Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center

"OMIC" redirects here. Not to be confused with Omics.
Photo of the OMIC R&D Campus, taken in May 2023. Photo includes the original and new additive building completed in Spring 2023.

The Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center, Research & Development, abbreviated as OMIC R&D,[1] is a research facility located in Scappoose, Oregon. OMIC R&D is a collaborative environment bringing together industry, higher education, and government in partnership to develop new tools, techniques, and technologies to address near-term manufacturing challenges through applied research and advanced technical training. OMIC R&D is modeled after the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC) with Boeing in Sheffield, England.[2]

In 2017, the Oregon Legislature approved funding of $7.5 million to develop OMIC R&D. The facility officially launched following the signing of its initial Membership Agreement among industry and higher education partners in the second quarter of 2017. Between the 2016 and 2017 Legislative Sessions, OMIC R&D has received a total of $21.5 million in state funding.[3]

  1. ^ "Business Oregon | Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center". www.oregon4biz.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  2. ^ "University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC)". amrc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  3. ^ "Legislature Approves $7.5 Million Towards Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center - Strategic Economic Development Corporation". www.sedcor.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.