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...

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...

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...

Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI) has shipped North America’s first linear friction welder capable of full sized part development to the LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow - in Detroit where it will contribute to cutting edge lightweighting research in the automotive and aerospace sectors.

First linear friction welder capable of full...

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) and Analog Photonics (AP) today announced the release of the AP SUNY Process Design Kit v2.5a (APSUNY_PDKv2.5a). This latest release expands the comprehensive set of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) component libraries within SUNY Poly’s process capabilities to...

Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT), a Manufacturing USA institute, has been recognized by TechConnect Defense with a 2018 Innovation Award for an ongoing project to increase engine efficiency and airplane performance.

The “Forging and Processing of Al-Li for Improved Performance and Structural Life” project creates a tool that allows...

Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute, today announced the launch of its third round of technology projects. New projects will explore joining dissimilar materials, complex structures and environmentally-friendly approaches to coating metals.

Red Welder

This round of projects will total more than $6.5 million in...

Manufacturing USA today released its 2017 Annual Report. The report describes the program’s work in moving discoveries from the Nation’s universities and research laboratories into production in the U.S. It also describes the program’s fourteen institutes successes in developing world-changing manufacturing technology and equipping the U.S...

The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a Manufacturing USA institute, announces that former federal executive and startup trailblazer Chandra Brown has been named executive director effective Sept. 26, 2018.

Chandra Brown, Executive Director, DMDII.

Launched in 2014, DMDII is where innovative manufacturers forge their...