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The
WRC serves whiteware manufacturers and raw material suppliers
to the whiteware industry.
Manufacturers of dinnerware, electrical porcelain,
sanitary ware, and tile all benefit from membership.
Raw material suppliers to these manufacturers also
benefit and obtain membership to WRC via a special supplier
mechanism.
Benefits of Whiteware Research Center Membership
·
Participation
in an interactive and cooperative forum of companies with
shared industrial concerns.
·
Reduced
cost of funding long term or high-risk pre-competitive
research.
·
Guidance
over the direction of research to ensure optimum relevance and
value.
·
Timely
technology transfer
·
Early
access to potential co-op and career ceramic engineering
students.
·
Improved
technical support services to customers.
·
Access
to the New York State College of Ceramics resources to
overcome and solve emergency manufacturing problems.
WRC
Research Project Selection and Oversight
The
Industrial Liaison Board, the WRC Director, and the faculty
investigators meet twice each year to review projects
currently funded by the WRC and to entertain new proposals
(submitted by the faculty) based on research agenda outlined
by the WRC strategic plan.
Funding is the allocated to projects based on a voting
process within the Industrial Liaison Board.
One or two member companies are selected to work with
the faculty investigator(s) on each project to keep the
research focused on the needs of industry and to increase the
potential for technology transfer. Reports and project updates
are then presented to the entire membership as outlined in the
WRC strategic plan.
Membership
Fees for Industrial Companies
According
to our charter, the membership structure for industrial
companies sets the annual fee at $25,000 or $50,000, depending
on company size, 10% of which is placed in a special account
for analytical services each year.
(The analytical services account balance rolls into the
next fiscal year so that monies can be accumulated for future
projects.) Benefits pursuant to that fee include new research proposal
voting privileges; access to all research data generated in
completed and ongoing projects; access to discounted
analytical testing services; and a 15% discount on all
industrial short courses offered through the New York State
College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
Membership
Fees for Raw
Materials Companies
According
to our charter, the membership structure for raw materials
companies sets the annual fee at $6,000. Benefits pursuant to
that fee include access to all research data generated in
completed and ongoing projects; access to discounted
analytical testing services; and a 15% discount on all
industrial short courses offered through the New York State
College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
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