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ETA a Finalist in the 2nd Annual SAE Detroit Section/MITEF Vehicle Innovation Competition
November 24, 2009--ETA was selected as one of the four finalists for its cutting-edge Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) Process in the 2nd Annual SAE Detroit Section/MITEF Vehicle Innovation Competition. The competition selects inventions that provide innovative solutions to current automotive industry challenges. The finals will be held on Monday, December 7th, 2009 at the San Marino Club in Troy, MI.
The competition was started by the SAE Detroit Section, in concert with MIT Entrepreneurial Forum (MITEF). It will offer its member engineers a chance to meet ETA and the other three finalists. The event will have an exciting the thought-provoking program and all are encouraged to attend.
ETA will highlight the main objectives of its ACP Process at the event, including reducing the product development time/cost, reducing product material cost (through mass reduction), as well as reducing tooling cost. In addition to these main objectives, ACP addresses many additional product development and manufacturing concerns and provides solutions to create better performing products at a lower cost. For more information regarding ACP, please go to www.eta.com/images/CAE-SS.pdf.
The Social Hour will begin at 5:15 p.m., followed by the Presentations / Q&A from 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. Additional networking will immediately follow the presentations from 8:00 - 8:30 p.m. The cost to attend is $20 for SAE and MITEF members, $35 for non-members and $15 for student members.
For more information, please visit: http://www.sae-detroit.org/events.aspx
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