Center Members
CHTE consortium membership consists of four tiers: Platinum, Gold, or Silver levels. Founding members, those who initiated the Center with an initial payment of $25,000, are identified with an asterisk.
For each membership class, the following privileges are available:
Silver members are entitled to participate in all symposia and educational events and are eligible to receive all information as it is developed, receive newsletters and publications of the Center.They are eligible to participate in focus groups used to assist and direct research projects. They will be directly involved in the industrial internship program at WPI, in which students are working with the industry to address fundamental issues facing the industry. Silver Members have royalty free use of intellectual property resulting from the research conducted by and for the CHTE. The Silver annual membership fee is $6,000.
Gold members are entitled to all of the benefits of the Silver members and are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors and the Project Steering Committee. Membership on the Board and Steering Committee will be on a rotational basis. Gold Members have royalty free use of intellectual property resulting from the research conducted by and for the CHTE. The Gold annual membership fee is $15,000.
Platinum members are entitled to all the benefits of the Gold members, and in addition, platinum members may have multiple membership on Focus Groups (maximum of one per person per company on each Focus Group); have access to the Metal Processing Institute's activities - status reports - of the other Centers (i.e., Casting and P/M); have six seats to the MPI Spring Symposium; obtain a 40% reduction in fees at the International Summer School, or any other custom tailored course; and obtain automatically all MPI publications. The Platinum annual membership fee is $25,000.
Platinum Members
BAE Systems
Caterpillar, Inc.*
Deere & Co.*
Pratt & Whitney*
Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation
Surface Combustion Inc.*
Thermatool
The Timken Co.*
Gold Members
Air Liquide America Corp.*
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.*
Bluewater Thermal Solutions
Chrysler
Cummins Inc.
Silver Members
ALD Vacuum Technologies
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
Houghton International Inc.*
Praxair
Spirol International Corp.
Bronze Members (No longer available)
ASM International
SECO/WARWICK Corp.
Sousa Corp.
Affiliated Societies/Organizations
ASM International*
Metal Treating Institute*
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