MSU cuts ribbon on automated composite stitching cell

MSU cuts ribbon on automated composite stitching cell

Pictured, from left, are MSU’s Wayne Huberty, ACI associate director; Jim Martin, associate vice president for Corporate Engagement and Economic Development; Scott Willard, interim vice president for Research and Economic Development; President Mark E. Keenum; and Chris Bounds, ACI director; Inteva Products President and CEO Gerard Roose; Appalachian Regional Commission Director of Mississippi Andrea Rose; and MSU’s Crisler Herndon, ACI assistant director.

On Monday [April 13], Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum, fourth from left, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the university’s automated composite stitching cell. Installed in MSU’s Advanced Composites Institute, the integrated industrial system is the first commissioned, U.S.-based automated structure of its kind. Pictured, from left, are MSU’s Wayne Huberty, ACI associate director; Jim Martin, associate vice president for Corporate Engagement and Economic Development; Scott Willard, interim vice president for Research and Economic Development; Keenum; and Chris Bounds, ACI director; Inteva Products President and CEO Gerard Roose; Appalachian Regional Commission Director of Mississippi Andrea Rose; and MSU’s Crisler Herndon, ACI assistant director. (Photo by Beth Wynn)

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