BioMade  flagship facility plan
Biofabrication, Biomanufacturing

BioMADE , the nonprofit headquartered at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, is expanding its footprint with the development of a new flagship biomanufacturing facility in Maple Grove. The organization will repurpose a 122,000-square-foot building at 7500 Meridian Circle North—near Highway 169 and Elm Creek Boulevard—into a cutting...

Photo of Professor Gary Fedder of Carnegie Mellon University
Siemens
Automation, Collaboration, Manufacturing, Robotics
How university-industry-collaboration is driving the digital manufacturing evolution: Insights from Prof. Gary Fedder.

Gary Fedder, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the United States, has been a pivotal figure in advanced manufacturing for over 30 years. As faculty director of the Manufacturing Futures Institute (MFI) at CMU and...

Photo of LIFT's Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center. Credit: The Fabricator
The Fabricator
Facilities, Materials

LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, has officially opened the Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center in Detroit. This facility will play a critical role in strengthening the U.S. industrial base by accelerating the design, development, and deployment of novel...

Graphic with headshots of Suzy Teele, Maria Curry-Nkansah, Kathie Leonard, and Jeff Winters from the SXSW panel
Smart Industry
Automation, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Fabrics, Manufacturing Jobs, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Workforce

Experts with diverse manufacturing backgrounds from the Manufacturing USA network, presenting at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, last month, explored U.S. manufacturing, what technologies the next few decades will bring, and what steps manufacturers big and small can take to future-proof their business.

While manufacturing has...