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LIFT Staff at IMTS

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Additive Manufacturing, Composites, Cybersecurity, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Lightweight Materials, Robotics
Connection, Innovation, and Insight at IMTS 2026

Since the 19th century, Chicago has been a powerhouse of American manufacturing. It was here that Cyrus McCormick revolutionized farming with his mechanical reaper and Philip Armour re-engineered the meatpacking industry. Not to mention, Chicago is the birthplace of remarkable everyday goods we now take for granted, like Schwinn Bicycles and...

ARM - Shipbuilding Project Call

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ARM
Robotics
New Project Call: Shipbuilding Industrial Base

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has received funding from the US Navy to issue a NEW Technology Project Call that seeks to address specific needs in the shipbuilding industrial base (SIB). The projects will focus on improving first-time quality, reducing rework, increasing manufacturing throughput, and accelerating...

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Go to ARM Institute 10th Annual Member Meeting

ARM Institute 10th Annual Member Meeting

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ARM Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

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Robotics
Maintenance Mindset: Could mass affordability change the reliability paradigm for defense manufacturing?

Speakers at this ARM Institute webinar discussed issues that could reshape how the defense industrial base builds, operates and maintains assets.

Key Highlights

Designing for affordable replacement may enhance surge capacity but requires rethinking traditional reliability metrics. Supply chain robustness and supplier diversity are critical to...

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Industry Week
Manufacturing
America Needs More Manufacturing Capability, Not More Factories

In manufacturing, capacity is easy to picture. We think about square footage, machines, workers, shifts and production lines. I understand why. Those are real levers, and manufacturers need them.

But the more I look at advanced manufacturing, especially defense manufacturing, the more I come back to a simple point: A factory can improve and still...

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Facilities, Manufacturing, Robotics
ARM Institute Delivers Free Proof-of-Concept for Keystone Ridge Designs, Leading to Robotics System Installation

Learn how our team helped Keystone Ridge Designs, a leading manufacturer of commercial site furnishings, adopt a new robotics solution using our free services.

If you’ve ever sat on a bench, tossed trash in a receptacle, or gathered around a table in a public space—whether at a park, university, retail center, downtown streetscape, or corporate...