[WNPR, 6/20/2017] Fourteen small Connecticut aerospace companies are exhibiting their wares at the Paris Air Show this week. They join thousands of other businesses at the world’s biggest industry showcase. All the major players — the big airlines, aircraft companies, and engine makers — strut their stuff at the European…
(WLAD FM, 6/19/2017) Danbury State Representative David Arconti is touting passage of a bill he co-sponsored this session to boost the fuel cell industry. The measure allows electric distribution companies to add power from fuel cells to their sources of renewable energy. Arconti says this will continue Connecticut’s effort to achieve energy…
(Hartford Business Journal-Other Voices, 6/12/17) Recently, Hartford Business Journal featured an opinion piece (“State, local leaders have chance to reinvent CT government,”) from Bruce Carlson, head of the Connecticut Technology Council, calling for a regional effort to increase technological efficiencies in the state and introduce municipal and state officials to…
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — May 25, 2017 – Today, The Manufacturing Institute released a new Dream It. Do It. promotional video to support their manufacturing career awareness campaign. The video captures students participating in summer academies and other activities across the country that expose youth to manufacturing processes and…
(NorwalkPlus.com News, 5/14/17) – The Connecticut Office of Energy Efficient Businesses (OEEB) is expanding its services to businesses in the town of Watertown beginning May 16. OEEB’s energy outreach specialists will meet with businesses to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and increase savings from energy efficiency work, energy procurement,…
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — May 13, 2017 — The Connecticut Office of Energy Efficient Businesses (OEEB) is expanding its services to businesses in the town of Watertown beginning May 16. OEEB’s energy outreach specialists will meet with businesses to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and increase savings from energy…
(The Register Citizen, May 5, 2017) – City students were introduced to some of the wonders of science and technology this week as the third annual STEAM carnival was held at Torrington Middle School. Young people and families buzzed about the school, visiting a series of exhibits and activities that…
(Hartford Business Journal, Other Voices by Elliot Ginsberg, CCAT president & CEO, 4/10/2017) – Today unprecedented growth is projected for the aerospace and defense sector across our nation and our state. In Connecticut, companies like Pratt & Whitney, Electric Boat and Sikorsky have announced long-term contracts for military engines, commercial…
(Hartford Business Journal, 3/29/17) – Incentivizing training and retention of workers in Connecticut’s defense industry are just two of the steps recommended to help the state maintain a competitive edge, according to a new policy brief released Wednesday. With Electric Boat in Groton and Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford…
(Hartford Courant, 3/27/17) — Siemens, a German manufacturing and electronics company, is giving the state’s community colleges manufacturing and product design software with a commercial value of $315 million. “This is great news for our system but especially for our students,” said Mark Ojakian, president of Connecticut State Colleges &…