America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced two new project calls worth a total of $8M in funding.

The first project call, Powder Alloy Development for Additive Manufacturing (PADAM) 2.0, funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Material and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL RXN), has a...

Lightweight carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CF-TPCs) are internationally recognized as one of the most promising composite materials capable of achieving the future aerospace market high-rate demand. Manufacturing automation is the pathway to handle the TPC high processing temperature requirements and achieve a higher rate, better...

NIIMBL’s Viral Vector Program has awarded funding to Michigan Technological University to evaluate methods for detecting adeno-associated virus (AAV) aggregation in gene therapy manufacturing. The project will help the biopharmaceutical industry identify a reliable analytical method to support safe, cost-effective gene therapy production.

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Ohio is one of the top states in the country for manufacturing output with nearly 14,000 manufacturing firms in the state, contributing 15.7% of the total output nationwide in 2022. Yet, many of these Ohio companies, especially those pursuing Department of Defense contracts, struggle to meet the strict cybersecurity requirements necessary to...

NIIMBL is pleased to announce that six organizations have been selected to host the inaugural NIIMBL eXperience for Educators this summer. Each will offer a one- or two-day program introducing K-12 educators to the biopharmaceutical industry. The goal is to strengthen the industry’s talent pipelines by providing educators with knowledge, tools...