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52 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST June/July 2018 The Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research and Development (OMIC R&D) continues to grow its company membership with the addition in May of California-based CGTech, and the Ore- gon-based manufacturer, Summit. With a total now of fifteen manufacturing industry partners and three Oregon public universities, the Scappoose, Oregon based R&D facility continues to build a world-class operation to develop advanced metals manufacturing technologies. CGTech, whose main headquarters are in Irvine, California, was founded in 1988 and specializes in numerical control (NC/CNC) simulation, verifica- tion, optimization, and analysis software technology for manufacturing. Since that time, its main software product, VERICUT®, has become the industry stan- dard. With offices worldwide, VERICUT software is used by companies of all sizes, universities/trade schools, and government agencies. Summit, which was founded 25 years ago in Hillsboro, Oregon produces high-quality steel-based products for commercial and industrial use such as modular workstations, server racks, and fuel transfer tanks. Its capabilities include fabrication, laser cut- ting, press brake and band sawing. They also provide OMIC R&D Expands Members with Addition of CGTech and Summit contract manufactur- ing and fabrication services. Matt Carter, chair of the OMIC R&D Board of Governors said, “We welcome CGTech and Sum- mit to the OMIC R&D partnership and know that they will broaden our expertise in metals manufacturing. Both of these organiza- tions have high qual- ity reputations, and we know they will add great value to the innovation envi- ronment that we are creating with this impressive group of organizations. The Board looks forward to the value that we know CGTech and Summit will bring to this collaborative environment.” OMIC R&D is the fifteenth such research center established with Boeing leadership worldwide, and the first Boeing has sponsored in the United States. Its mission is to bring together manufacturing companies and higher education in an innovation environment where “outside-in” applied research with faculty and university students solves real problems for advanced manufacturers while training the next generation of engineers and technologists. “We appreciate being invited to participate with OMIC,” said Bryan Jacobs, CGTech’s representative for the Pacific Northwest. “VERICUT is a proven tool for reducing manufacturing costs while improving quality for our existing users. Working with OMIC will help more Oregon manufacturers achieve the benefits of using VERICUT to improve manufactur- ing efficiency.” Lew Barnes, president of Summit said, “OMIC fills a critical need in our region for economic devel- opment and innovation in advanced metals manufac- turing. We are excited to be a part of the OMIC Team