Southwestern Pennsylvania Manufacturers Get Student Support
Published in EurekAlert! / University of Pittsburgh, 2018
This news release details a two-year partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering—led by Senior Design Capstone advisor Louis Luangkesorn—and Catalyst Connection (the NIST-PA Manufacturing Extension Partnership).
The initiative paired student teams with regional small- and medium-sized manufacturers. Featured achievements include a process optimization at All-Clad Metalcrafters yielding $466,057 in annual savings and a 130,000-sq-ft warehouse layout redesign at Anchor Distributors that cut transit times and labor costs.