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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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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...

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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...

Events

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Defense Manufacturing Conference

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Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

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Meeting in the Millyard 2026

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BioFabUSA
Manchester, NH
United States

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RAPID + TCT 2026

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

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...

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...

Our Network @ Work

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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...