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Event, Innovation, Manufacturing, Reshoring

It takes more than a dedicated group of individuals to reshore advanced manufacturing. It takes a whole network of networks. On May 12–13, 2026, nearly 90 people representing Manufacturing USA’s innovation institutes and partnering federal agencies convened for the 2026 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting. Over the course of 1.5 days of connection...

Announcement, Photonics

AIM Photonics is pleased to announce that Ms. Tracy Frost, SES, Director, Technology Innovation for the Industrial Base (TIIB), Office of the Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW (R&E)); Dr. Eric K. Lin, Acting Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

A Vision for the Manufacturing USA Program in 2030 and 2035

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...

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Go to 2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

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Announcement, Manufacturing, Reports

To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the Manufacturing USA program, a proven model that connects the key actors — small and large industry, engineering and science expertise, state and local...

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“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...