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Cover of 2025 Annual Report. Center graphic is map of the United States with institute logos.
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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...

A Message from CESMII CEO
CESMII
Automation, Sustainable Manufacturing
A Message from CESMII's CEO – Looking Ahead in 2026

Dear Members and Friends of CESMII ,

On behalf of the entire CESMII team, we wish you a peaceful, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

As we reflect on the past year and our engagement with many of you, it is clear that 2025 was both uniquely challenging and deeply validating. As many of you know, CESMII was impacted by the Federal Government and...

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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...

Events

Go to IMTS 2026 - Achieve the Impossible

IMTS 2026 - Achieve the Impossible

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United States

Go to CESMII at IISE Annual Conference

CESMII at IISE Annual Conference

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Loews Arlington Hotel
Arlington, TX
United States

Go to CESMII Workshop at MD&M South

CESMII Workshop at MD&M South

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Charlotte Convention Center
Charlotte, NC
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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...

AdvancedManufacturing.org
Sustainability, Sustainable Manufacturing
Reverse Engineering the Smart Manufacturing Mindset

Conversations about digital transformation often focus on technology. Advancements in AI, software, the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation are supposed to, almost magically, transform legacy and manual processes into smarter, connected systems.

So how’s that working out? Not well, by many accounts.

Dozens of research reports detail the plague...

Our Network @ Work

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Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce
Building the Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...