Prince George Research Facility To Open In September - WRIC Richmond News and Weather -

Prince George Research Facility To Open In September

Posted: Updated:

  • 8News

  • Saturday, May 18 2013 6:13 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:13:12 GMT
    DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.    Washington County director of emergency
    DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.    Washington County director of emergency

  • Saturday, May 18 2013 4:51 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:51:47 GMT
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination

  • Saturday, May 18 2013 4:38 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:38:14 GMT
    PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River. The Coast Guard says a resident near Tappahannock noticed the 15-foot boat
    PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River. The Coast Guard says a resident near Tappahannock noticed the 15-foot boat
    •   

 

PRINCE GEORGE, Va. (AP) - Construction is nearly complete on an advanced manufacturing research center in Prince George County.
Officials with the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing say the 60,000-square-foot facility is expected to open in early September. They are touting it as a way to create a high-tech manufacturing hub.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/OT2vwA) that the center will do research for a group of manufacturing companies under a partnership with Virginia Tech, Virginia State University and the University of Virginia.
Eight manufacturers have joined a consortium that will support the center's research. They include Rolls-Royce, Newport News Shipbuilding and Siemens. Others are expected to join soon.
The goal is to do nearly $20 million worth of research a year for the companies in the partnership. The center will eventually employ about 60 people.

Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.