Ohio Congressman LaTourette Tours Cleveland Casting Development Center.In December, Rep. Steve LaTourette Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th congressional district. (R-Ohio) toured the Casting Development Center (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ), Cleveland. The CDC is operated by the Energy Industries of Ohio, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that assists technology development for Ohio's "Industries of the Future" program. This program, sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, aims to find new, innovative means for efficient energy use in manufacturing processes. The CDC provides full-scale melting and casting services to the regional metalcasting industry. Robert Purgert, president of the Energy Industries of Ohio, signed a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. witnessed by LaTourette. The agreement with the Dept. of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. will allow technological collaboration on development projects aimed at Ohio's key energy-intensive industries, including metalcasting, steel making and aluminum. "Given current events regarding energy matters, a program such as the Energy Industries of Ohio is very timely and important to our region and our state for promoting technology development that will ensure its world competitiveness," said LaTourette. |
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