for our next seminar in Q1 of 2018! (Statesville, NC) — J.C. Steele & Sons will host a Stiff Extrusion...
Steele to host Extrusion Seminar September 19 – 20
Our Stiff Extrusion Seminar is sold out.Check back soon for our next seminar in December! (Statesville, NC) — J.C. Steele & Sons will host a Stiff Extrusion...
Steele to host Extrusion Seminar December 6-7
J.C. Steele & Sons will host a Stiff Extrusion Seminar at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Statesville, NC on December 6-7, 2016.
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