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Bioengineering, Biopharmaceutical, Manufacturing

We are proud to share the NIIMBL technology roadmaps with the biopharmaceutical manufacturing community. These documents identify the manufacturing needs and propose a vision of the future for three key topics areas: Vaccines, Antibody-Drug Conjugates and Bi-specific Antibodies, and Gene Therapies.

The Institute convened subject matter experts from...

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Forbes
Automation, Design, Manufacturing

My congratulations go out to Gretchen Whitmer for winning my state's gubernatorial election. The governor-elect - as well as governors across the other 49-states - face many great challenges from health care to infrastructure with significant financial constraints. Of course, with great challenges come great opportunities. Given the significant...

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Smart Industry
Digital Manufacturing, Manufacturing

The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a Manufacturing USA institutes, in September named Chandra Brown its executive director, charging the veteran industrial professional with leading their efforts to, in their words, “Make every part better than the last.” You can find her full bio here.

Smart Industry chatted with...

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Additive Manufacturing, Education, Workforce

America Makes, a Manufacturing USA institute, announced the expansion of available service offerings at the America Makes Satellite Center in order to fill the immense need in the additive manufacturing (AM) community for access to critical performance data from AM-produced parts. The America Makes Satellite Center resides on the campus of Platinum...

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Additive Manufacturing, Education, Workforce

America Makes, a Manufacturing USA institute, proudly welcomes Josh Cramer, as its new Education and Workforce Director. Previously, Mr. Cramer served as the Director of Educational Programs at the SME Education Foundation, monitoring, promoting, and evaluating all of its major programs. In addition to those duties, he also served for a time as the...

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Bioengineering, Manufacturing, Photonics

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a Manufacturing USA institute, announced the successful conclusion of its Fall 2018 Members Meeting, which took place on Tuesday, October 23, alongside the Emerging Technology Showcase at the 2018 NYSTAR Annual Meeting in Syracuse, New York. The engagement was a unique...

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Media Planet
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing, Photonics, Workforce

In our ever-changing world, technology is ushering in boundless opportunities. It’s our job to harness and shape innovation in ways that benefit our country.

Advanced manufacturing is not your grandparents’ technology — in fact, it’s the complete opposite. Smart machines, artificial intelligence, collaborative robotics, sensors built into fabrics...

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Education, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs

U.S. manufacturing contributes $2.25 trillion to the economy each year, provides more than 12 million careers with average salary and benefits above $80,000/year and is a key source of innovation. Manufacturers perform more than 75 percent of the nation’s private sector research and development.

However, there are two alarming trends in...

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Education, Manufacturing, Workforce

An advanced manufacturing workforce requires a higher level of preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Over the next decade millions of jobs are expected to open in manufacturing, with the majority of them projected to go unfilled. To achieve sustained economic growth, we must start educating tomorrow’s manufacturing...

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Education, Manufacturing, Workforce

U.S. manufacturing becomes even larger and more competitive when people and technology work together to create products for the world.

In our ever-changing world, technology is weaving together different sectors and applications, resulting in tremendous new opportunities. As Manufacturing USA® institutes, we work with our federal agency sponsors...

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Manufacturing USA
Manufacturing, Reports

The House and Senate Manufacturing Caucus hosted a Congressional Briefing and Expo on the Manufacturing USA Program on October 10 th. Entitled Manufacturing USA®: Securing U.S. Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing, the event was sponsored by American Society for Mechanical Engineers ( ASME) and showcased work done by Manufacturing USA in...

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Innovation, Lightweight Materials, Materials

Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute, announced today it successfully aided Lifeline Firehose with the production of a state-of-the-art technology that makes it possible for a firehose to deliver both breathable air and water/foam simultaneously. The technology is being launched initially on a Grand Ledge Area Fire...

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Crain's Detroit Business
Lightweight Materials, Manufacturing

A massive one-of-its-kind machine machine for lightweighting research and development is headed to the Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow facility in Detroit.

Indiana-based Manufacturing Technology Inc. built the 122,000-pound linear friction welder for the LIFT facility in Detroit.

Manufacturing Technology Inc. of South Bend, Ind., built and...

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ENGINEERING.com
Manufacturing, Reports

The 20th century saw explosions in technological advancements—man’s landing on the moon, the rise of the information age with the Internet and more. The 21st century is maintaining the rate of innovation in large part thanks to America’s manufacturing scene.

The Manufacturing USA network of institutes specializes in a diverse range of technologies...

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Biopharmaceutical, Education, Workforce

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), a Manufacturing USA institute, and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) are pleased to announce the NIIMBL eXperience program.

The NIIMBL eXperience is designed to provide students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities completing their freshman...