Global supply chains are under sustained strain, characterized by extended lead times, rising costs, and limited flexibility in the event of disruptions. For the defense and energy sectors, where reliability and responsiveness are mission-critical, those pressures create real operational risk. Equipment downtime, delayed repairs, and constrained...
The Manufacturing USA network invested nearly $540m in advanced manufacturing initiatives and delivered more than 900 research and development projects, according to its latest annual report.
The report highlights the growing role of the public-private partnership model in strengthening domestic manufacturing capabilities, supply chains, and...
IACMI – The Composites Institute (Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.) announces its manufacturing and machining workforce training program, America’s Cutting Edge (ACE, Miamisburg, Ohio, U.S.), has surpassed 20,000 online students and 5,000 in-person boot camp participants. Since its launch in 2020, ACE has grown steadily each year, reaching a record number...
Conversations about digital transformation often focus on technology. Advancements in AI, software, the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation are supposed to, almost magically, transform legacy and manual processes into smarter, connected systems.
So how’s that working out? Not well, by many accounts.
Dozens of research reports detail the plague...
America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth over $35 million. Both are funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
