The National Center for Coatings Application, Research, and Education (C-CARE)
A one-of-a-kind coating and finishing technology center, housing 11,000 square feet of environmentally controlled space, and a suite of state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing coating and finishing equipment. C-CARE's mission is to become an industry-recognized national standard and world-class facility for workforce training, education, and research for a wide-variety of industrial coating processes and technologies that support a large base of manufacturers of metal, wood, plastic, ceramic, and composite products. C-CARE's value is categorized into these benefits:
- Increase Manufacturing Efficiency and Quality
- Increase Manufacturing Efficiency and Quality
- Increase Skill Level and Credentials of Workers
- Support Conversion to Environmentally Sound Coating Practices
- Attract Industries to Southside Virginia
Grand Springs expanded its bottled water facility in Alton to accommodate the packing requirements of a new customer, and added 20 employees as a result.
