Chemical Processing, Materials

A University of Pittsburgh collaboration with Lubrizol, a global specialty chemical leader, was featured in the newly released 2025 Manufacturing USA Report to Congress as a model for scalable, cost-effective domestic manufacturing.

Working through RAPID – the U.S. Department of Energy–sponsored Manufacturing USA institute focused on modular...

Sustainability, Sustainable Manufacturing

Per CESMII and the i3X specification repository, the i3X open API provides a vendor-agnostic common interface for contextualized manufacturing data built on a Unified Namespace (UNS) . Reporting by IIoT World and ProveIt! coverage highlights that a UNS centralizes operational events and telemetry but does not by itself resolve data...

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Bioengineering, Biofabrication

As biopharmaceutical companies expand facilities and reshore some manufacturing operations, the industry faces a shortfall of trained workers for its manufacturing facilities. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently predicted some 19,000 jobs would be created, PhRMA last year predicted the creation of 100,000 new jobs. Both predictions leave...

Business Journal Daily
Additive Manufacturing

America Makes will host a TRX webinar at 1 p.m. July 15 focused on the use of ultrasonic welding to reinforce large-format 3D-printed structures.

The webinar, “Ultrasonic Welding of Polymer Composite Tape to 3D Printed Structures for Reinforcement Applications,” will feature Jim Stratton, president and CEO of Agile Ultrasonics.