HVCC Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Local College, Government and Industry Leaders attend groundbreaking ceremony at HVCC last Wednesday.

On Wednesday, April 11, Hudson Valley hosted the groundbreaing for its newest facility, the Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills (CAMS). Dr. Andrew J. Matonak, president of Hudson Valley; the College Board of Trustees; the Board of Directors of the Hudson Valley Community College Foundation; elected officials, manufacturing industry leaders; students, faculty and staff were all in attendance to celebrate the momentous event.

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Wednesday celebrates start of Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing.

HVCC| College Celebrates Groundbreaking on New $14.5 Million Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills Hudson Valley Community College offers more than 85 programs with locations in Albany, Troy, Malta and other areas throughout the Capital Region.

HVCC closing at noon today.

$1.5 million federal grant will boost funding for new Advanced Manufacturing facility
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Posted by Eric J Bryant on December 21, 2017
The college learned today that a federal government grant request to help fund the Gene F. Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills (CAMS) was approved. The grant request, which will add $1.5 million to the funding for the new facility, was submitted by Director of Grants Cheryl Beauchamp. President Matonak and Regina LaGatta from the college’s Foundation also lobbied for the appropriation.
The grant is eligible for New York State matching funds, which means it will add a total of $3 million to the project.
The groundbreaking for the new CAMS facility is tentatively set for 11 a.m. on April 11, 2018.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million to Support Advanced Manufacturing Training Efforts in Troy, New York
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Hudson Valley Community College of Troy, New York, to help expand their Advanced Manufacturing Technologies training facility. According to grantee estimates, the project is expected to create 600 jobs and generate more than $3.2 million in private investment.
“The American manufacturing sector has experienced a new revival under the policies of the Trump Administration,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “Hudson Valley Community College’s expanded training facility will boost efforts to provide workers in Troy with the skills necessary to support growing manufacturing firms.”
The project will complete the interior of a 40,000 square foot, two-story addition to Lang Hall to include classroom space, multiple advanced manufacturing labs, demonstration areas, student advisement center, conference rooms, and computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing simulation workstations.
About the U.S. Economic Development Administration (www.eda.gov)
The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA makes investments in economically distressed communities in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.

Another $1.5 million grant toward the Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing to be built on the HVCC campus. This last major grant answers the question of whether there will be enough funding available to build our new facility. Projected spring ground breaking appears certain!

NY community college receiving federal manufacturing grant An upstate New York community college is receiving a federal grant for a facility to train students for high-tech manufacturing jobs.

HVCC Advanced Manufacturing Technology awarded 2.9 million in latest round of funding. Closer to our goal for building the new Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing at HVCC.

How much the Albany, NY, area won in state money competition - Albany Business Review The ceremony to award funding as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seventh-annual state money competition was held Wednesday at the Albany Capital Center.

2017 HVCC AMT Capstone Project. Students made 18 scale models of the Civil War ship USS Monitor, mounted on a handsome base including a dock. Beautiful work. You can see it on display in Lang Technical Building.

Commencement Starting!