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Manufacturing Technology Trends and Updates from IMTS 2026

Join Huan Gu of AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology for an inside look at the key trends, technologies, and investment priorities emerging from IMTS 2026. Drawing on AMT’s proprietary exhibitor and attendee data, show-floor research, product launches, and industry interviews, this presentation will examine how the manufacturing...

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LIFT Announces Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call

LIFT, the Department of War-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, has officially announced the Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call.

LIFT is seeking innovative solutions from industry and academia to advance the state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for...

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America Needs More Manufacturing Capability, Not More Factories

In manufacturing, capacity is easy to picture. We think about square footage, machines, workers, shifts and production lines. I understand why. Those are real levers, and manufacturers need them.

But the more I look at advanced manufacturing, especially defense manufacturing, the more I come back to a simple point: A factory can improve and still...

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The Manufacturing Challenge Behind America’s Aerospace Dreams

When we talk about aerospace in America, we talk about our great past achievements. We talk about the opportunities that lie ahead. We talk about how innovative our industrial base is. What we don’t talk about are the challenges and needs for transforming that innovation into actual production. In the fields of aviation, space, and national...

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Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries

LIFT is seeking innovative approaches from industry and academia to advance the current state of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for the domestic casting and forging industries to address key areas and challenges identified in the road map and transition solutions developed back to the defense industrial base for broader...