Photo of LIFT's Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center. Credit: The Fabricator
The Fabricator
Facilities, Materials

LIFT, the Department of Defense-supported national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, has officially opened the Advanced Metallic Production and Processing center in Detroit. This facility will play a critical role in strengthening the U.S. industrial base by accelerating the design, development, and deployment of novel...

National Defense Magazine
Facilities, Materials

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 , 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...

Smart Industry
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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AdvancedManufacturing.org
Event, Manufacturing, Modern Makers
A catalyst for increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by connecting people, ideas and technology

A decade ago, policymakers responded to the need to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing base with the launch of Manufacturing USA. Recently, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) hosted a Capitol Hill event dubbed...