Alabama Productivity Center

The vision of the APC is to become the premier University base source of innovative sustainable solutions to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and profitability of Alabama business and industry. The Alabama Productivity Center (APC) was established January 1, 1986, on The University of Alabama campus, in an eﬀort to assist in the economic development of the state of Alabama. In 1996, the Center became part of the Alabama Technology Network’s (ATN) Manufacturing Extension Partnership program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the state of Alabama. Headquartered in Birmingham, the ATN links two-year colleges, The University of Alabama System, Auburn University and the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama together to solve the needs of the state’s existing manufacturing industry.