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AFFOA, ARM, CESMII, EPIXC
Automation, Collaboration, Digital Manufacturing, Event, Fabrics, Innovation, Manufacturing Jobs, Reshoring, Robotics, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce
Envisioning the Future of Manufacturing at SXSW

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...

Additive Manufacturing, Automation, Composites, Education, Manufacturing Day, Manufacturing Jobs, Robotics, Workforce
Pathways to Manufacturing Careers Infographic

Manufacturing employs millions of Americans. This infographic helps illustrate the pathways from jobs with adjacent skills to high-tech manufacturing careers and the benefits this transition brings for the worker. It represents but a small snapshot of the ways into manufacturing.

Today’s manufacturing is advanced manufacturing. It is home to some...

DOD Synthetic Biology
Department of Defense
Automation, Biomanufacturing, Composites, Design, Economy, Education, Energy, IIOT, Impact, Innovation, Materials, Network, Photonics, Process, Security, Sustainability, Workforce
DoD Announces Request for Information for a New Manufacturing Innovation Institute Dedicated to Synthetic Biology

The Department of Defense is announcing a request for information (RFI) to identify partnership opportunities for a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute dedicated to synthetic biology, or SynBio, for non-biomedical applications. The SynBio institute aims to deliver new capabilities by "scaling-up" critical bio-manufacturing processes and related...

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AIM Photonics
Automation, Defense, Economy, Electronics, Facilities, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Photonics, Productivity, Smart Manufacturing, Sustainability, Workforce
New York State Photonics Board of Officers Announces Tool Installation Work Has Begun at AIM Photonics TAP Facility

The New York State Photonics Board of Officers (NYS Photonics Board) announced today that tool installation has begun on schedule at the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester. In addition, AIM Photonics forecasts the facility renovation will be completed $3...