CESMII, The Smart Manufacturing Institute, today announced the 1.0 release of the Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X™), a production-ready open interoperability standard supported by more than 40 manufacturing technology providers, establishing one of the industry’s largest collaborative efforts to simplify manufacturing...
NIIMBL is pleased to announce “Inline Spiking Method for Validation of Virus Clearance in Continuous Bioprocessing” has been named the winner of NIIMBL’s inaugural Project Impact Award. The award is given annually as recognition of a Project Call Project exemplifying technical ingenuity, partnership and lasting industry impact. The award will be...
There’s a simple truth shaping the future of American manufacturing: students can’t become what they’ve never seen. That’s the challenge IACMI – The Composites Institute® tackled head-on and has now delivered a solution: ACE METAL Foundations.
Make It and Take It
With multiple activities for kindergarteners to fifth graders, ACE METAL...
Career and Technical Education (CTE) students and educators play a critical role in shaping the future of advanced manufacturing. Connecting these audiences to real technologies, career pathways, and training opportunities is essential to building a skilled and competitive workforce.
That’s why Manufacturing USA returned to the SkillsUSA...
For centuries, advanced alloys have been produced using the same fundamental approach – melting metals together and carefully controlling how they cool and solidify.
Believing that this age-old method has reached its practical limits, Foundation Alloy has developed a solid-state metallurgy platform capable of engineering alloys without ever melting...
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) has officially opened its new headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, establishing an expanded hub for advanced textile research, technology development, and workforce initiatives aimed at strengthening the nation’s manufacturing and innovation ecosystem.
The nonprofit organization and Manufacturing...
Dear NextFlex Colleagues and Friends,
I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who joined us for Innovation Day 2026 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. This year’s event was one of our most successful to date, bringing together leaders from industry, academia, government, and the defense industrial base to showcase innovation...
Manufacturing USA was created in 2014 to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas and technology. Manufacturing USA institutes convene business competitors, academic institutions and other stakeholders to test applications of new technology...
IACMI–The Composites Institute®, announced the winners of its inaugural Rising Star Awards, a nationwide initiative aimed at highlighting emerging talent in the manufacturing industry. The five winners and five honorable mentions span across eight states and work in a variety of industry segments, including engineering, forging, machining...
MxD is pleased to welcome Kathleen S. Miller, founder and principal of Lakeside Advisors LLC and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller, to its Board of Directors. Her appointment became effective June 11.
“Kathleen’s experience at the highest levels of government and defense operations will provide tremendous value to MxD and our...
or additive manufacturing companies — including startups, established manufacturers, suppliers, service bureaus, research labs, universities — government funding can be a powerful route to de-risk R&D, build strategic partnerships, and move promising technologies closer to production. The notable uptick in announced DoD-backed project-call funding...
Per CESMII and the i3X specification repository, the i3X open API provides a vendor-agnostic common interface for contextualized manufacturing data built on a Unified Namespace (UNS) . Reporting by IIoT World and ProveIt! coverage highlights that a UNS centralizes operational events and telemetry but does not by itself resolve data...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have named the recipients of a project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSW ManTech), with a combined award of $2M.
The initiative, titled Artificial Intelligence for Material...
America Makes will host a TRX webinar at 1 p.m. July 15 focused on the use of ultrasonic welding to reinforce large-format 3D-printed structures.
The webinar, “Ultrasonic Welding of Polymer Composite Tape to 3D Printed Structures for Reinforcement Applications,” will feature Jim Stratton, president and CEO of Agile Ultrasonics.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc. ( AFFOA), a national leader in advanced textile innovation and Manufacturing USA Institute, proudly celebrated the opening of its new headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 135 South Road, Bedford, Massachusetts. The event brought industry leaders, government partners, academic institutions, and...
