MELBOURNE, FLA. — Florida Institute of Technology will use a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to launch the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Innovative Design, a 100,000-square-foot facility in the former Intersil building in Palm Bay that will advance the capabilities of U.S. companies in next-generation manufacturing methods while ensuring students are exposed to technology and ideas that will influence the global manufacturing marketplace for years to come.
Known as CAMID, the facility at Florida Tech’s Research and Development Center, 2495 Palm Bay Road NE, will enhance the digital product development and operations of manufacturers as well as their supply chains.