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Composites, Workforce

Ferris State University’s College of Engineering Technology serves as a Michigan hub for America’s Cutting Edge, a federally funded national program.

This initiative provides free computer numerical control (CNC) machining training, aiming to rebuild the machine tool workforce.

The program’s first “bootcamp” began June 15 in Big Rapids. A second...

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Lightweight Materials

For centuries, advanced alloys have been produced using the same fundamental approach – melting metals together and carefully controlling how they cool and solidify.

Believing that this age-old method has reached its practical limits, Foundation Alloy has developed a solid-state metallurgy platform capable of engineering alloys without ever melting...

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Manufacturing
Institute model puts U.S. sector's competitiveness on the map

Manufacturing USA was created in 2014 to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas and technology. Manufacturing USA institutes convene business competitors, academic institutions and other stakeholders to test applications of new technology...

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Composites

IACMI–The Composites Institute®, announced the winners of its inaugural Rising Star Awards, a nationwide initiative aimed at highlighting emerging talent in the manufacturing industry. The five winners and five honorable mentions span across eight states and work in a variety of industry segments, including engineering, forging, machining...

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Additive Manufacturing

or additive manufacturing companies — including startups, established manufacturers, suppliers, service bureaus, research labs, universities — government funding can be a powerful route to de-risk R&D, build strategic partnerships, and move promising technologies closer to production. The notable uptick in announced DoD-backed project-call funding...

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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...

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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.

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Additive Manufacturing

Built from the ground up for low-cost, scalable mass production without special tooling, the Remora UAV leverages a 100% domestic supply chain in Northeast Ohio. Backed by regional manufacturing hubs, the leadership team aims to close the national security gap in global drone development.

A Youngstown startup is positioning itself as a leading...

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Additive Manufacturing

AIM-4AM is a $2 million initiative that is seeking to develop an AI-driven framework to identify and quantify risks within the existing material allowables approach for Laser Powder Bed Fusion.

Dyndrite has been selected by America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) to advance AI-driven qualification...

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Photonics

As photonics systems continue to evolve, chip-package co-design is playing an increasingly important role in overall system architecture. By embedding packaging considerations directly into the design workflow, AIM Photonics ’ new assembly design kit (ADK) helps bring photonic chip design and assembly processes into closer alignment, enabling...

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Innovation, Manufacturing

An innovation hub, when referring to a city, region, or other geographic area, is widely understood as a concentrated ecosystem where people, institutions, and resources intersect to generate and accelerate new ideas, technologies, and enterprises. Unlike a single building or campus, a geographic innovation hub encompasses an entire environment...

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Fabrics, Facilities

On May 28, AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) officially opened its Bedford headquarters. Sasha Stolyarov, CEO of AFFOA, gave several examples of some of the problems the company tries to address.