Mentor Protege Agreement with BWXT Y-12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- November 5, 2003
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BWXT Y-12, MSTI, sign mentor-protégé agreement
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
BWXT Y-12 and MSTI, officials today
signed a mentor-protégé agreement between the two organizations.
MSTI, recently was licensed by BWXT Y 12 to use a Y-12 developed
technology
for melting and casting metals using microwave energy and for separating
adhesively bonded components using microwave energy.
The agreement provides a way for the two organizations to work together for their mutual benefit. BWXT Y-12 will help enhance MS Technology's business and technical capabilities. MS Technology will, in turn, assist BWXT Y-12 in meeting its mission as a management and operations contractor for the NNSA and DOE.
"This working relationship provides such great benefits for both sides," said BWXT President and General Manager Dennis Ruddy. "The knowledge and expertise of both companies can now be combined to bring about results that would be impossible for either working alone."
MS Technology is setting up a prototype microwave processing facility in Oak Ridge to further develop the technology licensed to them by BWXT Y-12 and to showcase the technology to potential clients.
"We, are excited about working with BWXT Y-12 to continue development and expansion of this technology to applications in both the government and private sectors and to ensure that the technology remains rooted in Oak Ridge," said Harbans Singla, president of M.S Technology, Inc.
As the mentor, BWXT Y-12 will work to:
-- Increase MS Technology's opportunities in collaborative research and development, subcontracting, and business development;
-- Identify and communicate information concerning MS Technology's capabilities in engineering, materials processing technology, information technology, instrumentation and controls manufacturing, and operations and maintenance; and
-- Identify innovative approaches to technology transfer that support both BWXT Y-12's and MS Technology's mission needs.
Singla said the agreement will expand MSTI’s visibility within the government community of contractors and allow them access to the outstanding management and technical expertise at Y-12. He also said that access to this expertise would enhance the company's growth and enable MSTI to become more competitive in the marketplace.
Ruddy said he believes the arrangement will help BWXT Y-12 meet some of the technological and work force challenges it faces in the future.
BWXT Y-12, a limited liability enterprise of BWXT Technologies Inc., and Bechtel National, Inc., operates the Y- 12 National Security Complex for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
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Y-12 plant's manager takes on mentor role
November 5, 2003
Dennis Ruddy whispered something that made Harbans Singla laugh.
Cameras
snapped away. The two men signed on the proverbial dotted line. A round
of applause from about 45 people followed.
It was the closing action of a ceremony in which BWXT Y-12 and MSTI officials signed a mentor/protégé agreement Wednesday in the Alpine Conference Room of Oak Ridge Mall.
Afterwards, Ruddy, president and general manager of BWXT Y-12, explained what was so funny. He said he told Singla, president of MSTI, that he was glad they had good pens to ink the deal. Ruddy, who likes to save the nice writing utensils he uses in signings, joked that he and Singla had to use “grungy” pens in June when they signed a licensing agreement involving microwave technologies.
While both men got a laugh out of the pen issue, they were equally ready to get the ball rolling on the mentor/protégé agreement. Singla said the deal will expand his company’s visibility within the government's community of contractors and provide MSTI with access to management and technical expertise from the Y-12 National Security Complex, which BWXT Y-12 manages. In return, Ruddy suggested that Singla’s company could help BWXT Y-12 meet some workforce and technological challenges the federal weapons plant faces in the future.
“He’s kind of our little flame right now,” Ruddy said of Singla. “We keep fanning him. Pretty soon, I want this to be a big fire."”
MS Technology has already been licensed by BWXT Y-12 to use a Y-12-developed technology for melting and casting metals using microwave energy and for separating adhesively bonded components using microwave energy.
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Y-12, MS Technology Team On Microwave Energy Processing - Thursday, June 19, 2003
Inking the deal
Dennis Ruddy, president and general manager of BWXT Y-12, at left, and Harbans Singla, president of MSTI, ink signatures on a licensing agreement for microwave technologies developed at the Y-12 plant. MSTI plans a prototype microwave processing facility in Oak Ridge to develop the technologies for melting and casting of materials and for separating adhesively bonded components.
More Details
Y-12 workers have come up with two technologies touted to save energy and improve quality in the use of microwave energy for melting and casting of materials and for separating adhesively bonded components.
A license agreement for the two material processing technologies has been signed by BWXT Y-12 and MSTI, an Oak Ridge firm. A signing ceremony was to be at noon Thursday at Oak Ridge Mall.
MSTI, located on Union Valley Road, plans to set up a prototype microwave processing facility in Oak Ridge to further develop these technologies and to showcase the technology to potential clients, according to Y-12 officials.
Harbans L. Singla, president of MSTI, said in prepared remarks, “We believe in and are committed to the commercialization of this microwave melt technology and its continued development in Oak Ridge.”
The technology involves the use of microwave energy, microwave-susceptible materials, and uniquely designed crucibles and molds in order to melt and cast metal in a microwave chamber or to de-bond components.
According to Y-12 National Security Complex officials, the advantages of this technology include significantly reduced energy consumption, improved metal cleanliness and productivity, improved safety, smaller equipment size and infrastructure, and reduced wastewater treatment needs for production and operations.
Dennis Ruddy, president and general manager of BWXT Y-12, said, “This license agreement represents a significant step in BWXT Y-12’s program to become a leader in the development of advanced material processing technologies using microwave energy.”
BWXT Y-12 operates Y-12 for the National Nuclear Security Administration. William Brumley, Y-12 Site Manager for NNSA, said the license agreement “shares the technological expertise of Y-12 and will generate jobs and provide a growth path for Tennessee's economy.”
MSTI was established in 1994 to provide engineering and consulting services to the Department of Energy's industrial complex in Oak Ridge and other DOE sites.
The company is a small disadvantaged business that was certified in March 1997 by the Small Business Administration as an 8(a) firm. MSTI currently provides services such as engineering services, operations and maintenance services, instrumentation and control system manufacturing, and materials processing utilizing microwave technology to clients in both the government and private sectors.
BWXT Y-12, LLC is a limited liability enterprise of BWX Technologies Inc. and Bechtel National Inc.