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April 6, 2021

ARM, IACMI, LIFT

Collaboration, Composites, Innovation, Lightweight Materials, Manufacturing, Robotics

25 Leaders Transforming Manufacturing: 3 From Manufacturing USA Institutes

The need for leadership in smart manufacturing cannot be overstated: Making revolutionary changes can be arduous. But the leaders who have emerged in this industry show us it can also be exhilarating. To assemble this group of luminaries, Smart Manufacturing took into account the fact that big change is happening inside large corporations, startups...

March 24, 2021

AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL

COVID-19, Economy, Public Private Partnerships, Workforce

Manufacturing USA Rapid Response to COVID-19 Report

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we live and work. This newly released special report highlights how 9 institutes in the Manufacturing USA network worked with 91+ partners across 24 states and Puerto Rico on 36 manufacturing innovation projects to combat COVID-19.

The institutes convened members from industry, academia, and government to...

February 25, 2021

AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, CESMII, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE

COVID-19, Workforce

Manufacturing USA Releases Highlights Report

Highlighting Manufacturing Innovation, Collaboration, and Education

This comprehensive report highlights the manufacturing technology and workforce development innovations underway at the manufacturing innovation institutes that are part of Manufacturing USA®. Institutes work with members from the manufacturing industry, academia, government...

External News

November 13, 2020

COVID-19, Lightweight Materials

Lift Detroit Offers Certification To 250 Manufacturing Workers

An advanced manufacturing program is being offered to small businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

Lift Detroit is offering certification to 250 manufacturing workers in CNC machine operations, industrial technology maintenance, welding and robotics.

The program is known as “Operation Next” and is free through funding from the CARES Act.

Officials...

November 2, 2020

MITECHNEWS.COM

COVID-19, Lightweight Materials

Advanced Manufacturing Certification Program Offered to Detroit Small Businesses Recovering from Pandemic

LIFT opened its Operation Next advanced manufacturing certification program to employees of Detroit-area small and medium-sized manufacturers to help them recover from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Available to industry for the first time, the new Operation Next civilian program, funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...

Our Network @ Work

January 21, 2021

AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, RAPID

Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, COVID-19, Digital Manufacturing, Fabrics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Lightweight Materials, Photonics, Process Intensification, Workforce

Training the Future Advanced Manufacturing Workforce with Online Learning

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way manufacturers recruit, train and develop their workforce. Long term, this shift will work in manufacturers' favor as online learning is also key to developing the skills necessary to leverage the emerging technologies that will give rise to the advanced manufacturing economy of the future.