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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE, SMART USA
Event, Innovation, Manufacturing, Network
Unleashing Innovation at the 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting

Each year, the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing enjoys the unique privilege of convening the Manufacturing USA network for its annual meeting. The 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting was an energizing gathering of over 80 representatives from the program’s 18 manufacturing innovation institutes and supporting federal agencies. Over a day...

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AFFOA, AIM Photonics, America Makes, ARM, BioFabUSA, BioMADE, CESMII, CyManII, EPIXC, IACMI, LIFT, MxD, NextFlex, NIIMBL, PowerAmerica, RAPID, REMADE
Event, Manufacturing
Manufacturing USA's 10th Anniversary and Top Ten in 2024

Ten years ago today, Congress enacted the Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Innovation Act , establishing Manufacturing USA.

We are especially grateful for the people in the advanced manufacturing network and the countless milestones and achievements since the program’s inception, particularly this past year.

In honor of our 10 th...

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REMADE
Re-manufacturing, Reuse
REMADE Institute to Lead Circular Economy Workforce Training in Partnership with RIT, ReMA and RIC

The REMADE Institute is pleased to announce it has been awarded $380,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop Circular Economy workforce training for the nation’s rapidly growing electronics scrap and remanufacturing industries. REMADE℠ will lead the workforce project and partner on it with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the...

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Re-manufacturing, Reuse
Circular economy faces crucial challenges

Reduce, reuse, recycle: that’s the mantra millions of schoolchildren have been taught for decades as a way to remember to take care of the planet. But what about reuse, repair, remanufacture?

A circular economy , in simple terms, is a closed-loop system where materials and resources are reused for different applications. Magdi Azer of the Remade...

Our Network @ Work

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CESMII, IACMI, NextFlex, REMADE
Artificial Intelligence, Circular Economy, Composites, Digital Manufacturing, Energy, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Re-manufacturing, Recycling, Smart Manufacturing, Sustainability, Sustainable Manufacturing
Reimagining Industrial Energy Use With Digital Technology
Reimagining Industrial Energy Use With Digital Technology

Today, manufacturing accounts for 25 percent of U.S. energy consumption and carbon emissions, and the industrial sector as a whole is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the nation, at 30 percent. Changing how industry produces materials and products is...