Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC)

Issued By Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC)

July 6, 2007

For Immediate Release

Stark County, Ohio Chosen as Home for New Defense Metals Technology Center

North Canton, Ohio has been chosen as the site for the nation's newest Department of Defense Center of Excellence. Centers of Excellence deal with specific military technology needs that are deemed critical to the nation's defense and security.

The Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC), which will be located at Stark State College, will become the principal repository of data and coordination of the various academic, government and industrial entities involved with highly specialized and strategic metals, including titanium.

The result of the vision and creative effort led by Congressman Ralph Regula (R-Ohio, 16th), the DMTC is being funded by the 2006 National Defense Appropriation Bill and the State of Ohio Department of Development.

"I am very pleased that this Center will be located in Canton. The Center will bring together our local metals manufacturers to meet the needs of the Department of Defense and bring good jobs to our area. The DMTC will link academia, national labs, industry, and the Department of Defense to a common goal-maintaining a globally competitive industrial base to support the cost-effective manufacture of military hardware." said Congressman Regula.

The Executive Director to the Center will be Charlie Clark, who previously served as Director of Government Relations for the University of Akron. Clark has extensive experience in corporate management, business startups and financing, technology transfer, economic development, and State of Ohio and federal government involvement.

"This is a most exciting event for northern Ohio. In cooperation with the needs of the Army and National security, we will have the potential to present new technologies and resultant opportunities to the existing businesses right in the historical caldron where our nation's metal industry took shape in the 19th and 20th centuries. We believe there are numerous businesses that are anxious to expand their activities and it will be our mission to nurture those and thereby fuel economic development", said Mr. Clark.

If you'd like more information regarding this topic, please contact:

Charlie Clark
330-305-6605
330-305-6622 (fax)
cclark@defensemetals.org