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University of Western Ontario Opens Fraunhofer Composites Centre

Published 11/30/2012

The University of Western Ontario opened the 12,000-sf Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research in November of 2012 in London, Ontario. Located in the Advanced Manufacturing Park, the $25 million facility provides an industry-scale production environment for developing, testing, validating, and characterizing new lightweight materials and advanced manufacturing processes. The center features a Dieffenbacher material press with a clamping force of 2,500 tons.