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The Strategy Starts with People

On Wednesday, November 15th, CCAM wrapped a two-day event focused on Strategies for Supply Chain Resilience. Over 100 people attended this event which highlighted supply chain challenges and opportunities across many industries, including ship building, aerospace, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Matt Sermon, Executive Director, Program Executive Office, Strategic Submarines for the Navy, provided the keynote address on…

CCAM Hosts Governor Youngkin and State and Local Officials to Welcome PGT Innovations to the Commonwealth

CCAM was delighted to welcome new neighbor, PGT Innovations, to the Commonwealth and Prince George County. The Governor made his announcement this morning at CCAM and was joined by state and local officials and members of the community. Premium Window and Door Manufacturer to Establish New Facility in Virginia, Creating 659 New Jobs PGT Innovations…

Register now for 2023 Research Days

Free to Attend – Register Now CCAM’s Annual Research Day Event is a 2-day event highlighting efforts to improve US manufacturing supply chain resilience. November 14th, 9:30 am – 7:30 pm November 15th, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Location: CCAM, 5520 West Quaker Rd, Disputanta, VA 23842 Learn how manufacturing industries and government are working…

The Power of Partnership – the Richmond-Petersburg Region Secures Designation as Tech Hub by Biden-Harris Administration and U.S. Department of Commerce

SOURCE Activation Capital RICHMOND, Va. and PETERSBURG, Va., Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced yesterday that the Richmond-Petersburg MSA (the Region) has been designated as an Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (APM) Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub). The application is led by the Commonwealth Center for Advanced…

How CCAM Advances the Manufacturing Field

Harnessing the power of world-class talent, technology and training, we:

PERFECT PRODUCTION METHODS

MAKE COMPANIES MORE COMPETITIVE

PREPARE A QUALIFIED MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE

GROW OUR
ECONOMY

Our members are the reason we do what we do.

They are industry leaders - from aerospace to automotive to shipbuilding, and from milling to metalworking to industrial controls. And they represent some of the top minds in academia and government out of our nation’s premiere resarch universities and agencies.

Together with our talented and dedicated CCAM research staff, CCAM members pursue directed and core research to build higher quality products and make production of their goods more affordable and faster than ever before.

“Through our membership with CCAM, we gain access to high-quality research, advanced manufacturing processes, technical expertise, and above all, a collaborative environment where we can work with our industry and university partners to support our current and future products."

Amanda Simpson
Vice President, Research & Technology
Airbus Americas

Advanced manufacturing is an opportunity to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. To realize that goal, we will need both public and private organizations’ commitment to apprenticeship programs such as CCAM to develop the much-needed skilled workforce. This is the inflection point — we cannot blink.”

Kelly Marchese
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

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Advanced manufacturing research completed in 2022

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