Multiscale Systems, WPI granted combined $1.44M for sustainable manufacturing
PHOTO | Courtesy of Multiscale Systems
Multiscale CEO Jesse Silverberg (right) and Chief Technology Officer Art Evans study one of the company's composites.
Two Worcester entities are benefiting from an initiative designed to support sustainable alternatives to traditional manufacturing, leading to the creation of a new manufacturing facility in the city.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Multiscale Systems, an industrial research and product development firm, were the two Central Massachusetts-based entities to receive funding from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative fund, a state-led source of grants issued through MassTech Collaborative’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Worcester, according to a press release issued by CAM at MassTech on Thursday.
Multiscale Systems received $1.11 million, which it will use to build a new manufacturing facility in Worcester to accelerate production of composite materials. The company will work with Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester to create an apprenticeship program at the facility and will engage with The Venture Forum’s entrepreneurship network as part of the project.
The Venture Forum, a Worcester-based, independent volunteer-led organization, expanded its entrepreneurship-focused initiatives in March with the desire of turning the city into a global startup hub.
Multiscale Systems will add up to 10 new jobs as the result of this grant. The company received three awards totaling $650,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA in August and a $200,000 contract from the DOE in August 2022.
WPI will use the $331,592 it was granted to develop a scalable process for converting mixed plastic waste streams and films into valuable aromatic chemicals.
“Massachusetts is home to the world’s leading innovation economy thanks to our trailblazing manufacturing companies, cutting-edge universities and top talent,” Gov. Maura Healey said in the CAM at MassTech press release. “We are committed to investing in the pioneering R&D and infrastructure necessary to help our state maintain its status as a place where groundbreaking ideas translate to real-world solutions through programs like M2I2.”
WPI and Multiscale Systems were the two Central Massachusetts entities to receive funding from this round of funding, part of a wider statewide distribution of $10.3 million in grants to 13 entities.
Eric Casey is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the manufacturing and real estate industries.
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