CU-ICAR’s worldwide reputation is a result of successful partnerships with leaders in the industry. By leveraging Clemson University’s extensive network, we are able to build bridges and open doors to new opportunities. Our students, research, economy and campus all reap the benefits of strategic partnerships.
Successful collaborations with key organizations drive CU-ICAR to achieve our mission to be the premier automotive and motorsports research and educational center in the world
We would like to thank those that contributed to CU-ICAR from the very beginning. In the early stages of development you saw the potential in a progressive idea. You believed in our concept and made vision a reality.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. AT&T is proud to have been part of CU-ICAR through financial and infrastructure support since the inception of the unique research campus in 2003. AT&T has been connecting customers with innovative communications and helping South Carolina grow and prosper for nearly 130 years. Today, AT&T’s operating companies deliver the world’s most advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation’s fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation’s leading high speed Internet access and voice services. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T launched the award-winning AT&T U-verseSM service in South Carolina in 2008.
Since announcing BMW’s first plant outside of Germany in 1992, BMW Manufacturing has grown its employment to more than 5,000 people and produces the X5 Sports Activity Vehicle and the X6 Sports Activity Coupe for distribution to 120 markets worldwide. Through its significant investment in South Carolina, the 1,150-acre campus generates its own power on-site and offers fully equipped medical facilities, including an on-site pharmacy.
Currently 2.5 million square feet, BMW will expand to 4 million-square-foot to produce the next generation BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle.
The Clemson University Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity organized solely to promote the welfare and future development of Clemson University. It was chartered in 1933 to support the University’s educational and scientific goals. The foundation receives, manages and distributes restricted and unrestricted endowment gifts, deferred gifts and special gifts — all aimed toward building and maintaining outstanding programs here at Clemson. Gifts to the foundation support and build the academic, research and public service programs of the University through faculty and student aid programs.
The Clemson University Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity organized solely to promote the welfare and future development of Clemson University. It was chartered in 1933 to support the University’s educational and scientific goals. The foundation receives, manages and distributes restricted and unrestricted endowment gifts, deferred gifts and special gifts — all aimed toward building and maintaining outstanding programs here at Clemson. Gifts to the foundation support and build the academic, research and public service programs of the University through faculty and student aid programs.
The 118,000 square foot Collaboration 3 building hosts Koyo Bearings USA, a division of the JTEKT group. Koyo Bearings USA was formed when JTEKT purchased the needle roller bearing portion of the Torrington Company from Timken in 2009. Globally, JTEKT is a leading manufacturer of steering systems, driveline components, bearings, and machine tools, with operations in 70 locations and sales of $11 Billion. The Koyo Bearings division provides industry-leading technology in roller bearings and related assemblies for automotive and other industrial sectors. The Greenville Technical Center at CU-ICAR is Koyo Bearings’ primary location for needle bearing design and technology development including prototyping, product testing, and manufacturing process development.
Chartered in 1983 by the State of South Carolina, SCRA fosters South Carolina’s Innovation Economy by supporting entrepreneurs, enabling academic research and its commercialization, and connecting industry to innovators. SCRA is a public, non-profit corporation.
As a global industrial technology leader, we apply our deep knowledge of metallurgy, friction management and power transmission to improve the reliability and efficiency of machinery all around the world.
We engineer, manufacture and market mechanical components and high-performance steel. Our bearings, engineered-steel bars and tubes — as well as transmissions, gearboxes, chain and related products and services — support diversified markets worldwide.
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