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Innovation and Collaboration The Manufacturing USA Advantage

A Decade of Impact from Manufacturing USA

News

Photo of student with green hair placing a pin on a map at Manufacturing USA's SkillsUSA booth

June 17, 2026

America Makes, BioFabUSA

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

Manufacturing USA Highlights Career Pathways and Training Opportunities at SkillsUSA NLSC 2026

Career and Technical Education (CTE) students and educators play a critical role in shaping the future of advanced manufacturing. Connecting these audiences to real technologies, career pathways, and training opportunities is essential to building a skilled and competitive workforce.

That’s why Manufacturing USA returned to the SkillsUSA...

Cover of the "Analysis of the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework" by NIST

June 9, 2026

AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE

Manufacturing, Reports, Workforce

Guide on Manufacturing USA Occupations & Competencies Released

Expanding on the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework, this NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series publication describes the most common entry-level occupations in advanced manufacturing across the technology areas associated with the Manufacturing USA network through 2030. It serves as a potential guide for workforce professionals...

June 4, 2026

America Makes

Additive Manufacturing, Announcement

America Makes Announces Winners of Project Call Worth $2M in Funding

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winners of a recent project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), worth a total of $2M. The objective of the project call, Artificial...

Events

Go to America Makes TRX Webinar: Ultrasonic Welding of Polymer Composite Tape to 3D Printed Structures for Reinforcement Applications

America Makes TRX Webinar: Ultrasonic Welding of Polymer Composite Tape to 3D Printed Structures for Reinforcement Applications

July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026

Virtual
United States

Go to America Makes MMX

America Makes MMX

August 4, 2026 - August 5, 2026

America Makes
Youngstown, OH
United States

Go to IMTS 2026

IMTS 2026

September 14, 2026 - September 19, 2026

United States

External News

June 16, 2026

AdvancedManufacturing.org

Manufacturing

An In-Depth Look at Manufacturing USA

Institute model puts U.S. sector's competitiveness on the map

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...

June 2, 2026

Quality Magazine

Manufacturing

U.S. Should Substantially Boost Support for Manufacturing USA Program, Issue National Industrial Manufacturing Strategy, Says New Report

To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the Manufacturing USA program, a proven model that connects the key actors — small and large industry, engineering and science expertise, state and local...

Our Network @ Work

January 21, 2025

America Makes

Additive Manufacturing, Institute Spotlight, Workforce

America Makes Continues to Build Its Additive Legacy

Network’s First Institute Is Poised to Help Transform Manufacturing

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, was the first manufacturing innovation institute in what would become the Manufacturing USA network. Since 2012, America Makes has been a driving force in the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)...