The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing is pleased to welcome our newest Organizing Member, Sulzer Metco. A leader in surface solutions, they are a great fit for CCAM and will provide many collaborative opportunities for our members. We have a new website! Check it out at www.ccam-va.com or click some of the links below. There you can learn more about membership; check out the construction progress of our facility in Prince George, Virginia; and learn about how you can join the CCAM team. We are currently seeking Directors of Economic and Workforce Development and leaders in Manufacturing Systems, Surface Engineering, and Modeling and Simulation in support of our research agenda (see right for details). Please stay tuned for more monthly updates from CCAM!

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) today announced that Sulzer Metco, a leading surface solutions provider, has joined its organization, which brings together best-in-class manufacturers and Virginia's top higher education institutions to collaborate and deliver new "production-ready" manufacturing solutions to industry. more

The 60,000 square foot research facility in Price George County continues to grow. Steel arrived last week and the building is rapidly taking shape as the building goes vertical. photos

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) has engaged PlanIT Technology Group to architect, procure, configure, install and manage the IT environment for its 60,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing facility. The facility, which is currently under construction and expected to be complete in the summer of 2012, is located in Prince George, Va. more

Virginia State University hosted a week-long workshop last week for members of CCAM's Technology Advisory Council, Industrial Operations Board, and other key research constituents. The workshop was facilitated by professionals from Newport News Shipbuilding who expertly led us to our objectives of a more detailed research agenda within our research themes of Surface Engineering and Manufacturing Systems, and defining the process by which research ideas are generated and vetted to become funded generic research projects for the benefit of our members.

Thank you VSU, Newport News Shipbuilding, and those of you who took time out of your busy schedules last week to participate in the workshop.

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) transforms applied research into business advantages. It brings together best-in-class manufacturers and Virginia's top higher education institutions to collaborate and deliver new "production-ready" solutions to factories.

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