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Photo of the ribbon cutting at LIFT's Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center
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Facilities, Manufacturing, Materials
LIFT Launches Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing and National Security

LIFT , the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, has officially opened its state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center in Detroit’s historic Corktown district. This cutting-edge facility will play a critical role in strengthening the U.S. industrial base by...

Manufacturing USA 10th Anniversary Graphic
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Manufacturing USA's 10th Anniversary and Top Ten in 2024

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...

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National Defense Magazine
Facilities, Materials
LIFT to Establish Advanced Metallic Manufacturing Center

Defense Department-supported nonprofit LIFT will open a new Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center in 2025 in Detroit, Michigan, to address advanced materials challenges across the defense industrial base.

Joe Steele, executive vice president of public affairs and ecosystem at LIFT, said the new production and processing center will...

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Lightweight Materials
LIFT announces advanced metallic production and processing center

LIFT , the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, operated by the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII), will introduce its new state-of-the-art Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center (AMPP) in the new year, solving a critical gap in...

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Building the Manufacturing Talent Pipeline

“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...