Depending on which survey or poll you read, manufacturers are either on the edge of despair over the workforce and attracting viable candidates or euphoric over tax cuts and improved capital spending. However, the real state of manufacturing in the process industries today is far more balanced and optimistic than pundits would have you believe...
Lightweighting isn’t new to the auto industry, but it’s finally mature enough to make a significant impact on manufacturers, drivers and the whole planet.
Even if you’re not a car aficionado, you can see why the Chevy Corvette C2—aka the Stingray—is revered among the pantheon of American automotive manufacturing. Sleek. Classy. And fast. Really...
As part of today’s Business Roundtable CEO Innovation Summit, top leaders from business and government participated in a panel discussion on “Revolutionizing Manufacturing.” The conversation featured James Keane, President and CEO of Steelcase, Blake Moret, President and CEO of Rockwell Automation, and Mike Molnar, Founding Director of the Office...
College & University Faculty Team Concludes Series of Recommendations Addressing Competencies and Workforce Strategies for New Lightweighting Technologies
Higher education and industry need to work together to adapt current curricula to reflect the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in work environments deploying new lightweighting...
Lawmakers at all levels can play a key role in the development of smart technology for manufacturing, the head of the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute said on Hill.TV's "Boundless," which aired Wednesday.
"Federal and state lawmakers can play a key role in incubating technologies that are vital in smart manufacturing," said CEO...
"What if?" It is the question where innovation begins, and few companies have asked it as often and answered it as well as DuPont™ and FilSpec USA.
A company-wide commitment to innovation is one reason why DuPont is a partner in the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), a non-profit institute founded in 2016 as part of the U.S. government...
A cutting-edge multi-project wafer (MPW) facility at AIM Photonics, a Manufacturing USA institute, in Rochester, New York, is nearly ready to roll.
Officials said last week that the delayed Test, Assembly, and Packaging (TAP) site will begin services for customers next month. The TAP facility is a core element of the $600 million-plus silicon...
America Makes, a Manufacturing USA institute, and the Robert C. Byrd Institute, in partnership with Tooling U-SME, the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, and AST2, proudly announce that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship has officially approved their first-ever, industry-vetted Additive Manufacturing (AM)...
America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) today presented their Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (Version 2.0) in Frankfurt, Germany, at the Formnext Conference, one of the industry’s premier events. Developed by the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) – with...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
