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...

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...

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...

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...

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...