Working in the manufacturing industry often requires problem-solving, ingenuity and curiosity – the same qualities needed to successfully build and race a Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby car.

“There’s so much engineering,” says Michael Gomez . “It’s got to fit inside a box and weigh a certain amount and be competitive.”

Gomez, the principal engineer in...

Rodrigo Perez of MxD is here to explain this – along with the interesting elements of a career in manufacturing. Perez is a manufacturing systems integration engineer at MxD, the digital manufacturing institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing. Here he shares advice on recruiting the next generation to manufacturing, what...

A decade ago, policymakers responded to the need to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing base with the launch of Manufacturing USA. Recently, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) hosted a Capitol Hill event dubbed...