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Ohio Location Chosen as Home for New Defense Metals Technology Center
North Canton, Ohio, has been chosen as the site for the nation's newest Department of Defense (DoD) Center of Excellence. Centers of Excellence deal with specific military technology needs that are deemed critical to the nation's defense and security.
The Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC), to be located at Stark State College, will become the principal repository of data and coordination of the various academic, government and industrial entities involved with highly specialized and strategic metals, including titanium.
The result of the vision and creative effort led by Congressman Ralph Regula (R-OH), the DMTC is being funded by the 2006 National Defense Appropriation Bill and the State of Ohio Department of Development. The center's executive director will be Charlie Clark, who previously served as director of government relations for the University of Akron.
The center is expected to link academia, national labs, industry, and DoD, with a goal of maintaining a globally competitive industrial base to support the cost-effective manufacture of military hardware.
More information is available at http://www.defensemetals.org/.