Sandvik Coromant Joins the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Sandvik Coromant has united with the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) as an originating industry member. The facility, located in Prince George County, Va., is specially designed to be a collaborative research center in which the member companies and academic partners can work together on R&D initiatives.
CCAM will provide the industry with transformational improvements in advanced manufacturing technologies for surface engineering and manufacturing systems.
Sandvik Coromant will be among some of the best industrial partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and suppliers from a broad range of industry sectors, such as aerospace, shipbuilding, nuclear, and electronics. These founding members include Canon Virginia Inc., Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Siemens and Rolls-Royce. In addition, CCAM's academic members include University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.
"This is an exciting venture for us," said John Israelsson, President of Sandvik Coromant US. "This is our opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing technology by collaborating with diverse industry sectors with similar problems as well as to have access to resources for combined development work."
Sandvik Coromant, the world's leading producer of cutting tools for the metal cutting industry, will work together with all the members to bring world class resources, knowledge and insight into projects introduced at CCAM. Sandvik Coromant is dedicated to ensuring the future of our manufacturing workforce through ongoing education, training, and dedicated solutions.
To learn more about CCAM, visit www.ccam-va.com, or Sandvik Coromant, visit http://www.sandvik.coromant.com/us.
Sandvik Coromant
Sandvik Coromant is a world-leading supplier of cutting tools and tooling systems for the metalworking industry and is represented in 130 countries. 25 state-of-the art Productivity Centers located around the world provide customers and staff with continuous training in tooling solutions and methods to increase productivity. Sandvik Coromant is part of the Tooling business area of the Sandvik Group.
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
CCAM is a research collaboration between the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia State University and manufacturing companies worldwide. Manufacturers join CCAM as members and guide research with university faculty in two focus areas: surface engineering and manufacturing systems. CCAM is building a 50,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art research facility near Petersburg, Virginia, adjacent to Rolls-Royce's new jet engine components plant. The facility is expected to open in 2012. For more information, visit www.ccam-va.com.
