News

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...

Events

Go to Defense Manufacturing Conference

Defense Manufacturing Conference

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Caribe Royale Orlando
Orlando, FL
United States

Go to 2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

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Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, DC
United States

Go to 2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

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JW Marriott & The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort
Orlando, FL
United States

External News

Design, Education, Manufacturing

The Manufacturing USA network invested nearly $540m in advanced manufacturing initiatives and delivered more than 900 research and development projects, according to its latest annual report.

The report highlights the growing role of the public-private partnership model in strengthening domestic manufacturing capabilities, supply chains, and...

University of Florida
Photonics

In a groundbreaking milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, Vanguard Automation, AIM Photonics and Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, launched a suite of photonic AI chips to the International Space Station aboard JAXA’s HTV-XI spacecraft this weekend.

The mission...

Our Network @ Work

Students receiving ARM's certified robot training
Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

“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...