NextFlex recently achieved several significant milestones since FlexFactor’s inception. In the program’s second year, NextFlex developed targeted versions to attract a wide variety of students to learn about career possibilities in advanced manufacturing industries that are just emerging and expanded our reach geographically. FlexFactor – a...

With over 40 events across the country in 2018, ARMI | BioFabUSA is focused on creating and nurturing regional biofabrication ecosystems across the United States. One of the regional ecosystems we are focused nurturing is the northeast. With a dense concentration of companies and academic and clinical institutions supporting the development of...

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Announces Awardees of First Funding Round

Pittsburgh, PA – June 12, 2018 — Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) is proud to announce the awardees of its first round of project funding to strengthen U.S. manufacturing. Separate from ARM’s first official project call, these projects were selected upon...

LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute, today announced that Nigel Francis has been named as the institute’s chief executive officer and executive director effective immediately. Francis succeeds Chris Conrardy, who had been serving as the interim executive director since January.

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LIFT along with Tennessee Tech University iCube, the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry/Tennessee Manufacturers Association, the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and the Foundation for Kentucky Industry recently announced the winning schools of the 2017-2018 MakerMinded competition in Tennessee and...