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Automation, Collaboration, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Fabrics, Innovation, Manufacturing Jobs, Reshoring, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

How do you predict the future without a crystal ball? With data, insight, and experience. At least, that’s how a panel of experts from the Manufacturing USA network recently tackled the topic of “factories of the future” at the renowned SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.

ARM Institute’s Suzy Teele moderated the session titled “ Smart, Sustainable...

Ten years ago today, Congress enacted the Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Innovation Act , establishing Manufacturing USA.

We are especially grateful for the people in the advanced manufacturing network and the countless milestones and achievements since the program’s inception, particularly this past year.

In honor of our 10 th...

Fabrics

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc. ( AFFOA ) is proud to announce the addition of Eric D. Evans , Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. The newest member of the Institute brings a vast knowledge of technology transfer and strategy, as well as national security and educational outreach.

Evans served as the 11th director of MIT Lincoln...

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Automation, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Fabrics, Manufacturing Jobs, Smart Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Workforce

Experts with diverse manufacturing backgrounds from the Manufacturing USA network, presenting at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, last month, explored U.S. manufacturing, what technologies the next few decades will bring, and what steps manufacturers big and small can take to future-proof their business.

While manufacturing has...

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Biomanufacturing, Fabrics, Facilities, Manufacturing, Materials, Photonics, Workforce

Manufacturing keeps evolving—and the facilities that house manufacturing in the U.S. are also changing and innovating. Given that 54% of domestic R&D occurred in manufacturing in 2021, according to the National Science Foundation, it makes sense for industrial facilities to be the places that enable experimentation and encourage product development...

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Additive Manufacturing, Education, Fabrics, Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Materials, Photonics, Power Electronics, Robotics, Sustainable Manufacturing, Workforce

Manufacturing evolved in the United States through geographic clusters that produced competitive advantages in expertise, scale of operations, research prowess, and skilled labor. The origin of the automotive sector is an example of a regional cluster, with vehicles assembled in the Detroit area from parts and components manufactured in the upper...