The Manufacturing USA network updated the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework for 2026 to equip job seekers, employers, and trainers with the common language and linkages needed to successfully meet the advanced manufacturing industry’s workforce needs.

The framework:

This in-depth analysis expands on the Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework, describing the most common entry-level occupations in advanced manufacturing and connecting them to the industry’s most important skills and competencies across five technology areas in the Manufacturing USA network through 2030. The technical analysis...

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is has issued its calendar year 2025 Impact Report. Within this report, you’ll find brief details about the impact generated by the ARM Institute and our consortium comprised of more than 500 member organizations and thousands of individual subject matter experts across industry, government...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its new independent consensus study, developed by a committee of experts, which offers a comprehensive vision for Manufacturing USA’s next decade. The report outlines how the program can continue to catalyze the development of critical technologies, strengthen regional...

2025 was a year of remarkable progress for the domestic bioindustrial manufacturing industry. New commercial and defense products, impactful federal policy, and key infrastructure investments combined to propel the bioeconomy forward. BioMADE is honored to work with you, our nationwide network of 300+ companies, start-ups, universities, community...

Manufacturing USA continues to pursue its mission of strengthening U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing by connecting people, ideas, and technology to solve industry-relevant challenges. The network’s institutes serve as hubs for key technology areas including automation, biomanufacturing, and cybersecurity, ensuring that what is...

The Manufacturing USA Program Strategic Plan details the program’s vision, mission, goals, and objectives for the next four years. The plan describes the methods by which the Program’s goals and objectives will be implemented. It explains the Program's technology investment strategy and how the program catalyzes private sector investment...

Manufacturing USA continues to accelerate advanced manufacturing through large-scale public-private collaboration focused on technology, supply chains, and workforce development.

The report highlights a year of significant growth and strategic investment across the network. The network managed over 900 high-priority applied research and...

China is often portrayed as either unstoppable—dominating electric vehicles (EVs), batteries, and solar panels—or lacking the creativity to push the technological frontier. The United States is either celebrated as the unquestioned AI leader or criticized for losing its manufacturing base and becoming dangerously dependent on rivals. The reality...

In his first term, President Trump recognized that emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence, quantum information science, nuclear technologies, space exploration, telecommunications, biotechnology, advanced transportation, and advanced manufacturing—were critical to American competitiveness, and would become the “Industries of the...

The Manufacturing USA network developed the 2025 Manufacturing USA Occupation and Competency Framework to equip job seekers, employers, and trainers with the common language and linkages needed to successfully meet the advanced manufacturing industry’s workforce needs. The framework:

A review of China's Manufacturing Innovation Centers (MICs) explores the status of the country's flagship manufacturing innovation program. At least 33 MICs have been established to date, suggesting that China is within reach of their goal of 40 MICs by 2025, as stated in their "Made in China 2025" national strategy. This review discusses the...