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The Indiana Gazette
Additive Manufacturing, Workforce

The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining was recipient of a Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award at the Defense Manufacturing Conference last week in Phoenix.

NCDMM was recognized in the category of “Readiness Improvement” for its additive manufacturing three-phase “Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for...

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ARM
Robotics

ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) is pleased to announce four new selected projects from its fifth Technology Project Call that took place earlier in 2019. This increases ARM’s selected projects to 49, and now involves 44% of its 220 member organizations. Pending final negotiations, ARM plans to provide more than $1.6 million in funding for...

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Additive Manufacturing

America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, proudly announces a new, seven year Cooperative Agreement (CA) with the Department of Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The CA is a Cost-Reimbursement/Cost Share agreement with a total funding value worth up to a combined $322 million of government cost and...

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Manufacturing

Take a moment to think about what the world must have looked like to J.P. Morgan a century ago, in 1919. He was not only an immensely powerful financier with access to the great industrialists of the day, but also an early adopter of new technologies. One of the first electric generators was installed at his home.

The disruptive technologies of the...

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Popular Science
Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical, Composites, Digital Manufacturing, Fabrics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Materials, Reuse, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Wide Bandgap Technologies

The manufacturing process that takes the next big idea from concept to market is one of the greatest factors propelling innovation forward — or in some cases, holding it back. Without this important step, we’d live in a world without many of the ingenious technologies that improve our daily lives and excite our imaginations, from smartwatches to...

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Pharma Manufacturing
Biopharmaceutical, Education, Workforce

The world can’t stop talking about biopharma’s scientific achievements, but the discussion often avoids the industry’s biggest potential buzzkill: a shortage of properly trained workers to manufacture these new drugs.

There’s no denying that biopharma drugs will play a vital role in the future of medicine. Biologics make up about 40 percent of the...

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American Institute of Physics
Innovation, Manufacturing

A new National Academies study will consider the challenges the U.S. is facing in maintaining its global leadership position in science and technology. It will encompass such matters as protecting research from exploitation, managing international exchanges, and promoting domestic technology commercialization.

A new National Academies study...

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21 WFMJ
Additive Manufacturing

This week, the NFL turns its attention toward our neck of the woods, taking the first steps in designing a new helmet at a three-day symposium hosted by America Makes in Youngstown.

The ultimate goal is to use additive manufacturing technology to expand the possibilities for player safety.

Studying concussions is nothing new for the NFL; they've...

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Lightweight Materials, Workforce

After recently reaching its goal of enrolling 101 soldiers in its “Operation Next” military transition program pilot, LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Detroit-based, Department of Defense-funded applied research and development institute operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII)...

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Smart Manufacturing

CESMII - the Smart Manufacturing Institute today introduced of a new class of projects available to Institute members and prospective members, further enhancing their access to Institute-developed technologies, training and CESMII Smart Manufacturing Platform™ infrastructure. Members and prospective members are free at anytime to submit proposals...

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Lightweight Materials

LIFT – Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Detroit-based advanced manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), today announced it has extended the lease on its Corktown research and development facility for another five years.

LIFT, which was established by the...

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SME
Energy, Smart Manufacturing

The institutes that make up Manufacturing USA need to move at the speed of business, considering that the endeavor represents the U.S. government’s biggest investment in the digitization of manufacturing to date.

CESMII CEO John Dyck: “We are at risk of falling behind both Europe and Asia in terms of our smart manufacturing digital transformation...

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The Business Journal
Additive Manufacturing

See how the City of Youngstown is attracting companies with its 3D printing infrastructure and expertise, while also sparking innovation across the country.

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Education, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Manufacturing Day, Workforce

On October 11, at Jabil Blue Sky Innovation Center in San Jose, over 125 high school students gathered to learn more about how they can pursue careers in manufacturing. Students from around Silicon Valley – representing Lincoln, Yerba Buena, Piedmont, Overfelt, Metro Ed, Leigh, and Fremont, Cupertino and Monta Vista High Schools – toured the...