Maritime Economic Development: Port Angeles
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Port Angeles Breaks Ground on the Composite Recycling Technology Center
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee joined other dignitaries on September 21 in helping the Port of Port Angeles break ground on a new Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) at the port’s Composite Manufacturing Campus.
The project will complete a 25,000 square foot shell building to house offices, laboratories, classrooms and manufacturing space for the recycling center and Peninsula College’s Advanced Manufacturing – Composite Technology training program. The center will convert carbon fiber composite scrap material, left over from transportation and other advanced manufacturing industries, into new and useful products. The port predicts it will create "hundreds of local living wage jobs, while diverting millions of pounds of composite materials from the region’s landfills."
CRTC is a joint effort of the Port of Port Angeles, Peninsula College, City of Port Angeles, and Clallam County, with significant involvement from Washington State University, and other workforce training, research and industry partners throughout the United States.
Funding includes $1 million in Washington State Clean Energy funds, $1 million from the Clallam County Opportunity Fund, and $2 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA). This project also received a boost by being included in the EDA’s designated Washington Aerospace Manufacturing Community, which is administered by the Puget Sound Regional Council. Representatives from each organization were on hand for in the ceremony.
Housed within the port, the CRTC will operate an independent nonprofit organization managed by a newly formed board of directors. Its mission is to lead and grow a composite recycling industry that fully diverts Washington State’s carbon fiber scrap into value-added products.
The facility will also house Peninsula College’s Advanced Manufacturing – Composite Technology training program, to support the training of a workforce prepared for and accomplished in the composite recycling industry.
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee joined other dignitaries on September 21 in helping the Port of Port Angeles break ground on a new Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) at the port’s Composite Manufacturing Campus.
The project will complete a 25,000 square foot shell building to house offices, laboratories, classrooms and manufacturing space for the recycling center and Peninsula College’s Advanced Manufacturing – Composite Technology training program. The center will convert carbon fiber composite scrap material, left over from transportation and other advanced manufacturing industries, into new and useful products. The port predicts it will create "hundreds of local living wage jobs, while diverting millions of pounds of composite materials from the region’s landfills."
CRTC is a joint effort of the Port of Port Angeles, Peninsula College, City of Port Angeles, and Clallam County, with significant involvement from Washington State University, and other workforce training, research and industry partners throughout the United States.
Funding includes $1 million in Washington State Clean Energy funds, $1 million from the Clallam County Opportunity Fund, and $2 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA). This project also received a boost by being included in the EDA’s designated Washington Aerospace Manufacturing Community, which is administered by the Puget Sound Regional Council. Representatives from each organization were on hand for in the ceremony.
Housed within the port, the CRTC will operate an independent nonprofit organization managed by a newly formed board of directors. Its mission is to lead and grow a composite recycling industry that fully diverts Washington State’s carbon fiber scrap into value-added products.
The facility will also house Peninsula College’s Advanced Manufacturing – Composite Technology training program, to support the training of a workforce prepared for and accomplished in the composite recycling industry.
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