Farnborough, England – Virginia’s Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) has announced that Airbus has joined CCAM's industry, academic, and government consortium dedicated to manufacturing breakthroughs and advancements in applied research.
CCAM, Airbus, and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe used the occasion of the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 to announce the new membership during a celebratory signing event.
"Airbus was founded on innovation – we operate daily knowing that using and developing leading edge technology is a requirement in our business, and CCAM is founded on that mindset," says Charles Champion, executive vice president engineering for Airbus. "This union is a natural one. Tapping the intellects of the greatest researchers in the industry benefits everyone involved from the developers to the end users."
McAuliffe adds, "The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing is a world-class asset that brings together Virginia's leading manufacturing companies and top educational institutions to expedite research and turn ideas into real-world technologies and solutions. The addition of a major player like Airbus is a great testament to the pivotal role CCAM plays as a centerpiece of Virginia's efforts to promote R&D and technology commercialization, and contribute to a growing Virginia economy."
CCAM, based in Prince George County, Va., provides production-ready, advanced manufacturing solutions to member companies across the globe. CCAM member companies and academic and government partners collaborate on research to innovate manufacturing practices, resulting in new techniques and processes applied in aerospace, defense, transportation, consumer electronics, and other industries.
CCAM industry and government members include Canon Virginia Inc., Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, Siemens, Oerlikon Metco, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blaser Swisslube, Hermle Machine Co., Mitutoyo, Paradigm Precision, Buehler, Cool Clean Technologies, GF AgieCharmilles, Mechdyne, National Instruments, Spatial Integrated Systems, Airbus, and NASA Langley Research Center. Academic partners are the University of Virginia, Virginia State University, Virginia Tech, and Old Dominion University.
Source: Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing