T-RIC Organization Profile

Catalyst Connection is an economic development organization dedicated to helping small manufacturers in southwestern Pennsylvania improve their competitive performance. Serving the manufacturing sector for over 22 years, Catalyst Connection provides the latest industry best practices , translated to meet the needs of the small and medium-sized establishments that dominate the region’s manufacturing sector.

As the leader of this Technology Acceleration Initiative and Consortium, Catalyst Connection firmly believes that technology acceleration via T-RIC epitomizes the axiom “the sum is greater than its parts”.

The T-RIC Consortium consists of the region’s premier technology and innovation institutions, which includes the following partners:

• Advanced Manufacturing Technology Ventures (AMTV)
• Catalyst Connection
• Innovation Works
• National Energy Technology Lab (NETL)
• PA Nanomaterials Commercialization Center
• University of Pittsburgh

First Annual PA Manufacturers’ Energy & Innovation Conference
September 7th, 2011 at the Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry, PA

Catalyst Connection and the T-RIC Consortium hosted the PA Manufacturers’ Energy & Innovation Conference and brought the region's small manufacturer’s together with premier technology and innovation institutes to learn about available funding, available technologies and research, and product development and commercialization assistance
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