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... As indicated on the Manufacturing USA website, the initiative "brings together industry, academia and federal partners within a growing network of advanced manufacturing institutes to increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and promote a robust and sustainable national manufacturing R&D infrastructure" (National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]
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... 2 REVISITING THE MANUFACTURING USA INSTITUTES BOX 1-1 The Manufacturing USA Institutes AFFOA Advanced Functional Fabrics of America -- Cambridge, Massachusetts AIM Photonics American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics -- Albany, New York; Rochester, New York America Makes Youngstown, Ohio; El Paso, Texas ARM Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania BioFabUSA Manchester, New Hampshire CESMII Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute -- Los Angeles, California IACMI The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation -- Knoxville, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan LIFT Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow -- Detroit, Michigan MxD Manufacturing times Digital -- Chicago, Illinois NextFlex San Jose, California NIIMBL The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals -- Newark, Delaware Power America Raleigh, North Carolina RAPID Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute -- New York, New York REMADE Reducing EMbodied-energy And Decreasing Emissions -- Rochester, New York
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... NATIONAL ACADEMIES WORKSHOPS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE INNOVATION POLICY FORUM To better understand the role and experiences of the Manufacturing USA institutes, a planning committee under the auspices of the Innovation Policy Forum convened an initial workshop, entitled "Securing Advanced Manufacturing in the United States: The Role of Manufacturing USA" in May 2017. The presentations and discussions at this workshop addressed the policy role and need for the advanced manufacturing institutes, examined selected foreign programs design to support advanced manufacturing, and reviewed recent Sustainable  Integrated  Digital  Regenerative  Advanced Fibers  Photonics Modular Chemical  Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing and Textiles Process  Flexible Hybrid  Albany, NY Intensification Electronics Chicago, IL Rochester, NY Rochester, NY Manchester, NH Cambridge, MA New York, NY San Jose, CA Bio‐pharmaceutical  Smart Sensors and  Manufacturing Digital Process  Control Newark, DE Los Angeles, CA www.ManufacturingUSA.com Additive Advanced  Lightweight  Advanced  Wide Bandgap  Materials Manufacturing Composites  Robotics Semiconductors Youngstown, OH Knoxville, TN Detroit, MI El Paso, TX Detroit, MI Pittsburgh, PA Raleigh, NC FIGURE 1-1 Manufacturing USA institutes, their locations, and technology focus.
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... They also described the results of past disinvestments in domestic manufacturing and explained how market failures may impede progress in U.S.-based advanced manufacturing.  "Role of the Manufacturing USA institutes -- Multiple presenters emphasized the role of the manufacturing institutes in connecting university research to manufacturers, drawing new manufacturing technologies and techniques into small and large firms, fostering regional innovation ecosystems, and developing the skilled technical workforce.
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... Participants will compare and contrast policies to support advanced manufacturing in other countries; highlight best practices in setting up and running effective institutes; and discuss potential actions and policies to strengthen and improve the Manufacturing USA program and ensure its long-run financial viability. A workshop proceedings will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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... As Dr. Gallagher noted, "We were trying to shift the amount of private sector funds, pull it towards the basic research side, and then try to increase the amount of shoulder rubbing between the universities and this corporate R&D activity." Creating a Skilled Workforce Although it was a secondary consideration in the beginning, education and workforce development is now a critical component of the Manufacturing USA institutes, particularly regarding small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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... Supply chains based on and driven by foreign engineering and innovation obviate any security benefit realized from domestic manufacturing, especially if that engineering and innovation capacity was ultimately absent from the United States. Supply chains and supply chain policies that integrate innovation and co-location of R&D, engineering, and production would better address gaps in domestic innovation capacity.
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... competitiveness by improving knowledge creation and technology diffusion; Chapter 3 covering workforce development; and Chapter 4 covering support for supply chains and SMEs. Chapter 5 gives a brief summary of discussions concerning the sustainability and future of the institutes, and Chapter 6 presents selected key points made by presenters at the workshop.


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