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The Charlotte Visualization Center is a regional Visualization and Analytics Centerfor the National Visualization Center located at Pacific Northwest National Labs and isfunded by the Department of Homeland Security. The Center focuses on analysis anddecision-making processes.
Dr. William Ribarsky, DirectorThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Woodward Hall)9201 University City Blvd. • Charlotte, NC 28223Email: [email protected] • Phone: 704-687-8444
Advanced Manufacturing Centers in the Greater Charlotte Region
Designated by the NSA as a Center of Academic Excellence in information assurance education, theLaboratory of Information Integration, Security and Privacy (LIISP); provides innova-tive educational programs, research and development in the areas of information integration,security, and privacy.
Dr. Gail-Joon Ahn, DirectorLaboratory of Information Integration, Security and Privacy (LIISP) (Woodward Hall)The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 9201 University City Blvd. • Charlotte, NC 28223Email: [email protected]
Over 1200 hundred firms of advanced manufacturing companies are located in the Greater Charlotte Region. Giving the region a strongcluster of advanced manufacturing businesses and offering critical mass for services and support.
The region provides strong support to advanced manufacturing with:
• Incentives for workforce training • Specialized training including Manufacturing Certification Program •Cutting edge research facilities, • A superior transportation system and logistics network, and
• Advanced manufacturing centers throughout the region.
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Polymers Center of Excellence provides specialized training and local expertise for companies that manufac-ture products from plastics and rubber for various industries, including automotive, furniture and medical. Servicesinclude in-plant engineering outreach assistance, education, training, process and product development, and engi-neering reference services.
University Research Park • 8900 Research Drive • Charlotte, NC 28262 • Contact-us: @polymers-center.org
The Center for Precision Metrology is an interdisciplinary association of researchers and industrypartners that collaborate on the research, development and integration of precision metrology as appliedto manufacturing. The nationally recognized program focuses on intelligent manufacturing, precisemachinery measurements, metrology instrumentation, nanotechnology, and subatomic measurement.
Dr. Robert Hocken, Director • Dr. Scott Smith, Associate DirectorPrecision Engineering Office (Duke Centennial Hall, Room 108)The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • 9201 University City Blvd. • Charlotte, NC [email protected] • Phone: 704-687-8220
Gaston County EconomicDevelopment Commission
Greater Statesville Development [email protected]
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The Centralina EconomicDevelopment Commission
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Salisbury-Rowan EconomicDevelopment Commission
Mooresville South IredellEconomic Development
Mecklenburg Countywww.charmeck.org
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The Industrial Extension Services (IES) • North Carolina State University provides education and technical assistance to businesses andindustries to help them stay abreast of the latest technologies and best manufacturing practices, increasing efficiency, productivity, quality andprofits. Assistance ranges from business solutions and environmental and safety management to lean enterprise and on-site peak performancetraining. Regional Contact information: Phone: 704-369-9019 • Email: [email protected]
The SBTDC is partially funded by the US Small Business Administration. Administered by NC State, the Small Business and TechnologyDevelopment Center (SBTDC) is the UNC System’s business and technology extension service. SBTDC’s professionalstaff provides management counseling and education to help businesses create sustained, profitable growth.Counseling and technical assistance include new market and product development, strategic management practices,export finance and government procurement. www.sbtc.orgCharlotte Region: 704-548-1090 Statewide: 800-258-0862, [email protected]
SCMEP, The South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership is a not-for-profit organization that helps manufacturers throughoutthe state solve business and supply chain process problems. As an affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) andpartially funded by the State of South Carolina, the SCMEP offers business and technology assessments, engineering expertise and lean manu-facturing solutions to South Carolina manufacturers in search of a single solution for supply chain synchronization and internal optimizationprocesses. There is a field office at York Technical College. Contact: Rhonda Huskins, [email protected]
Workforce Development BoardsThe region is served by workforce development boards that are dedicated to providing top quality customer service. They can help to:
1. Reduce recruitment and training costs2. Retrain workers in response to changing market conditions3. Build better workplace skills to equip your diverse workforce.4. Find qualified candidates that match your needs more quickly.5. Help you take advantage of tax incentives to reduce payroll costs for qualified hires.
Centralina Workforce Development BoardP.O. Box 35008 • Charlotte, NC 28235 Phone: (704) 348-2717 • Fax: (704) 347-4710 • [email protected]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board700 Parkwood Avenue • Charlotte, NC 28205 Phone: (704) 336-6270 • Fax: (704) 336-7259 • [email protected]
Catawba Regional Workforce Investment BoardLocated in the Catawba Regional COG, meets the training needs of employers in York, Chester, and Lancaster counties, South Carolina. P. O. Box 450 • Rock Hill, SC 29731 • Phone: (803) 327-9041 • [email protected]
Gaston Workforce Development Board330 N. Marietta St., 2nd Floor • Gastonia, NC 28052Phone (704) 862-6624 • Fax: (704) 862-7939 • Pat Bailey • [email protected]
Regional Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (RACL) Staff at the Regional Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (RACL) providesstate-of-the-art analytical chemistry and technical consulting services toindustries in the region using the lab’s nobler magnetic resonance spec-trometer, chromatograph/mass spectrometer, and a variety of equipmentfor the separation and isolation of organic and inorganic compounds.Industries served include synthetic fibers and textiles, surfactants, dyes,polymers, plastics, adhesives and coatings, and engineering resins.
Dr. Craig Ogle, Director • Dr. John Pickett, Research Scientist • Robert Cope, Research AssistantRegional Analytical Chemistry Lab (Burson Building, Room 221)The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 • http://.rachelab.uncc.edu • Phone: 704-687-3151
Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)Brown & Sharpe Xcel 765
The Center for Lean Logistics and Engineering Systems provides custom trainingsolutions that can significantly affect a company's performance. The Center’s expertiseis in lean system design, planning and analysis, and quality management. The Centeris striving to be the premier logistics and engineered systems design, analysis and
implementation portal for supply chain, logistics, and engineering professionals fromindustry, government agencies, and academia.
Dr. S. Gary Teng, Director • Dr. Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Associate DirectorThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte • 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: 704-687-3616
Central Piedmont Community College, a multi-campus facility serving Mecklenburg County, has a new facility in Charlotteusing Integrated Systems Technology (IST) to train workers for new jobs that require setting up, operating, and maintaining avariety of high-tech manufacturing systems. The program includes both instructor-led classes and hands-on training in elec-tronics, hydraulics and pneumatics, piping systems, electrical sensors and basic mechanical devices.
Chad Ray, Associate Dean • Engineering Technologies and Information TechnologiesCentral Piedmont Community College • P.O. Box 35009 • Charlotte, NC 28235 • Phone: 704-330-2722
South Piedmont Community College is set to open its New 3500 Square Foot Advanced Manufacturing Center in January2008. The facility features a computer lab and CNC Programming-Simulation.
Stuart Wosilowski, Development and Continuing Education South Piedmont Community College • 4209 Old Charlotte Highway • Monroe, NC 28110 • Phone: 704-290-5240
Gaston College is forming research partnerships with industry and the community college system. The Gaston College EastCampus and Textile Technology Center is dedicated to developing a world-class workforce for the North Carolina textile industrythrough new and sample product development, product testing , training and consulting. Six on-site laboratories are stocked withmodern textile equipment including a “mini-manufacturing site” yarn production lab, a knitting and weaving lab, a dyeing andfinishing mini-plant, and labs for chemical and physical testing. Location: 7220 Wilkinson Blvd. • Belmont, NC 28012 • Phone: 704-825-3737
The Center for Optoelectronics and Optical CommunicationsThe Center’s technical focus is in advancing the intergradient of optical and electronicfunctionality for photonic devices and systems, creating better sensors and communi-cations modules as well as developing methods for their low-cost manufacturing.
Dr. Michael Fiddy, Director • Dr. Eric Johnson, Associate DirectorThe Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (Grigg Hall)The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 • Phone: 704-687-8117 • Email: [email protected]
York Technical CollegeA cooperative effort between York Technical
College, Okuma, Charmilles, and other manufacturing partners, the Institute forManufacturing Productivity (IMP) is a 20,000 square-foot training facility located on theYork Tech campus that trains local industry in identifying in-house manufacturing,processes and operational improvements. Manufactures that have been assisted by theIMP include General Motors, Harley Davidson, Ingersol-Rand, John Deer and Siemens.
York Technical College’s new 17,000 square-foot training center, called 3D SystemsUniversity, operates in partnership with 3D Systems Corporation to train customersfrom around the world in the use of the company’s innovative products, services andtechnologies. The training center also serves as a showcase for the digital manufac-turing technologies and as a place to demonstrate how 3D Systems’ technologies arechanging the world of manufacturing in almost every industry.
William W. Beaver, P.E., Associate Dean York Technical College • 452 Anderson Rd., S.Rock Hill, SC 29730 • Email: [email protected]
The North Carolina Motorsports and Automotive Research Center (NCMARC) supports the motorsports and automotive industries by pro-viding education, workforce training and research infrastructure in such areas as computational fluid dynamics, instrumentation development, dynamicanalyses and simulation. Additional research includes the investigation of economic development strategies and recommendation to promote andexpand the motorsports industry in the region.
Dr. James F. Cuttino, DirectorThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte • 9201 University City Blvd.Charlotte, NC 28223 • Phone: 704-687-8325 • Email: [email protected]
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