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

Group photo of attendees at the 2026 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting
AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
Event, Innovation, Manufacturing, Reshoring
Invented Here and Made Here: The 2026 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting

It takes more than a dedicated group of individuals to reshore advanced manufacturing. It takes a whole network of networks. On May 12–13, 2026, nearly 90 people representing Manufacturing USA’s innovation institutes and partnering federal agencies convened for the 2026 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting. Over the course of 1.5 days of connection...

Events

Go to Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa 2026

Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa 2026

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Phoenix, AZ
United States

Go to ARMI BioFab Investment Summit 2026

ARMI BioFab Investment Summit 2026

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ARMI BioFab Startup Lab
Manchester, NH
United States

Go to IMTS 2026

IMTS 2026

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McCormick Place Convention Center
Chicago, IL
United States

External News

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...

Innovation, Manufacturing
The Role Of Innovation Hubs

An innovation hub, when referring to a city, region, or other geographic area, is widely understood as a concentrated ecosystem where people, institutions, and resources intersect to generate and accelerate new ideas, technologies, and enterprises. Unlike a single building or campus, a geographic innovation hub encompasses an entire environment...

Our Network @ Work

Header graphic with a blue to white to red gradient background. George Washington's silhouette is on the left and a medicine bottle and syringe are on the right.
BioFabUSA, BioMADE, NIIMBL
America 250, Bioengineering, Biofabrication, Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical
America at 250: From Washington's Field Hospitals to Biomanufacturing

Here's a fact that tends to get lost in the pageantry of the American Revolution: smallpox killed more Continental soldiers than British muskets did. By the time Washington took command at Cambridge in 1775, the disease was already a strategic liability, ravaging the northern campaign into Canada, sweeping through Boston, and hollowing out...