Ohio is one of the top states in the country for manufacturing output with nearly 14,000 manufacturing firms in the state, contributing 15.7% of the total output nationwide in 2022. Yet, many of these Ohio companies, especially those pursuing Department of Defense contracts, struggle to meet the strict cybersecurity requirements necessary to...

NIIMBL is pleased to announce that six organizations have been selected to host the inaugural NIIMBL eXperience for Educators this summer. Each will offer a one- or two-day program introducing K-12 educators to the biopharmaceutical industry. The goal is to strengthen the industry’s talent pipelines by providing educators with knowledge, tools...

America Makes, the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, announced that its 2026 Additive in Steel Competition will take place April 15 in Boston, MA, during its spring Technical Review and Exchange (TRX), co-located with RAPID + TCT 2026. TRX will be held April 14–16 alongside RAPID...

Two distinct sets of integrated photonic chips developed and manufactured using the AIM Photonics platform are undergoing evaluation under space conditions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE), marking a major step in testing how light-based technologies perform...

Dear friends and colleagues,

I hope you had a fantastic holiday season and are ready to see what 2026 has to offer. At NextFlex, we are moving ahead at full speed with new initiatives, innovative projects, and even a revamped Innovation Days.

First, I am excited to announce that we will be launching a NextFlex podcast called “Electronics at the...