Textile manufacturing is a trillion dollar industry, however, its operations still largely lean on manual labor. This puts human workers in ergonomically uncomfortable conditions, opens up workers to risks of respiratory diseases from poor air quality and injuries from fast moving machines, and prevents the US from re-shoring this growing industry...
It’s hard to know where to start when introducing Charles Freeman, professor and department chair of fashion merchandising for Texas Christian University’s College of Fine Arts.
Do you lead with NASA? Or the Department of Defense?
That previous paragraph probably needs a little explaining. Freeman also serves as the associate dean of research and...
The ARM Institute Champion program recognizes ARM Institute Members who have gone above and beyond the call of membership to strengthen US manufacturing through robotics, physical AI, and workforce development while advocating for the ARM Institute’s mission! ARM Champions are recognized annually at a celebratory dinner during our Annual Member...
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) announced two new project calls worth a combined $25.6M in funding.
The first project call, Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI), is worth $12.4M and is funded through the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and...
NLM Photonics, a developer of silicon organic hybrid (SOH) photonic solutions, has established a design partnership with photonics design firm Spark Photonics. The partnership aims to accelerate the development and integration of NLM’s high-performance SOH solutions across multiple silicon photonics foundry platforms. The collaboration has already...
Manufacturing USA joined community college leaders at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Conference, April 10–14, 2026, in Seattle, Washington, to highlight how network initiatives are strengthening the workforce driving advanced manufacturing innovation. Through resources, institute–college collaborations, and industry...
As demand grows for high-performance modulation in silicon photonics, integrating advanced materials into scalable foundry processes is a key step toward enabling next-generation applications.
This article highlights a design partnership between AIM Photonics members NLM Photonics and Spark Photonics, demonstrated through a multi-project wafer run...
Picture a scenario where a U.S. warfighter, facing limited resources and supply challenges, can create a replacement part for a mission using nothing more than a recycled water bottle. This is no longer just a concept. re:3D, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) based in Austin, Texas, is working towards making it possible. Specializing in...
Manufacturers today face a common challenge: fragmented OT and IT systems that trap data in silos, constraining productivity, innovation and visibility across operations. These limitations slow AI adoption, and hinder improvements in efficiency, quality, supply chain resilience and labor productivity initiatives. i3X addresses this by introducing a...
LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials and manufacturing innovation institute, successfully deployed its Operation Next® adult training program in collaboration with Southeastern Community College (SCC) and successfully certified forty adult learners in advanced manufacturing skills.
Students earned industry...
CESMII –The Smart Manufacturing Institute today announced the beta launch of the Industrial Information Interoperability eXchange (i3X™), an open, standards-based API designed to enable seamless interoperability across manufacturing systems, platforms and applications. Manufacturers today face a common challenge: fragmented OT and IT systems that...
Bio Innovations North America, the premier event dedicated to scaling industrial biomanufacturing in the region, is proud to announce BioMADE as a Headline Partner for its 2026 edition. This strategic collaboration connects the commercial scale-up ecosystem with critical domestic manufacturing infrastructure during a pivotal year for North...
Dear NextFlex Members and Colleagues,
I recently had the opportunity to join many of you at the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2026, an event that continues to serve as a critical forum for advancing the technologies and partnerships that underpin our nation’s defense industrial base. This year’s discussions reinforced a message we are...
The Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC) announced that three MxD projects and one team member were selected as finalists for 2026 awards for outstanding achievements that enable manufacturing excellence.
“MxD is proud to be recognized by the Manufacturing Leadership Council for our work to strengthen and modernize U.S. manufacturing,” said...
Biopharmaceutical advancements across research, development, and manufacturing create increasingly large and complex datasets. The volume of data collected continues to grow in every biopharmaceutical laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing facility using new in-line and at-line detectors as well as multivariate analytical methods. Moreover...
