Disputanta, Va.
Ground was broken in April of 2011 on the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, Va. The collaborative research facility represents a partnership of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University. Founding industry partners include Canon Virginia, Chromalloy, Newport News Shipbuilding, Rolls-Royce, Sandvik Coromant, and Siemens. Supporting advanced research in surface engineering and manufacturing systems, the 50,000-sf facility will house computational and large-scale production labs as well as production space for heavy equipment and surface coating processes. Completion is expected in 2012.
