Dozens of research reports detail the plague of pilot purgatory in digital transformation initiatives. Take, for example, the 2025 Smart Manufacturing and Operations Survey by Deloitte. A key finding revealed that while 98% of manufacturers have started a digital transformation project, the vast majority remain stuck in the pilot phase, unable to...

Manufacturers are navigating a growing challenge: fragmented, proprietary APIs across platforms, historians, and applications are creating integration complexity that slows innovation. The Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X™) is emerging as a solution—an open, vendor-agnostic API designed to standardize how applications interact...

The ARM Institute Champion program recognizes ARM Institute Members who have gone above and beyond the call of membership to strengthen US manufacturing through robotics, physical AI, and workforce development while advocating for the ARM Institute’s mission! ARM Champions are recognized annually at a celebratory dinner during our Annual Member...

OSD ManTech is interested in transitioning state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing into existing OIB manufacturing lines through pilot line development. In addition to technology development, the desired objectives include an action plan for integration into an OIB site and the identification of Department of War Key Performance Indicators (KPI)...

Empire State Development today announced a $2.36 million investment in six technology research projects that will increase the reuse, retreading, and recycling of end-of-life tires generated in New York State. ESD’s investment includes $1.4 million in state funding through the NYS Waste Tire Program, which is managed by the REMADE Institute®...