Manufacturing
The Georgia Center of Innovation works with Georgia manufacturers of all sizes, from entrepreneurs to large Fortune 500 companies, to address business challenges and opportunities and to innovate products, processes, and workforce. Our team is made up of manufacturing problem solvers dedicated to assisting businesses.
Much of the Center’s assistance to manufacturers falls within three main categories: product development, process improvement, and workforce development solutions. Here’s a quick overview of our services:
- Provide technical expertise to assess manufacturing challenges and tap new markets;
- Match company needs to state resources (including tax incentives, Lean Six Sigma problem-solving methods, international trade, and others);
- Facilitate research collaborations between industry and academia; and
- Assist companies in product commercialization by identifying strategic partnerships such as contract manufacturers or prototyping services.
We’re only a phone call or email away to get the conversation started.
Product Development
It doesn’t matter if you are a start-up, well-established company or a business somewhere in between. We provide technical and business development advice at all stages of product development from conceptualization to full-scale production, including research and development, prototypes, design, and manufacturing process.
At the heart of our approach is leveraging a wealth of resources around the state such as researchers at Georgia's top universities, product designers, additive manufacturers, machining prototype shops, and contract manufacturers. We assist companies in making the right connections to take products from concept to commercialization.
The Jeneer Group
With more than 2,200 landfills in the United States, and even more methane-harvesting pumps, the need for equipment to communicate to maintenance operators is crucial. Through a connection at Georgia Tech, the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing prepared The Jeneer Group for exponential growth.
Process Improvement
A key to modern manufacturing and growth is achieving optimal efficiency, and the Center assists Georgia businesses in analyzing existing manufacturing processes to identify potential improvements. With access to world-renowned faculty and top-notch students at universities around the state and Georgia Tech’s Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, we connect companies to people who can help with improving a machining process.
Wish for Wash
Founded as student capstone project, Wish for Wash was seeking to take a revolutionary toilet prototype to the next level. Through introductions made by the Center of Innovation, Wish for Wash further refined its product, leading to the next round of funding for advanced research.
Workforce Development Solutions
Today's manufacturing industry requires advanced skill sets all the way from the operator level to leadership positions. Georgia is fortunate to have the nation's No. 1 workforce training program known as Quick Start, an academically diverse Technical College System, and first-class science and engineering programs at Georgia's universities. By leveraging these resources and private industry, the Center assembles strategic partners to help manufacturers identify workforce challenges and opportunities and develop thoughtful solutions.
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation | Newnan
Faced with a material challenge at a molecular level, Newnan-based Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. turned to the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing for assistance. Through the Center's deep industry expertise and a research connection at Georgia Tech, Yamaha now has a revolutionary tool that will help them design, test, and enhance the materials in their various product offerings.
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