The AIM Photonics national photonics initiative based in Rochester, NY, received a nod of encouragement Friday from the Pentagon official overseeing this and other manufacturing institutes nationally.

Project leaders authorized $30 million in state funding on Friday to cover education and workforce development, research and development initiatives...

The New York State Photonics Board took more steps on Friday toward trying to attract more photonics manufacturers to come to the Rochester area.

Governor Andrew Cuomo had announced during his State of the State address in January that he wants to allocate $30 million toward attracting photonics companies to the region.

On Friday, the photonics...

Manufacturers who keep thinking smart manufacturing remains an academic problem run the risk of quick extinction, said panelists gathered for the inaugural Industry 4.0 ThinkTank in Chicago this month.

“It’s everyone’s problem,” said Tom McDermott, executive director of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in Chicago....

John Disharoon, a Catarpillar executive and the new Chairman of Remanufacturing Industries Council, sees the establishment of the REMADE Institute as a crucial development. According to Disharoon, “this private/public consortium of academia, industry, trade associations, national research laboratories, states and the US Department of Energy is...

At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Disrupter Series, The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation, Dr. Thomas R. Kurfess stated, “Programs such as Manufacturing USA that bring together collaborative teams from industry, government and academe are not only bringing the Internet of Things into the manufacturing world...