(Hartford Courant, 4/20/18) Four Connecticut companies that develop alternative energy will be making a 3,700-mile trip to Germany to network and learn from global leaders in their field. They come from a nearly $600-million state industry that boasts more than 600 companies — the research, design and manufacturing of hydrogen…
Representing CCAT at the 2018 RAPID + TCT event
AMC Manufacturing Applications Engineers Nasir Mannan and Henry Babiec attended the 2018 RAPID + TCT event representing CCAT April 24-26. This year’s event, held in Fort Worth, Texas, is North America’s largest conference and exposition on additive manufacturing and 3D printing for over 25 years. The event features keynote presentations with some of…
Bristol manufacturer finds incentives begin at home
(Hartford Business Journal, 4/9/18) Not long after acquiring Novo Precision LLC three years ago, owner Bill Hazard considered relocating the Bristol manufacturer closer to his Glastonbury home. Around the same time, Hazard got wind of Bristol’s economic-development initiative aimed at enabling local businesses like his to stay and expand. In…
Women Tech Leaders Combine Efforts For Advanced Battery Products
(Clean Technica, 4/9/18) The University of Connecticut and Cadenza Innovation, Inc. have announced that they will conduct highly specialized materials analysis and synthesis for use in lithium-ion-based energy storage. Improved battery performance and advanced battery products will also be part of the long-term research agreement. Read more >
Hartford’s Top Industries Work To Become Tech Magnets
(Hartford Courant, 4/20/18) Momentum is building in Hartford for an influx of new technology companies to shape and strengthen the future of the city’s insurance industry, long a bastion of steady habits and stagnant growth. The first seeds of that transformation were on display Wednesday at a showcase of the…
Danbury-based company submits seven fuel cell proposals for energy procurement
(CT Post, 4/16/18) Danbury-based FuelCell Energy, which makes power generation equipment, has submitted plans for seven generation units in the latest request for renewable proposals being considered by state energy officials. The projects FuelCell Energy has proposed would produce a combined total of 85.1 megawatts, said Thomas Gelston, vice president…
ABI Research Identifies Six Transformative Technologies Impacting Industrial Manufacturing
(PR Newswire, 4/3/18) What are the top technologies industrial visionaries need to be aware of now and, more importantly, why and how will those technologies impact their industry? To answer that important question, ABI Research, a market foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, identified…
Infosys to test Connecticut’s tech talent pipeline
(Hartford Business Journal, 4/2/18) State officials and employers alike cheered last month as Indian IT giant Infosys announced plans to hire 1,000 information technology employees in Hartford by 2022. But given that local companies often complain of a tech skills gap being a hurdle to hiring, can Connecticut provide enough…
Secretary Acosta Accepts Larson’s Invitation To Witness Successful CT Workforce Collaborations
(Public Now, 4/17/18) Washington, D.C. – In today’s Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Jobs and Opportunity, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta accepted Rep. John B. Larson’s (CT-01) invitation to visit Connecticut and see the successful workforce collaborations led by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), Goodwin College, International Association of Machinists (IAM),…
Three wind power projects submitted to Connecticut DEEP
(New Haven Register, 4/4/18) A request for renewable energy proposals by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has yielded three bids for generating power with offshore wind farms. The deadline for submitting the renewable energy proposals to DEEP was Monday. DEEP officials received a total of 27 bids,…