PBS NewsHour story featuring CCAT President and CEO Ron Angelo, Connecticut’s First Chief Manufacturing Officer Colin Cooper and CCAT’s partners on how the pandemic has accelerated a push to improve and expand job training for the state’s large manufacturing workforce development. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/roads-to-recovery-how-the-pandemic-is-accelerating-workforce-training
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology announces appointment of Dr. Jacquelynn Garofano as Chief Technology Officer
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) announces the appointment of Dr. Jacquelynn (Jackie) Garofano as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective April 2. “Having Jackie in this senior technology role is a tremendous opportunity for CCAT. Her experience and deep understanding of advanced technologies as…
17th Annual Women of Innovation Nominations Due June 18; Finalists to be Announced in June, Featured at Fall Awards Ceremony
Women in STEM Disciplines Propel Businesses, Academia, Innovation & Breakthroughs Across Connecticut Hartford, CT – The deadline for nominations is just two weeks away, as plans for the 17th annual Women of Innovation® awards program proceed. The prestigious awards highlight the increasing impact of women innovators, role models, and leaders…
HSB and CCAT Partner to Explore Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Click here to download a PDF of the press release. ▪ Additive Manufacturing is industrial 3D printing at scale ▪ Partnership focuses on technology and risk solutions for manufacturers and suppliers Additive Manufacturing makes complex parts faster, lighter, and in many cases, cheaper HSB, a leading provider of specialty insurance…
Manufacturers should focus on recovery, tech and grooming workforce in 2021
Read the Hartford Business Journal article by Colin Cooper, Chief Manufacturing Officer, State of CT.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Awards the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. for Assisting Manufacturing Companies in Expanding Exports
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Elinor Hargreaves (860) 282-4283 U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY AWARDS THE CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, INC. FOR ASSISTING MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN EXPANDING EXPORTS East Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) is a recipient of the President’s “E” Award for Export Service, the highest…
In East Hartford, a new effort to help workers left behind
(Reuters, 12/6/19) EAST HARTFORD, Conn (Reuters) – For the first time in a while, Diomedes Dilone is earning enough money that he can afford to take the weekends off. Until February, Dilone was waking up at 3 a.m. to drive for Uber, but the money wasn’t enough to cover his…
Manufacturing summit for female students hosted at Sacred Heart University
(CTPost, 10/22/19) – FAIRFIELD — If the precision machining shop at Platt Tech in Milford was light on female students on Tuesday, it’s because nearly half of them were representing at a Girls & Manufacturing Summit at Sacred Heart University. It was a program designed to convince more girls that math,…
Officials tour Pegasus Manufacturing in Middletown to learn about careers in field
(CTPost, 10/10/19) MIDDLETOWN — State officials marked Manufacturing Month by joining high school students on a tour of Pegasus Manufacturing on Timber Ridge Road earlier this week. Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, state Sen. Matt Lesser and state Rep. Quentin Phipps visited the facility Oct. 4 to hear from students and employees about…
Middletown Works offers HOPE to improve lives of single-parent families
(CTPost, 10/11/19) MIDDLETOWN — Middletown Works announces the launch of an outreach campaign designed to build community and investment in the citizens of Middletown. HOPE, has three areas of focus: monthly community cafés,designed to bring together a variety of people in the city to get to know each other, share resources and build…