Education, Lightweight Materials, Materials, Workforce

The United States is facing a severe manufacturing workforce shortage. To tackle the nation’s skills gap, IACMI and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville are bringing the technology and training directly to the people who need it.

Teachers and instructors in East Tennessee and beyond are learning essential machining skills at the University of...

Composites, Workforce

IACMI hosted its Summer 2022 Members Meeting in Salt Lake City June 28-30 in partnership with the Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), as well as sponsors American Chemistry Council Plastics Division, Dassault Systèmes, TPI Composites, Composites One, Berndorf, Vartega and the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity...

Manufacturing USA’s program office along with 7 manufacturing innovation institutes attended the Smart Manufacturing eXperience (SMX) in “Steel City,” Pittsburg, PA. With a focus on combating the challenges and opportunities to adopt smart manufacturing technologies faced by small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) and others in the industry...

Composites, Workforce

You could say that women are breaking the mold in the composites industry. In companies, plants, labs and universities across the country, they are making an impact as leaders, engineers, researchers and plant managers. IACMI recently talked to three dynamic women in the composites and advanced materials industry and here’s what they had to say.

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