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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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US President Barack Obama today launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging technologies such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. inventions, and in manufacturing-associated R&D.

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Novelis and Henkel partner on advanced bonding technology for high-volume aluminum vehicles

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BONDERITE M-NT 8453 was jointly developed by scientists at Henkel’s Madison Heights, Michigan facility and at the Novelis Global Research and Technology Center in Kennesaw, Georgia. The product is commercially available today and is currently being qualified with several global automakers.

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EV News: EV everywhere

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Marking $125M incentive for Rivian plant at Georgia state capitol. EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight. EV manufacturing Volvo revolution Large-scale casting technology is now under implementation at the company’s Sweden plant. Volva mega-casting.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Improved Manufacturing for High-Performance Magnets. manufacture permanent magnets that are both stronger and. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. Additive Manufacturing of. manufacturing to develop an ultra-high efficiency electric motor. Georgia Institute. Lead organization.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Georgia Tech Research Corporation, EDISON – Efficient DC Interrupter with Surge Protection – $3,000,000. Georgia Tech is proposing a novel hybrid direct-current (DC) circuit breaker technology that will enable multi- terminal DC power systems.

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