News

Manufacturing USA joined community college leaders at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Conference, April 10–14, 2026, in Seattle, Washington, to highlight how network initiatives are strengthening the workforce driving advanced manufacturing innovation. Through resources, institute–college collaborations, and industry...

Electronics

Dear NextFlex Members and Colleagues,

I recently had the opportunity to join many of you at the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) 2026, an event that continues to serve as a critical forum for advancing the technologies and partnerships that underpin our nation’s defense industrial base. This year’s discussions reinforced a message we are...

Flexible Hybrid Electronics

As we look ahead to the rest of 2026, hybrid electronics is rapidly evolving from an emerging technology to a critical capability. Across the Department of Defense and commercial markets alike, the ability to integrate electronics into flexible, lightweight, and conformal form factors is enabling systems that were previously difficult — or...

Events

Go to IMTS 2026

IMTS 2026

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United States

Go to NextFlex Innovation Day 2026

NextFlex Innovation Day 2026

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Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
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...

Manufacturing

From the first mills and forges that built our young Republic to the cutting-edge industries of today, manufacturing has always been the foundation of our prosperity, the strength of our communities, the safeguard of our independence, and the engine of our greatness. This National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the unmatched might of America’s...

Our Network @ Work

NextFlex Established 2015
Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Institute Spotlight, Workforce
Driving Change and Delivering Impact at Scale

NextFlex is helping lead the future of electronics innovation as the nation’s hub for hybrid electronics and manufacturing readiness. As a public–private partnership and manufacturing innovation institute, NextFlex bridges the divide between the lab and the production line for hybrid electronics...

Opportunities

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Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Funding Opportunity

NextFlex Project Calls fulfill one of the Institute’s primary goals: fostering technology innovation and commercialization.

Project Call (PC) 11.0: Resiliency and Efficiency is the first part of the eleventh project call issued by NextFlex. Like the previous project calls, it is intended to advance the state of the art in manufacturing for hybrid...