IACMI’s Tennessee Facility

These facilities have provided key IACMI members involved in Tennessee innovation initiatives with strong partnerships in research and development. These include 4XTechnologies, AOC, BASF, Bossard, Composite Application Group, Composites Coalition, Dow, Endeavor Composites, HTS Hot Stamp, JR Automation, Magnum Venus Products, Minifibers, Nissan, Owens Corning, PPG, Prisma Renewable Composites, Techmer Polymer Modifiers, Teijin, and Volkswagen.

As an ardent contributor to Tennessee’s innovation and manufacturing heritage, IACMI leverages our capabilities to support continued economic growth. 

Facility Hosts and Partners

• The Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) enables student researchers to collaborate with industry to solve problems through testing and product development.
• The Carbon Fiber Technology Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) offers a flexible, instrumented melt-spinning and carbon fiber line for demonstrating advanced technology scalability.
• The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL collaborates with industry to reduce risk and accelerate development and deployment of energy-efficient manufacturing processes and material systems.
• The Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability (LASIR) at Vanderbilt University combines model- ing and simulation tools, sensing and control techniques, and risk and reliability analytics to improve performance of manufacturing systems.
• Innovation South

Academic and state support for IACMI’s Tennessee initiatives include East Tennessee Economic Council, Pellissippi State Community College, Roane State Community College, the state of Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Vanderbilt University.