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Economy, Education, Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA Releases its 2025 Annual Report

Manufacturing USA continues to pursue its mission of strengthening U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas, and technology to solve industry-relevant challenges. The network’s institutes serve as hubs for key technology areas including automation, biomanufacturing, and cybersecurity, ensuring that what is...

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IMTS 2026 - Achieve the Impossible

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Go to RAPID + TCT 2026

RAPID + TCT 2026

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External News

Design, Education, Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA Drives $540m Investment and 900+ R&D Projects

The Manufacturing USA network invested nearly $540m in advanced manufacturing initiatives and delivered more than 900 research and development projects, according to its latest annual report.

The report highlights the growing role of the public-private partnership model in strengthening domestic manufacturing capabilities, supply chains, and...

3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing
$1.3M additive manufacturing defense project seeks participants

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to know how to get the rust out of metals created in the additive manufacturing process. It’s willing to pay $1.3 million for the answer.

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, based in Youngstown, announced Tuesday a new open project call that is being funded by the...

Our Network @ Work

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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)...

Opportunities

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Additive Manufacturing
Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification (JAQS-SQ) – Groups 2 & 3

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce a new open project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech), worth a total of $10.5M. The project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier...