The was down 32.9 percent from December’s $508.57 million and down 4.8 percent when compared with the total of $358.45 million reported for January 2014.
The newly-named Element Cincinnati will incorporate three existing sites to become one of the largest independent materials testing and product qualification testing service laboratories in the U.S.
America Makes will provide up to $8 million in funding toward these projects with at least $8 million in matching cost share from the awarded project teams for total funding worth $16 million.
Under the MassDevelopment’s Manufacturing Innovation Grants program, CCAT is one of four Innovation Centers to help advance the growth of small-to-mid-sized Massachusetts manufacturers.