AE, Front Range partner on manufacturing center

Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), a Fort Collins-based provider of power and control technologies, partnered with Front Range Community College to help fund the college’s new Center for Integrated Manufacturing in Longmont. The $8 million project involves the complete renovation of a 27,000-square-foot industrial space at 1351 S. Sunset St. The center, which is scheduled to open in August, will include lab and classroom facilities to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities. Advanced Energy has pledged $200,000 in cash and equipment, which makes the company CIM’s largest funding partner.