The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation incorporated in May 2004. CCAT is an applied technology demonstration and training center that validates, demonstrates, and assists with the adoption of leading-edge technologies into global industrial companies and the advanced manufacturing supply chain, while providing vital workforce training and upskilling necessary for companies to fully-utilize the technology advancement. CCAT partners with State and Federal governmental agencies such as the DOD, DOE, NASA, SBA and USDOC on technology development and training utilizing government programs and commercial contracts to address military and civilian industrial manufacturing needs, promote clean-tech planning and policy initiatives and enhance workforce skills for technology competitiveness. The current technology focus of the Advanced Technology Centers is on multi-material additive manufacturing technologies, composites, advanced design, automation, metrology, industrial automation, and Industry 4.0 technologies.