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Artificial Intelligence, Circular Economy, Composites, Digital Manufacturing, Energy, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Re-manufacturing, Recycling, Smart Manufacturing, Sustainability, Sustainable Manufacturing

To hear directly from the institutes featured in this article, check out our panel, "Reimagining Energy Use with Digital Technologies" at SXSW on March 9. For more information, visit our event page .

Today, manufacturing accounts for 25 percent of U.S. energy consumption and carbon emissions, and the industrial sector as a whole is the...

Photo of Kimberly Gibson, America Makes, speaking at America Makes' annual members meeting
Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Circular Economy, Cybersecurity, Economy, Innovation, Re-manufacturing, Robotics, Semi-Conductor

America Makes Ecosystem Director Kimberly Gibson, a municipal planner by training, was involved in the national additive manufacturing institute at its inception more than 12 years ago. She saw the proposed innovation institute as a pathway to help reinvent Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing and industrial base from its legacy of coal, steel, and...

IACMI CEO Keith Haley
Lightweight Materials, Materials

“A lot of people think you can’t get high performance when you’re using recycled materials, but we’ve proven that’s not true,” says Haley Keith, CEO of MITO Material Solutions . A new product, Fenix Fiber+, is an innovative combination of MITO’s hybrid graphene additives and Vartega’s sustainably sourced carbon fiber. Together, they are ready to...

Photo of a man wearing PPE in a lab. Photo provided by North Carolina State University
Biomanufacturing, Biopharmaceutical

While the U.S. legacy manufacturing sector continues to build a skilled workforce, secure the domestic supply chain, and widely adopt technological innovations, there is an area in which the U.S. is positioned to secure global leadership - the bioeconomy.

The bioeconomy is often cited as a pathway to securing everything from climate change and...

IACMI Convene Connect Catalyze
Lightweight Materials, Materials

“I think I want to be a plumber because plumbing seems like a big puzzle,” says 17-year-old Ella, who I met at a National Manufacturing Day event sponsored by MSC Industrial Supply Co. in Knoxville, Tenn. Ella is a tiny, timid girl hiding behind glasses and blazing blue hair. It’s an ah-hah moment for me. “Oh, you like puzzles?” I respond....