A Fresh Perspective on U.S. Manufacturing Innovation
A Fresh Perspective on U.S. Manufacturing Innovation
Empowering America's Advanced Manufacturing Workforce
Empowering America's Advanced Manufacturing Workforce

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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... Read More
Dr. Tony Schmitz, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, showing students how almost everything we make in this world touches a machine tool.
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 –... Read More
Brightly colored industrial manufacturing facility
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... Read More
Image of IACMI employee Marley Passey
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... Read More
ARM Workforce Development
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... Read More
Chart depicting the innovation valley of death on the technology readiness level scale.
Go to Institute Facilities Are a Draw for Many Early-Stage Companies

Institute Facilities Are a Draw for Many Early-Stage Companies

| AFFOA
Three-quarters of U.S. manufacturers have fewer than 20 employees and do not have extensive research and development capabilities. Given the high costs of product development and their scope of... Read More
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Go to Attracting STEM Talent for Careers in Advanced Manufacturing

Attracting STEM Talent for Careers in Advanced Manufacturing

| AFFOA
The manufacturing skills gap in the U.S. could result in 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, according to a study by The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte. Finding workers with the right skills has... Read More
STEM Talent

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Increasing Diversity in Advanced Manufacturing Careers
Increasing Diversity in Advanced Manufacturing Careers

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Go to ARM Institute Announces Addition of New Board Member

ARM Institute Announces Addition of New Board Member

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The ARM Institute announced that Dr. Julie Chen, Ph.D. has joined the non-profit organization’s Board of Directors. Chen will work with other board members and ARM Institute leadership to help the... Read More
ARM Board Memeber Julie Chen
Go to New York State Photonics Board Approves $27.5M investment in AIM Photonics

New York State Photonics Board Approves $27.5M investment in AIM Photonics

| AIM Photonics
The New York State Photonics Board of Officers met recently to discuss the state’s continued commitment to AIM Photonics’ Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) facility in Rochester, NY. As a result... Read More
AIM Photonics TAPF
Go to MxD Expands Senior Leadership Team for Increased Focus on Institute Priorities

MxD Expands Senior Leadership Team for Increased Focus on Institute Priorities

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MxD, the national digital manufacturing and cybersecurity institute, today announced that Lizabeth Stuck and Jela Trask have been named to the senior leadership team, as Vice President of MxD Learn... Read More
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Go to BioMADE Receives $450M Budget Increase from The Department of Defense

BioMADE Receives $450M Budget Increase from The Department of Defense

| BioMADE
BioMADE, the Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), announces an increase in its federal funds budget ceiling from an initial $87.5 million... Read More
BioMADE Technology digital backbone
Go to 2023 Strategic Investment Plan

2023 Strategic Investment Plan

| MxD
The Public Version of the Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) shares MxD’s vision on how digital technologies can help bring the U.S. to the forefront of innovative manufacturing and make “every part... Read More
MxD cyber wall
Go to AIM Photonics and Spark Photonics to develop educational PIC chip

AIM Photonics and Spark Photonics to develop 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... Read More
AIM Spark Photonics
Go to Pensacola State College Partners with LIFT’s Operation Next Program to Train Transitioning Soldiers, Military Spouses and Veterans

Pensacola State College Partners with LIFT’s Operation Next Program to Train Transitioning Soldiers, Military Spouses and Veterans

| LIFT
LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, and Pensacola State College have announced a partnership to provide free training to transitioning service... Read More
LIFT Operation Next

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