Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) has officially opened its new headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, establishing an expanded hub for advanced textile research, technology development, and workforce initiatives aimed at strengthening the nation’s manufacturing and innovation ecosystem.

The nonprofit organization and Manufacturing...

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...

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...

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...

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...