American Center for Mobility Announces Intertek Will Serve as Its Operations and Maintenance Partner
November 28 2017 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
The American Center for Mobility (ACM) has signed an agreement
with Intertek to partner on operations and maintenance of its
500-acre connected and automated vehicle proving grounds in
Ypsilanti Township, set to open in December 2017.
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to
industries worldwide, offers Assurance, Testing, Inspection and
Certification solutions through a network of more than 1,000
laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries.
Intertek’s Transportation Technologies group specializes in
performance, quality and reliability standards for the automotive
industry with efficient, cost-effective insights, validation and
testing capabilities. The company is accredited to conduct
thousands of electrical, chemical, and mechanical tests for full
vehicles, automotive components, products and related systems.
“We’re proud to partner with Intertek and to leverage their
leading global expertise in delivering innovative and customized
solutions within the automotive and communication sectors,” said
John Maddox, president and CEO of ACM. “In our search for an
operations and maintenance partner, we wanted to work with a
company that would deliver the highest quality and customer-focused
solutions for our unique facility. We’ve definitely found that with
Intertek and we’re confident they will help us implement the very
best safety and operational standards for ACM.”
Tim Hubbard, Senior Vice President of Transportation
Technologies at Intertek commented: “At Intertek, our commitment to
providing innovative, comprehensive, quality services in Assurance,
Testing, Inspection and Certification is at the forefront of
everything we do. We’re delighted to partner with ACM and to
support its development, bringing our superior solutions to the
proving grounds and the very future of the automotive
industry.”
Through the multi-year agreement, Intertek will provide an
extensive set of services to ACM, including: facility operations,
testing security and confidentially systems, maintenance, local
hiring, human resources management, ancillary services, customer
service programs, training plans for clients, implementing an I.T.
policy, and safety planning. These services indicate a significant
investment by Intertek in ACM in terms of systems, equipment,
resources and technical personnel.
"Intertek's experienced professionals and technical know-how
complement ACM's vision to create a world class facility to test
technologies across the connected and automated vehicle ecosystem,”
said Ed Straub, ACM’s Technical Program Director and Chief Safety
Officer. “We're very excited about the future and are looking
forward to building the future here in SE Michigan.”
Ralph Buckingham will be leading the project on behalf of
Intertek, with site development support provided by Rich Jacobson,
Intertek western operations manager; Greg Marshall, Chief Engineer;
and an Intertek team with decades of proving ground, testing and
Total Quality Assurance expertise.
“The American Center for Mobility is generating world-wide
excitement as the automotive industry demands automated vehicle
testing, and we’re proud to support this important work,”
Buckingham said. “Our team is already onsite and committed to
ensuring the first phase of the facility is complete and opened for
testing.”
About Intertek
Total Quality. Assured.Intertek is a leading Total Quality
Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more
than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 42,000 people in more
than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance,
Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers’
operations and supply chains. Intertek Total Quality Assurance
expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace and passion,
enabling our customers to power ahead
safely.intertek.com
About ACM
The American Center for Mobility is a non-profit testing,
education and product development facility for future mobility,
designed to enable safe validation and self-certification of
connected and automated vehicle technology, and to accelerate the
development of voluntary standards. ACM is one of 10 U.S. DOT
designated Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds in the U.S. To learn
more about ACM, visit www.acmwillowrun.org.
ACM is part of PlanetM, a collaborative that represents
Michigan’s unique and vast ecosystem, connecting resources and
opportunities for its consortium of members. Made up of private
industry, government and institutions of higher learning, partners
in PlanetM share the common goal of leading the development of
smart solutions that will change the way people and goods are
transported across all modes of transportation. To learn more about
how Michigan is leading the transportation revolution or to become
a member, visit PlanetM.
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