Over the past year, the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) has made significant renovations to both its facility and staff with the hopes of better helping the state’s manufacturing industry as it recovers from the pandemic and tries to keep pace with ever-changing technology.
The 18-year-old organization, which promotes the use of advanced technology in Connecticut’s manufacturing sector, this year completed a top-down renovation of its Advanced Technology Center, located on Raytheon Technologies’ East Hartford campus. That included the additions of several new state-of-the-art automated manufacturing technologies. Additionally, CCAT hired a new chief technology officer and senior manager of advanced technology centers.
For decades, manufacturers in the U.S. have warned of a massive skills gap: There just aren t enough new skilled workers to make up for older ones who are retiring. In this installment of our series, Roads to Recovery, NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports from Connecticut on how the pandemic has accelerated a push to improve and expand job training for the state s large manufacturing workforce.
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For decades, manufacturers in the United States have warned of a massive skills gap: that there are not enough new workers with the skills needed to make up for older ones who are retiring.
HSB and CCAT Partner to Explore Additive Manufacturing Technologies
HSB and CCAT Partner to Explore Additive Manufacturing Technologies HSB, a leading provider of specialty insurance and technology, and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology today announced a partnership to explore ways to reduce the risk of adopting Additive Manufacturing technologies for industrial applications. A multi-year agreement between HSB and CCAT includes access to its Advanced Manufacturing Center, Advanced Composite Center, and training facilities in East Hartford, Conn., where CCAT works with industries worldwide for applied research and development. Additive Manufacturing is bringing innovation to the way our customers make and use parts and products, said John Riggs, senior vice president of HSB Applied Technology Solutions. We are excited to be working with a leading-edge technology organization, such as CCAT, to help advance technology adoption in the marketplace as we develop ways
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) and Hartford-based specialty insurer Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB) announced a partnership to study how companies adopting additive manufacturing can reduce risk.
As part of the multi-year agreement, HSB and CCAT staff will use CCAT s facilities in East Hartford to research how to reduce risk while shifting to additive manufacturing (or 3D printing), said John Riggs, senior vice president of HSB s Applied Technology Solutions.
“We are excited to be working with … CCAT, to help advance technology adoption in the marketplace as we develop ways to reduce risk throughout the manufacturing value chain, Riggs said.
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HSB and CCAT Partner to Explore Additive Manufacturing Technologies
January 26, 2021 GMT
HARTFORD, Conn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 26, 2021
HSB, a leading provider of specialty insurance and technology, and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology today announced a partnership to explore ways to reduce the risk of adopting Additive Manufacturing technologies for industrial applications.
A multi-year agreement between HSB and CCAT includes access to its Advanced Manufacturing Center, Advanced Composite Center, and training facilities in East Hartford, Conn., where CCAT works with industries worldwide for applied research and development.