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2022 Manufacturing USA Highlights Report Cover
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA Releases 2022 Highlights Report
Highlighting Manufacturing Innovation, Collaboration, and Education

This report highlights the manufacturing technology and workforce development innovations underway at the Manufacturing USA institutes which are delivering value for manufacturers and the American public.

Institutes work with members from the manufacturing industry, academia...

CYMANII 2022 Roadmap released
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Cybersecurity
CyManII Releases Roadmap to Protect Manufacturers from Cyber-Attacks

The Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) has released a roadmap to help manufacturers strengthen their cybersecurity infrastructure. The roadmap will help businesses understand how CyManII’s technical efforts can be leveraged to achieve a secure manufacturing architecture while also focusing on fundamental business goals...

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SME
Cybersecurity, Education, Workforce
Driving Cultural Change in Manufacturing Cybersecurity

Reported in 2014, hackers infiltrated the IT network of a German steel plant with a successful email “spear-phishing” attempt. Once they were into the system, the hackers subsequently were able to access the operational technology (OT) of the plant’s operating system. That’s when the crime turned deadly. The attackers compromised settings on the...

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Additive Manufacturing, COVID-19, Emerging Technologies, Innovation
10 US Cities Paving the Way for the Future by Investing in Technology, Sustainability, and Infrastructure

If city leaders across the country learned anything from the past year, it's the value of resilience.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed cracks in infrastructure, posed mobility challenges, and revealed a digital divide. The places that have fared the best are the ones that have been investing in the future, specifically in areas like digital...

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Building Momentum in Regional Ecosystems

Manufacturing evolved in the United States through geographic clusters that produced competitive advantages in expertise, scale of operations, research prowess, and skilled labor. The origin of the automotive sector is an example of a regional cluster, with vehicles assembled in the Detroit area from parts and components manufactured in the upper...