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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... Read More
IACMII Hicham Ghossein
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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
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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... Read More
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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... 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 America Makes Announces AM-CPC Project Call

America Makes Announces AM-CPC Project Call

| America Makes
America Makes is proud to announce a new directed project call focusing on Methods for AM Cross-Platform Consistency (AM-CPC) with a $250K funding opportunity provided by the National Institute of... Read More
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Go to PowerAmerica Holds Productive Annual Meeting

PowerAmerica Holds Productive Annual Meeting

| PowerAmerica
PowerAmerica conducted yet another productive Annual Meeting, in Raleigh, North Carolina, which drew 450 in-person and virtual attendees. Tutorials were given by Eric Persson of Infineon and... Read More
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Go to RAPID® Intern Spotlight: Meet the Spring 2023 RAPID Interns

RAPID® Intern Spotlight: Meet the Spring 2023 RAPID Interns

| RAPID
Sophia Gumina a 4th-year undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is working on a research project, "Flow Characteristics" utilizing advanced-flow reactors to optimize and scale up a... Read More
RAPID intern Sohia Gumina
Go to ARM Institute Hires Larry Sweet as Director of Engineering

ARM Institute Hires Larry Sweet as Director of Engineering

| ARM
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Larry Sweet has joined the organization as Director of Engineering. In this role, Larry will be responsible for... Read More
ARM Larry Sweet
Go to NIIMBL Announces $1.7M for 3 New Vaccine Manufacturing Projects

NIIMBL Announces $1.7M for 3 New Vaccine Manufacturing Projects

| NIIMBL
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is pleased to announce approximately $1.7M in planned project activities through the Institute’s Global Health Fund... Read More
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Go to LIFT Brings Exum’s New Massbox Transformative Technology to Detroit

LIFT Brings Exum’s New Massbox Transformative Technology to Detroit

| LIFT
LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, has announced a new, transformative, high-tech resource has arrived in the metrology laboratory of its 100... Read More
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Go to IsoTruss Carbon Fiber Tower Winner of JEC Composites Global Innovation Award

IsoTruss Carbon Fiber Tower Winner of JEC Composites Global Innovation Award

| IACMI
IACMI-member IsoTruss, Inc., an engineering, design, and manufacturing services provider, today announced its IsoTruss® Carbon Fiber Tower has been named winner of the 2023 Global Innovation Award by... Read More
IACMI IsoTruss JEC Global Innovation Award

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