Explore the Floor: Touchstone Research Laboratory and CONSOL Innovations

Explore the Floor: Touchstone Research Laboratory and CONSOL Innovations

About Explore the Floor:
Explore the Floor connects our region’s R&D and manufacturering firms. Not only does it serve as a benchmarking exercise, but also provides business development opportunities among our member companies. It aims to show off the innovative and unique capabilities of our region’s R&D and manufacturing firms.   

About the Touchstone and CONSOL Innovations Campus:

The Touchstone Research Laboratory and CONSOL Innovations campus, home of these two closely-cooperating companies, is one of the most creative technical places on earth. Touchstone andCONSOL are both developing their own innovations on campus, which include:

Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd.™:

• MetPreg™, The World’s Strongest Aluminum™
• Faraday Thermal Protection Systems™, protects rockets from lightning strikes
• Veloxint®, nanocrystalline chrome, copper, and tungsten alloys

CONSOL Innovations LLC™:

• CFOAM®, a high-performance foam made from coal for a variety of applications
• Touchstone Advanced Composites™, manufacturers of composite molds and parts for next-generation aircraft and spacecraft
• C-Batt™, next-generation battery electrodes
• CPCs – coal plastic composite materials for building applications such as decking

Touchstone Testing Laboratory is a world-class materials testing laboratory with two locations.

About Touchstone Research Laboratory

With 4 buildings and 2 acres under one roof, Touchstone's facility is the largest privately owned commercial laboratory in the region. From ideation to materials development to product development Touchstone specializes in fast development of innovative goods and services.

They use state-of-the-art Open Innovation management methods and have achieved numerous national awards. In addition to its R&D services, Touchstone offers failure analysis and testing, with one of the finest facilities available.

About CONSOL Innovations

CONSOL Innovations LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy Inc., is dedicated to creating long-term value through sustainable innovations in the carbon products and materials and carbon management markets. With a mission to “Reimagine Carbon for a Sustainable Future,” CONSOL Innovations is founded on the belief that our abundant carbon resources, which have fueled human progress since the Industrial Revolution, can also serve as an important building block for meeting critical, evolving needs of society going forward. The company, with primary operations in Triadelphia, WV, is focused on providing disruptive, carbon-based solutions for growing industries including aerospace, building products, and energy storage.

Rules:

• All attendees must be able to prove they are U.S. citizens.
• Closed toe shoes are required.
• Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd./Touchstone Testing Laboratory/CONSOL Innovations LLC has the right to refuse competitors.
• The Explore the Floor series is open ONLY to manufacturing and robotics firms. If you have a question about your firm's eligibility, please contact Monica Takacs at mtakacs@pghtech.org.
• We are actively looking for sponsors to support this event. If you are not a manufacturer and would like to attend, please contact Ashley Steckel at asteckel@pghtech.org for sponsorship options. 
• Touchstone Reseach Laboratory has the right to refuse competitors.

Where:  Touchstone Research Laboratory | The Millennium Centre 1142 Middle Creek Road Triadelphia, WV 26059          

When: Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Agenda: (Subject to change)

• 9:00 am-9:30 am | Networking/Donuts and Coffee
• 9:30 am-9:40 am | Welcome & introductions
• 9:45 am-10:15 am | Touchstone Research Laboratory Presentation and Q&A
• 10:15 am-11:00 am | Touchstone Research Laboratory Tour
• 11:00 am- 11:15 am | End of Tour/Q&A/Networking and Break
• 11:15 am- 12:00 pm | Networking and Lunch
• 12:00 pm- 12:30 pm | Consol Innovations Presentation and Q&A
• 12:30 pm- 1:15 pm | Consol Innovations Tour
• 1:15 pm- 1:30 pm | Networking and Break
• 1:30 pm- 2:00 pm | Touchstone Testing Laboratory Presentation and Q&A
• 2:00 pm- 2:45 | Touchstone Testing Laboratory Tour
• 2:45 pm- 3:00 pm | End of Tour/Q&A/Depart

Cost :  $35

This program is a Build Back Better Initiative made possible through Digital Bridge. 

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT POLICY:
Online Registration will close 1-2 days prior to event. Pre-Registration is always requested, when possible, so that we may best plan for your arrival. Walk-in registrants, when accepted, must pay onsite (additional fee required) with a credit card or check to obtain entry to the event, no exceptions.  Refunds requested less than 2 business days prior to the event will not be granted.  Substitutions are welcome.  

PLEASE ENSURE YOU LOG-IN FIRST ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE REGISTRATION OPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. *Be sure to complete check-out all the way to "submit order" from bottom of page. 

Contacts
Program Director: Monica Takacs, Sr. Dir for Industry Networks, mtakacs@pghtech.org
For registration questions: Megan Colf, Director of Events, mcolf@pghtech.org
For sponsorship questions: Ashley Steckel, Vice President of Business Development asteckel@pghtech.org
For membership questions: Betsy Rusnic, Director of Membership, brusnic@pghtech.org