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By Stacey Federoff, Pittsburgh Business Times Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing announced its inaugural leadership teams. Four teams of 10 to 13 academic and corporate representatives have formed to lead the public-private partnership, known as ARM. “Our inaugural council members represent some of the most innovative organizations in the industrial robotics and education ecosystem, and we are extremely pleased to have them work with ARM and our members to drive…

By University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (March 22, 2018) ... Small- to medium-sized companies in southwestern Pennsylvania have a friend in the University of Pittsburgh. For the past two years, Pitt Industrial Engineering (IE) students have worked with manufacturing extension partnership Catalyst Connection to make productivity and operations improvements throughout the region. "The collaboration with Catalyst Connection began during the fall semester in 2016," says Louis Luangkesorn, assistant professor of…

By South Pittsburgh Reporter The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, with support from Mayor William Peduto’s administration, invested nearly $7 million in small businesses across the city last year, which supported almost $24 million in neighborhood development projects. The businesses were URA loan clients, facade clients, Neighborhood Business District funding recipients, and manufacturers supported through the agency’s Manufacturing Assistance Program in partnership with Catalyst Connection. It supported in total 46…

By Shanie Denney, The Indiana Gazette Want to know what’s so cool about video manufacturing? Technology teacher Michael Funyak and his eighth-grade video production team from Blairsville recently teamed up with local company Clark Metal Products to make a video for a manufacturing video contest called “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” The purpose of the contest is for students to become more involved in manufacturing. “What intrigued me to…

Howie Choset, CTO for the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute and Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, was the Keynote Speaker at Catalyst Connection’s Annual Manufacturing Reception in Pittsburgh, PA on February 21, 2018. He spoke about advanced robotics and the impact they are having on manufacturing companies. For more information on advanced robotics in manufacturing, visit our Advanced Robotics or contact Matt Minner at mminner@catalystconnection.org.