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The new 100,000-square-foot FAMRC facility will be home to the world’s
first industry-led smart sensors consortium—the International Consortium for
Advanced Manufacturing Research (ICAMR)—providing leading companies
with a one-stop shop for state-of-the-art integration of semiconductor-based
processes, equipment, materials and circuits for multi-applicable, nextgeneration smart sensor and photonics devices.
Osceola County, which owns the 20-acre site, has committed an initial $61
million for design, construction and equipment costs for the Manufacturing
The Corridor will contribute up to $6.5 million
Center. The University of Central Florida has pledged $10 million – from non-
and has expanded its signature Matching
state and non-tuition resources – for design, build and startup costs. And, the
Grants Research Program to include a focus on
university will invest $7 million for focused faculty hires devoted to the initiative.
sensor-driven advanced manufacturing. And,
the University of South Florida and the University
“This center holds great potential for becoming another
economic game changer for our entire region – and the
of Florida, UCF’s partners in The Corridor, have
pledged $250,000 each annually. Interest
doesn’t stop at the boundaries of the 23
timing for such an endeavor could hardly be better,”
Corridor counties, either. Florida International
said UCF President John C. Hitt.
investments and Enterprise Florida has
University in Miami matched those $250,000
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