MxD, the digital manufacturing institute, today announced a comprehensive workforce development program for cybersecurity in manufacturing, underwritten with a $1.25 million grant from the Siemens Foundation. The grant will fund the development and implementation of a highly-skilled cybersecurity for manufacturing initiative as part of MxD’s...

CESMII, The Smart Manufacturing Institute is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for institute Roadmap Projects. The total investment will be approximately $18,750,000 with 50% in CESMII funding and 50% awardee cost-share requirement and will be distributed over the course of three waves.

For RFP-2-2019, Wave 1 approximately $6.25M...

MxD and AT&T* today announced they are working together to help accelerate the deployment of 5G to the U.S. manufacturing industry. AT&T is collaborating with MxD (Manufacturing times Digital) to install 5G technology and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) within MxD’s Chicago-based innovation center dedicated to advancing manufacturing innovation.

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MxD, the nation’s digital manufacturing institute, is seeking proposals for “digital fingerprinting” technology for high-volume manufacturing of low-cost goods such as food items and batteries. High-volume manufacturers urgently need the ability to add item-level traceability, or digital fingerprints, to what they produce, not only to assure...

UI LABS announced today that its two labs — the City Tech Collaborative and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), a Manufacturing USA institute, — will stand as independent organizations, now that both have achieved strong momentum and robust fiscal health.

DMDII, which launched in 2014 with $80 million in funding from...