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NCDMM E-News                                                  March/April 2008

Project Call

The NCDMM sends out a Project Call announcement annually, providing project funding support. Project Call is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of congressional funding to supplement engineering projects that reduce DoD manufacturing costs or improve lead times for DoD manufacturing and machining applications. The NCDMM seeks proposals for projects complimenting our mission of delivering state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD) and its supply base. Visit www.ncdmm.org for Project Call details.

Upcoming Trainings 

April 30
Latrobe, PA
 
June 18

Upcoming Events 

March 25-27
Latrobe, PA
 
Latrobe, PA
 
April 14-15
State College, PA
 
April 21-24
Phoenix, AZ
 
May 7-8
Latrobe, PA

Government Funding Opportunities

 INDUSTRIAL BASE INNOVATION FUND

Contact Information 

NCDMM News
Vickie Plesko
Phone: 724-539-6125
 
Alliance Partner News
Amy Good
Phone: 724-539-4796
President's Message
When to Five Axis MachineThe NCDMM Alliance Partner Newsletter and News Briefs have been combined to provide an exciting new look and an equally exciting new focus.  Prior newsletters and news briefs were focused on Alliance Partners and NCDMM general activities, but beginning with this issue the new NCDMM E-News will have an expanded scope and a fresh new look that will be shared with our Alliance Partners, Job Shop Consortium members, customers and associated organizations.
 
Future bi-monthly issues of NCDMM E-News will have expanded content with a variety of topics including: The President's Message, NCDMM departmental spotlight, meet the NCDMM staff, and much more.  We trust that the new look and functionality of the NCDMM E-News will generate excitement for our readers as well as be more informative, easier to comprehend, quicker to navigate and overall more interesting for you.
 
NCDMM E-News will be the primary vehicle we use to convey the activities of our organization.  We are very pleased with the new look and would appreciate any comments you may have regarding the format and content, or suggestions for future articles.
 
John S. VanKirk
New Members Elected to Board 
Jeff KellyEd MorrisOn February 19, 2008, the NCDMM expanded its Board of Directors with the election of two new exceptional individuals to its Board: Jeffrey S. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of Hamill Manufacturing Company and Edward A. Morris, Director, Hardware and Manufacturing for Lockheed Martin's Corporate Engineering and Technology team. Read more...
NCDMM Opens Advanced Mfg. Lab
NCDMM Adv Mfg LabOn February 28, 2008, the NCDMM announced that it has opened a new Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory. The new lab, located in Derry, PA will utilize advanced manufacturing technologies such as high speed machining, ultrasonic machining and LASER additive processes to enhance the fabrication of new materials systems such as Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC). Read more...
Newly Approved Alliance Partners
NCDMM would like to welcome three new Alliance Partners.  The NCDMM Board of Directors met on February 19 and approved the following organizations:

For a complete list of NCDMM Alliance Partners click here.

Alliance Partner News