Gaithersburg, MD - March 1, 2024 – The NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing , which serves as the coordinating office for Manufacturing USA , a national network created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing , today announced that four institutes will lead a panel discussion at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference...

Derrick Gaddis knew his equipment was nearing the end of its useful life. Two of his logging skidders — the heavy-duty machines that haul cut timber — needed to be replaced. But most manufacturers at the time had shifted gears to bigger and heavier models, he said, and no longer made the size of skidders required for what is known as selective...