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Go to MxD’s Supply Chain Risk Alert: Preventing Disruption Before It’s Too Late
MxD’s Supply Chain Risk Alert: Preventing Disruption Before It’s Too Late
| MxD
The COVID-19 pandemic fractured the global supply chain in many places, with shortages ranging from PPE to semiconductors to consumer products. But even before the turmoil began in spring 2020, supply...
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Go to Endeavor Composites’ Story: Crossing the Innovation Valley of Death
Endeavor Composites’ Story: Crossing the Innovation Valley of Death
| IACMI
Nearly 50% of all startups fail within the first 5 years, and those in the technology industry have the highest rate of failure in the United States. Those are daunting odds for even the brightest...
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Go to Opening Doors
Opening Doors
| IACMI
Imagine life choices as a maze of doors. Your path relies on which doors you open, and one door leads to another. If you fail to open one door, you miss out on an entire set of possibilities. When you...
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Go to Reducing Industrial Emissions to Create an Equitable Clean Energy Future
Reducing Industrial Emissions to Create an Equitable Clean Energy Future
| America Makes
Industry is among the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the U.S., producing an estimated 24 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA. While great progress has been made –...
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Go to Defying the Odds: Females in Machining and Composites
Defying the Odds: Females in Machining and Composites
| IACMI
The drive to create. Put simply, that’s what has propelled Marley Passey into a career in manufacturing, despite the fact that she’s legally blind. “I’ve always really enjoyed making things, building...
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Go to Building Momentum in Regional Ecosystems
Building Momentum in Regional Ecosystems
| AFFOA
Manufacturing evolved in the United States through geographic clusters that produced competitive advantages in expertise, scale of operations, research prowess, and skilled labor. The origin of the...
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Go to How the Manufacturing USA Network Nurtures Startup Companies Across the Innovation Gap
How the Manufacturing USA Network Nurtures Startup Companies Across the Innovation Gap
| AFFOA
The U.S. outspends other nations in research and development and continues to lead the world in innovations and inventions. However, new products are often “stranded in the lab” when we don't have the...
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Go to ARM Institute Hires Jason Gilligan as Chief Business Development Officer
ARM Institute Hires Jason Gilligan as Chief Business Development Officer
| ARM
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is pleased to announce that Jason Gilligan has joined the organization as Chief Business Development Officer. In this role, Jason will identify...
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Go to Case Study: AIM Photonics and Spark Photonics team up to develop hands-on educational PIC chip
Case Study: AIM Photonics and Spark Photonics team up to develop hands-on educational PIC chip
| AIM Photonics
Microelectronics—particularly integrated photonics—has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as a critical technology for both national and economic security. And while the emerging...
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Go to NIST Releases Summary of RFI Responses for Semiconductor-Related Manufacturing USA Institutes
NIST Releases Summary of RFI Responses for Semiconductor-Related Manufacturing USA Institutes
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a summary of public comments solicited to inform the design of, and requirements for, potential Manufacturing USA institute(s)...
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Go to America Makes Awards Funding Opportunity to Colorado School of Mines
America Makes Awards Funding Opportunity to Colorado School of Mines
| America Makes
America Makes is proud to announce that the Colorado School of Mines (CSOM) has been awarded $250K in funding by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through a recent project...
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Go to America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding
America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding
| America Makes
The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and America Makes have announced a new directed project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and...
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Go to New BioMADE Bioreactor Innovation Projects Aim to Supercharge the Future of Large-Scale Biomanufacturing
New BioMADE Bioreactor Innovation Projects Aim to Supercharge the Future of Large-Scale Biomanufacturing
| BioMADE
BioMADE is excited to announce five new projects that focus on developing more efficient, lower-cost, flexible, and re-deployable bioreactors to advance the U.S. bioeconomy and biomanufacturing goals...
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Go to Make It Where You Need It: OSD Program Funds Technology to Enable Point-of-Need Manufacturing
Make It Where You Need It: OSD Program Funds Technology to Enable Point-of-Need Manufacturing
| America Makes
The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program (OSD ManTech) has announced the winners of the first-of-its-kind "Point of Need Challenge Pitch Event" for solutions to support...
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