News

Year in Review 2025 Thumbnail
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE, SMART USA
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...

Photo of the Manufacturing USA booth at Hi-Tec
BioFabUSA, CESMII, IACMI, RAPID
Education, Event, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce
Manufacturing USA Advances Skilled Technical Workforce Development at 2025 HI-TEC Conference

From 3D-printed medical models to panel sessions on competency frameworks, Manufacturing USA’s presence at the 2025 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference (HI-TEC) reflected a deep alignment with the event’s core mission: preparing America’s skilled technical workforce to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving, high-tech economy.

Held in late...

Six men sit at a long table. On the wall behind them are screens displaying institute logos.
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE, SMART USA
Event, Innovation, Manufacturing, Network
Unleashing Innovation at the 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting

Each year, the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing enjoys the unique privilege of convening the Manufacturing USA network for its annual meeting. The 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting was an energizing gathering of over 80 representatives from the program’s 18 manufacturing innovation institutes and supporting federal agencies. Over a day...

Events

Go to Meeting in the Millyard 2026

Meeting in the Millyard 2026

-

BioFabUSA
Manchester, NH
United States

Go to RAPID + TCT 2026

RAPID + TCT 2026

-

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

Go to Advanced Therapies Week 2026

Advanced Therapies Week 2026

-

San Diego Convention Center & Hilton San Diego Bayfront
San Diego, CA
United States

External News

Manchester Ink Link
Bioengineering, Biomanufacturing
ReGen Valley: ‘The future of our country — really, the future of humanity — is being written right here in the Millyard’

Friday’s presentation at ARMI BiofabUSA was as symbolic as it was tangible. Founder and father of reinvention Dean Kamen carried a shovel and a sledgehammer on stage with him.

The shovel, to represent the groundbreaking of a new workforce training center for the regenerative manufacturing hub in the Millyard. The sledgehammer, equally good for...

FirstWord Pharma
Announcement, Biomanufacturing
NurExone Accepted into ARMI’s BioFab Startup Lab Strengthening U.S Position in Regenerative Manufacturing

NurExone Biologic Inc. (TSXV: NRX) (OTCQB: NRXBF) (FSE: J90) (“ NurExone” or the “ Company”) announced today that it has been accepted to the BioFab Startup Lab, part of the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) and its BioFabUSA program.

The federally-supported program, launched through a grant from the U.S. Economic Development...

Our Network @ Work

Photo of Kimberly Gibson, America Makes, speaking at America Makes' annual members meeting
America Makes, BioMADE, CyManII, ARM, BioFabUSA, PowerAmerica
Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Circular Economy, Cybersecurity, Economy, Innovation, Re-manufacturing, Robotics, Semi-Conductor
Institutes Play Increasing Role in Driving Economic Impact

America Makes Ecosystem Director Kimberly Gibson, a municipal planner by training, was involved in the national additive manufacturing institute at its inception more than 12 years ago. She saw the proposed innovation institute as a pathway to help reinvent Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing and industrial base from its legacy of coal, steel, and...