Smaller CT manufacturers launch new product development, employee training centers

Smaller CT manufacturers launch new product development, employee training centers

Hartford Business Journal, April 25, 2022By Skyler Frazer Connecticut’s largest manufacturers, including Stanley Black & Decker and Pratt & Whitney, in recent years have opened multimillion-dollar training and product development centers that aim to recruit and/or upskill workers and help create a new line of advanced technology products that can…

How a First-Generation Engineer Is Making Boss Moves, with Jacquelynn Garofano, CCAT Chief Technology Officer

How a First-Generation Engineer Is Making Boss Moves, with Jacquelynn Garofano, CCAT Chief Technology Officer

This week Made in America with Ari Santiago is on the road for a special episode at the Advanced Composites Technology Center at Goodwin University, featuring Jacquelynn Garofano, Chief Technology Officer at CCAT. Jackie and Ari tackle some of the hottest topics in the manufacturing industry including great career opportunities,…

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Named an Inaugural Stanley Black & Decker Makers Grant Recipient

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Named an Inaugural Stanley Black & Decker Makers Grant Recipient

CCAT to assemble a group of influencers to inspire the future workforce and increase the manufacturing talent pipeline March 30, 2022 (East Hartford, CT) – Stanley Black and Decker (NYSE: SWK) announced on March 28 the recipients of its first “Empower Makers” Global Impact Challenge. The Connecticut Center for Advanced…

News8: Conn. Manufacturing Companies Look to Hire, Educate Students

News8: Conn. Manufacturing Companies Look to Hire, Educate Students

https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/conn-manufacturing-companies-look-to-hire-educate-students/ EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — From aerospace to outer space, Connecticut is booming with technology, and now companies are looking to hire and educate students. There are more than 4,000 medium to small manufacturing companies in the state. They aim to hire students in college and high school. “There…

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Secures $900,000 for Community Funding Project in Connecticut’s First District

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Secures $900,000 for Community Funding Project in Connecticut’s First District

CCAT to reinvest funding into manufacturing and technology workforce and small business development EAST HARTFORD, March 14, 2022   On March 10, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted to fund $6.38 million in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for the First District. This funding, included in the appropriations government…

Sensofar announces Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) partnership in the US

Sensofar announces Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) partnership in the US

Sensofar commitment to the US’s industrial sector Sensofar Group, a high-end surface metrology instrument designer and manufacturer, today announced its partnership with the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), a premier manufacturing technology provider that has engaged the manufacturing sector throughout Connecticut, New England, and the U.S. for nearly two…

CCAT Launches Advanced Composites Technology Center Partnership with Pratt & Whitney, Goodwin University and the State of Connecticut

CCAT Launches Advanced Composites Technology Center Partnership with Pratt & Whitney, Goodwin University and the State of Connecticut

‘This is about Connecticut leading in technology’ EAST HARTFORD – (Oct. 26, 2021) The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) officially unveiled the Advanced Composites Technology Center, a unique public-private partnership with CCAT, Pratt & Whitney, Goodwin University and the State of Connecticut. The center, housed at Goodwin University and…

A Manufacturing Tradition That Doesn’t Stand Still [Hartford Live Work Play, Sept 2021]

A Manufacturing Tradition That Doesn’t Stand Still [Hartford Live Work Play, Sept 2021]

Industry, innovation and old-fashioned yankee ingenuity run deep in greater Hartford’s blood. A hub for advanced manufacturing, as well as aerospace and defense companies, Hartford is a well-positioned magnet for top talent and companies. Familiar names with a stake in the region include Carrier, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, Stanley Black…