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Mission and Objectives
CAST's Mission
To become the global partner of choice
for creation of innovative light metals technology.
CAST's Strategic
Intent
Solutions through cooperation.
Strategic Objectives
To
achieve CAST's Mission and Strategic Intent we bring together world
class people, facilities and ideas.
To be partner of choice we will:
- Optimise
our products and services to fulfill partner needs;
- Have
a culture and pratices that ensure performance and delivery;
- Market
the value of CAST to the light metals industry and its stakeholders.
To create innovative light metals technology
we will:
- Foster
an environment that enables ideas to be taken to commercialisation;
- Forge
national and international strategic partnerships.
To benefit Australia we will:
- Conduct
R&D that is utilised by industry;
- Manage
and commercialise intellectual property effectively;
- Educate
and train people in world leading light metals technology.
History
CAST was selected as a Cooperative
Research Centre in the third (1992) round of the Federal Government's
CRC program, under the name CRC for Alloy and Solidification Technology.
Founding core partners were The University of Queensland, CSIRO
Division of Manufacturing Technology, Comalco Aluminium Limited,
Australian Magnesium Research and Development Project and Australian
Automotive Technology Centre.
A much expanded Centre received
renewed support in the sixth round of funding held in 1998, at which
time it was renamed the CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing. The Centre
continues to be known as CAST, providing continuity and building
on our excellent reputation.
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