Commonwealth Center For Advanced Manufacturing

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, March 25, 2013 – The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) near Richmond, Va., today unveiled its new 62,000 square foot research facility during a grand opening event. “The new CCAM manufacturing research center represents the expertise and passion of our industry members and university partners,” said Dr. Mike Beffel, CCAM Interim President and Executive Director.  “With the goal of bridging the gap between leading edge research and product development, CCAM is at the forefront of new manufacturing…

RICHMOND, VA., MARCH 21, 2013 – The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) today announced that Swiss company Blaser Swisslube has joined the collaborative research center. Blaser Swisslube is CCAM’s 15th member and the second from Switzerland. Headquartered in Hasle-Ruegsau, Switzerland, and with a U.S. production facility in Goshen, NY, the company joins other international members from Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States at CCAM to solve business and operational challenges facing advanced manufacturers. Advanced manufacturing…

The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) today announced Dr. Michael Beffel as its new interim President and Executive Director. Dr. Beffel, Vice President of Casting Operations for Chromalloy in Tampa, Florida, replaces outgoing CCAM President and Executive Director David Lohr, who led the organization from its inception in 2011. “CCAM, a public / private collaborative research center, continues to initiate new research critical to the surface technology and manufacturing industries,” said Armand F. Lauzon, Jr. Chairman of…

Mr. Joe Anwyl will direct CCAM’s efforts to bring advanced manufacturers to Southside and Southwest Virginia.

Associated Press November 11, 2012 - Tucked away just miles from the railroads that for years have transported goods made in Virginia to the rest of the world, a recently opened research facility in Prince George County is bringing together universities and industry in an effort to help the state _ and the country _ regain its manufacturing roots. The work being done at the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing will be used for production that has come a long…

Denise Lineberry | The Researcher News, NASA Langley Research Center November 19, 2012 - No matter where you stand from inside the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) 60,000 square-foot facility, you can see all the way through. From within the glass walls, you might witness equipment being installed, or scientist working in one of 10 research laboratories. Or you could see CCAM members collaborating in the “common space,” or working in the 3-D Visualization Center. In Prince George County,…

Virginia Business Magazine Rolls-Royce plans to build a second manufacturing plant in Prince George County, creating 140 new jobs. The power systems company said today it will begin construction on a $136 million Advanced Airfoil Machining Facility at its 1,000-acre Crosspointe campus in Prince George. The 90,000-square-foot plant, which would produce turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes for Rolls-Royce engines, will be located alongside its jet engine disc manufacturing facility, which opened in May 2011. The Crosspointe campus also includes…

John Reid Blackwell | Richmond Times-Dispatch In a quiet, wooded setting just off West Quaker Road in Prince George County, a new research facility has opened where scientists and engineers will collaborate on the future of cutting-edge manufacturing technology. Named the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, or CCAM, the not-for-profit center is bringing together researchers from the public and private sectors to work on projects that include making jet engines operate more efficiently and developing better techniques for building precision…