Some of the biggest names in manufacturing are collaborating to ensure the industry fully capitalises on the potential of augmented reality (AR) technologies.

Thomas McDermott, executive director of DMDII, said: “Augmented reality has immense potential to transform manufacturing, and early adopters are seeing impressive productivity and quality...

The following column is based on a speech Senator Coons delivered on March 1, 2017 at a joint event of the Senate Competitiveness Caucus and House Manufacturing Caucus on the importance of the Manufacturing USA Institute network.

Last December, the University of Delaware received a $70 million federal grant to build and sustain an institution...

In a July 2016 report, Cleveland-based MAGNET, Team NEO, the Youngstown Business Incubator and Youngstown's America Makes group issued a report on the potential for 3-D manufacturing and found ample resources and support for the growing technology in Northeast Ohio.

The Manufacturing USA network of public-private institutes “is a valid approach” that “attracts significant and meaningful participation from industry…academia, and local, state, and federal government,” a consulting company commissioned by Manufacturing USA said in a report.

From Cincinnati to Youngstown, and from Columbus to Cleveland, Ohio is seeing innovation in a big way, home to operations of GE, America Makes, BeAM, BeeHex, Knockout Concepts, and Air Force research activities, among many others.

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