America Makes

Modern Makers: Careers That Make an Impact

A Decade of Impact from Manufacturing USA

News

January 20, 2026

America Makes

Lightweight Materials, Materials

America Makes to Host 2026 Additive in Steel Competition During TRX at RAPID + TCT

America Makes, the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, announced that its 2026 Additive in Steel Competition will take place April 15 in Boston, MA, during its spring Technical Review and Exchange (TRX), co-located with RAPID + TCT 2026. TRX will be held April 14–16 alongside RAPID...

January 6, 2026

America Makes

Institute Spotlight, Materials

America Makes Announces Winners of AAMI Project Call Worth $1.1M 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’s Manufacturing Technology Office (OUSW(R&E)), Manufacturing Technology Program worth a total of $1.1M. The project call...

December 15, 2025

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

Event, Manufacturing

Manufacturing USA's 2025 Year-in-Review

Following our milestone ten-year anniversary, 2025 was a year of continued innovation, engagement, and improvement experienced by the advanced manufacturing network and beyond.

Notable highlights from 2025 include:

Advanced Manufacturing Occupation and Competency Framework

In an effort to equip job seekers, employers, and trainers with the...

Events

Go to Defense Manufacturing Conference

Defense Manufacturing Conference

March 30, 2026 - April 2, 2026

Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

Go to National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing: Virtual Town Hall for Manufacturing USA Members

National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing: Virtual Town Hall for Manufacturing USA Members

February 11, 2026 - February 11, 2026

Virtual
United States

Go to RAPID + TCT 2026

RAPID + TCT 2026

April 13, 2026 - April 16, 2026

Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, MA
United States

Go to America Makes TRX

America Makes TRX

April 14, 2026 - April 16, 2026

Boston, MA
United States

External News

October 8, 2025

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...

October 7, 2025

Manufacturing

NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY, 2025

From the first mills and forges that built our young Republic to the cutting-edge industries of today, manufacturing has always been the foundation of our prosperity, the strength of our communities, the safeguard of our independence, and the engine of our greatness. This National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the unmatched might of America’s...

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)...