Since the 19th century, Chicago has been a powerhouse of American manufacturing. It was here that Cyrus McCormick revolutionized farming with his mechanical reaper and Philip Armour re-engineered the meatpacking industry. Not to mention, Chicago is the birthplace of remarkable everyday goods we now take for granted, like Schwinn Bicycles and...

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has received funding from the US Navy to issue a NEW Technology Project Call that seeks to address specific needs in the shipbuilding industrial base (SIB). The projects will focus on improving first-time quality, reducing rework, increasing manufacturing throughput, and accelerating...

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is proud to announce our recognition as a 2026 Tech50 Finalist by the Pittsburgh Technology Council in two categories! For 30 years, the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Tech 50 Awards have recognized the companies and leaders driving innovation and helping transform Southwestern Pennsylvania...

MxD and Amatrol, a leading provider of interactive manufacturing workforce training, announced a new partnership to expand access to MxD’s industry-tested virtual trainings to learners nationwide.

As part of this partnership, three MxD courses – Data Annotation, Manufacturing Data Analytics, and Premetaverse Integration Technology – will be offered...

LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of War-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, today announced the launch of Operation Next in Indiana. This bold workforce development initiative expands on a proven national model designed to empower military veterans by providing specialized training for high-demand civilian careers.

The new...

ARM are just weeks away from their 10th Annual Member Meeting taking place Nov. 17-19 in Pittsburgh, PA! This member-exclusive conference is their largest event of the year, featuring 2.5 days of networking, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, a robust Member Showcase Hall displaying ground-breaking innovations, and more.

The five-minute pitch...

PowerAmerica Executive Director and CTO Victor Veliadis was presented with a 2026 APEX Award of Excellence in the category of “Writing/Topics > Technical and Technology Writing” at IEEE’s annual Energy Conversion Congress & Expo, which was held from Oct. 4-8 in Vancouver, Canada.

The award, presented by the IEEE Power Electronics Society, was given...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but Michael Tanji isn’t celebrating. He said there is little to gain from emphasizing once a year what businesses should preach and practice every hour of the day. Ever heard of a company that observed an annual Profit Month? It wouldn’t last long.

“Everyone surges on Cybersecurity Month, as if the threat...

NIIMBL has opened student applications for the 2027 NIIMBL eXperience, a weeklong, all-expenses-paid program that introduces first- and second-year college students to biopharmaceutical industry careers. Students can apply to one of four programs:

After bringing critical infrastructure cybersecurity training to Corpus Christi earlier this year, the work in South Texas was not over yet. On October 7, the Cybersecurity Manufacturing and Innovation Institute (CyManII) returned to Del Mar College for another Cyber Resilience Exercise.

The exercise continued CyManII’s effort to help Texas...

Cyber insurance is a contractual requirement. That’s because a successful attack can interrupt production, expose sensitive information, affect customers and generate recovery costs that suppliers may struggle to absorb.

Yet cyber insurance is often not treated as a priority, particularly by smaller suppliers. The biggest worry is that limits may...

IACMI members were recognized with multiple awards at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) this year, including the top two honors. These spotlight game-changing innovations, manufacturing breakthroughs, and collaborative teamwork in composites.

IACMI wants to give a special congratulations for:

CAMX Combined Strength Award: “Advanced...

Congratulations to IACMI member Endeavor Composites on the inauguration and ribbon cutting for their new facility in East Tennessee.

The approximately 22,000-square-foot advanced composites factory integrates fiber preparation, continuous wet-laid and air-laid production, research and pilot laboratories, machining, forming, and composite curing...

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...

Spend any length of time in any particular industry and you’ll hear the same statements being made that purport to be ‘facts.’ Dig just below the surface however, and you often find out that when it comes to the security of Defense Industrial Base (DIB) these statements are more myth and legend than fact. As the National Center for Cybersecurity in...