DISPUTANTA, Va., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and the presidents of the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University today joined with executives from some of the world's biggest names in manufacturing to officially break ground for the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), a unique collaborative research facility in Prince George County, Virginia, that promises to accelerate the transfer of laboratory innovations to manufacturing production lines where they can improve efficiencies, products and profits. "With a turn of the dirt today, Virginia is preparing a new foundation for manufacturing in the Commonwealth and in the nation," said Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that it has joined the Virginia Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM), located near Richmond, Va.

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcum LLP, one of the nation's leading accounting and advisory firms, and The Connecticut Technology Council awarded winners in each of the six categories of the Marcum Tech Top 40 in a ceremony at the Chevrolet Theater in Wallingford, CT.

By Timothy R. Gaffney, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Oct. 23--DAYTON -- While big manufacturers are shedding jobs, small companies are struggling to find the highly skilled workers they need, says a local teacher.

Jun. 30--The Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Technology has filed the first of an expected string of lawsuits to recover what it says are overpayments to some of its former education providers. CAMtech filed suit in U.S. Bankruptcy Court against Wrightco Technologies Inc.