This week, additional members of the MxD team head into the office as we prepare to safely welcome more partners and guests during Phase 4 of Restore Illinois.
Our building operations, events, and future factory teams have been hard at work over the past several weeks to make the MxD innovation center as safe and sanitary as possible, making...
While 2019 had the highest number on record of women in senior management roles, we are still desperate for more females to fill leadership positions in many industries and in the tech space in general. Enter the eighth annual Women of Technology and IoT 2020 list, which is comprised of notable women who are powerful, smart, and tech savvy across...
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, and Marco Rubio, R-Florida, joined Reps. Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, and Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, in introducing on July 29 the Resilient Manufacturing Task Force Act of 2020, a bipartisan, bicameral bill to help build a stronger, more resilient post-COVID economy.
The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-New...
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $3.4 million in grants to support “high-impact projects” for Covid-19 pandemic response.
The funding is authorized through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed by President Donald Trump in March 2020.
The funding goes to four...
America Makes has received a $1.4 million grant from the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), announced by United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross during a press conference at the America Makes facility in Youngstown, Ohio. The grant will help America Makes continue work to address...
In response to COVID-19, LIFT will provide training in CNC machine operations, industrial technology maintenance, welding, and robotics for separating military personnel.
The manufacturing sector is getting some assistance in helping to reskill/upskill workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On July 8 the Next program of the Lightweight...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $3.4 million in grants to support high-impact projects for COVID-19 pandemic response, with funding authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed by President Donald Trump in March 2020.
The funding goes to four...
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross visited the city Wednesday to announce new funding to support America Makes.
After touring the Youngstown Business Incubator Tech Block Building No. 5 and America Makes – National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Ross offered comments about new funding for America Makes’ for its efforts in...
Hear CESMII and RAPID’s CEOs as part of an ASME Congressional briefing on the innovative work being done to revamp U.S. supply chains in the face of COVID-19. The panel of experts discusses how, from workforce development to data analytics, automation and new ways to exchange real-time manufacturing data, the U.S. must provide more robust, real...
Manufacturing operations face a multitude of cyber threats. The latest dangers from hackers include not only the theft of intellectual property but also malicious attacks that can cripple critical infrastructure, such as energy plants, utilities, and large-scale factories. Cyberattacks range from clever, often effective phishing schemes to...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has truly been an all-hands-on-deck moment for the nation. Among the responders are many with NIH affiliations, who are lending their expertise to deploy new and emerging technologies to address myriad research challenges. That’s certainly the case for the dedicated team from the National Institute...
The FDA continues to take creative and flexible approaches to address access to critical medical products in response to COVID-19. Researchers at academic institutions, non-traditional manufacturers, communities of makers, and individuals are banding together to support and fill local and national needs. The FDA is actively engaged across this...
MxD, the nation’s digital manufacturing institute, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) today announced the launch of a cybersecurity for manufacturing training program with nearly $650,000 from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA).
The program’s target audience is current workers in manufacturing...
The NIST-produced video documentary, featuring America Makes – a DoD sponsored Manufacturing USA institute – and two young engineers in Youngstown, Ohio, won three Awards during the June 21, 2020 Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Science’s regional Emmy Awards.
The Emmys were awarded for branded content...
In 2012, Pioneer Service CEO Aneesa Muthana lost 90% of her revenue.
One of her biggest customers bought four of her other customers. And they took all the business to China and Mexico.
“I made a decision then and there that I have to begin getting out of my comfort zone,” Muthana said. “I needed to figure what everyone else was doing, how everyone...
