Manufacturing Innovation Center at Rensselaer

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About Us

The Manufacturing Innovation Center, originally established as a NY State-designated Center for Advanced Technology in 1989, assists client companies with applied manufacturing R&D to help them meet specific business objectives – increasing productivity, profitability, domestic and international competitiveness, and the number and quality of products offered – so that they can grow and create jobs.

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Our Program

We have a long history of working with industry in programs encompassing basic research through manufacturing system design and pilot line development. Our unique combination of leading research, excellence in theory and analysis, practical design and process implementation has paid off for numerous industrial partners.

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