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Delaware Business Now!
Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical, Education, Manufacturing

The University of Delaware plans a six-story, 200,000-square-foot research facility at the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus to house the national headquarters for the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), slated to open in early 2020.

The groundbreaking ceremony will be on Monday, October 23rd. The...

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Composites, Economy, Innovation, Manufacturing, Materials, Network

Detroit, Michigan, October 6, 2017 – Two Manufacturing USA institutes, The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) (Knoxville, Tenn.), and LIFT- Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (Detroit, Mich.), celebrated Manufacturing Day on October 6, 2017, by cutting the ribbon on and hosting an open house at the new IACMI/LIFT...

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TechTarget
Design, Digital Manufacturing

Research by UI LABS and ManpowerGroup identified 165 roles that'll shape the "factory of the future," and why there couldn't be a more exciting time to be in manufacturing than now..

The numbers are staggering: Over 3.4 million jobs will become available in manufacturing over the next decade, of which 2 million may go unfilled because of a skills...

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Department of Defense
Additive Manufacturing, Composites, Defense, Economy, Innovation, Network, Public Private Partnerships, Robotics

WASHINGTON – To find out how the Pentagon is driving new manufacturing techniques, you need to look to a network of public-private partnerships located around the country.

Manufacturing USA is a series of centers of excellence spread around the country, with each center focused on a different technological area of study.

The Pentagon has a role...

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Composites, Materials, Sustainability

Port Angeles, WA, September 18, 2017 … The Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) and ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd jointly demonstrated the manufacture of an automotive seatback made from recycled carbon fiber composite, at the Automotive Lightweight Materials Summit in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 22-24, 2017.

Left to right: CRTC Chief Executive...

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Power Transmission Engineering
Digital Manufacturing, IIOT, Process

Siemens has become DMDII’s largest partner, and the two companies are going full steam ahead on developing newer and bolder IIoT technology.

If there’s one name in Chicago that’s synonymous with the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it’s the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII). The...

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Composites, Materials, Sustainability

Knoxville Tenn., September 14, 2017 … The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), a 150+ member, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and U.S. Department of Energy driven consortium committed to increasing domestic production capacity and manufacturing jobs across the U.S. composites industry, announces a project to...

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Electronics, Manufacturing, Process

Researchers from North Carolina State University are rolling out a new manufacturing process and chip design for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, which can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics. The process – called PRESiCE™ – was developed with support from the PowerAmerica Institute funded by the...

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Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical, Health

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and BioPhorum Operations Group (BPOG) and have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop a US-specific roadmap for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. The roadmap will complement the existing BPOG global roadmap.

The US-specific Roadmap will focus...

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Biomanufacturing, Health, Materials

Amid an enthusiastic crowd of more than 400 attendees, the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute celebrated the start of its operations during an open house at its research facility in Manchester, New Hampshire on July 28. The BioFabUSA program looks to bridge the gap between early scientific research and later-stage product development by...

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ENGINEERING.com
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

Smart factories are a key aspect of the fourth industrial revolution, but a factory can’t evolve into a smart factory unless its workers evolve, too.

Perhaps the solution to the skills gap isn’t in filling old jobs, but creating new roles that maximize the effectiveness of digital technologies.

According to a recent report by research institute UI...

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Automation World
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” family friend Mr. McGuire has one word of advice for young college grad Benjamin Braddock: “plastics.” That was then; 50 years on, the one word of advice today might be “data.”

Whether a young person plotting a future career or a well-established production worker trying to stay relevant, a job focused on the newest...

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HRDive
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

UI LABS and ManpowerGroup have released a skills analysis identifying 165 tech-based jobs that will shape the manufacturing industry in the U.S. The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) of UI LABS and ManpowerGroup's Right Management and Experis brands conducted research for the report, which more than 30 business...

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MxD
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

The Digital Workforce Succession in Manufacturing report, released today by UI LABS and ManpowerGroup, is the first to offer such a comprehensive workforce playbook to help companies develop a talent pipeline for existing and future factories. The research includes in-depth profiles for 20 roles that span a range of “digital” technologies and...

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Additive Manufacturing, Impact, Network, Sustainability

America Makes proudly announces that it will commemorate the progress and contributions the Institute has made to advance the additive manufacturing (AM) industry on its fifth birthday on Wednesday, August 16th, at 2:00 P.M. EDT, at its Innovation Factory in Youngstown, OH. Additionally, the Institute's nationwide membership community will also be...