NewsDesk BASF (Iselin, NJ), the world’s leading chemical company,
on Nov. 13 celebrated the grand opening of its new cathode materials production plant in Elyria, OH.
The materials manufactured at the plant will be used by
BASF’s customers to produce advanced lithium-ion batteries. Construction of the new cathode materials plant was sup- ported by a $24.6 million grant from the US DOE.
Awards Acutronic USA (Pittsburgh), ExOne (North Huntingdon, PA)
and Paramount Industries (Langhorne, PA) are the first recipients of Pennsylvania’s Research for Advanced Manufacturing (RAMP) awards. RAMP is a funding program providing small grants to faculty-led university teams that engage in short-term innovation projects in cooperation with Pennsylvania manufacturers. Acutronic develops, designs and manufactures precision motion simulators for the aerospace, defense, automotive and
Ralph Resnick, acting director of NAMII, addresses the audience during the RAMP award announcement.
consumer industries. ExOne’s expertise lies in 3-D printing at prototype and production levels as well as micromachining processes. A 3DSystems company, Paramount Industries is involved in additive prototyping and manufacturing. The com- panies will work with teams from Carnegie Mellon and Lehigh universities. The initial awards were announced at a ceremony at Acutronic USA’s headquarters to celebrate Pennsylvania’s role in winning federal funding for the National Additive Manu- facturing Innovation Institute (NAMII).