Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence
It's Time To Apply for the 2016 Governor's Award for Safety Excellence If you're proud of your safety and prevention ...
Manufacturers Unsure About Cybersecurity and R&D Tax Credits for Internet of Things Investments
The MPI Internet of Things Study indicates manufacturers are unsure or not confident in their ability to prevent a cybersecurity ...
Why Mercedes is Halting Robots’ Reign on the Production Line
Robots can’t deal with the degree of individualization and the many variants that we have today … we’re saving money ...
Workers are the Biggest Asset in the Evolving Manufacturing Industry
It’s not your granddad’s factory job anymore. (Fortune – Ed Frauenheim: 2-16-16) The instruction manual for a typical CNC mill ...
Entrepreneurs Take on Manufacturing
(HBR – Mark Muro: 2-22-16) When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s ...
Two Key Innovation Questions
Q 1. What is an Innovative Enterprise? Q 2. And why is innovation so directly aligned with success? An Innovative ...
Innovations in Infrastructure Will Boost Manufacturing
(Area Development – Stephen Gray: First Quarter 2016) From innovative road repair, driverless trucks, bullet trains, and 3D bridges, advances ...
Building Manufacturing Communities for the long haul
(Brookings – Mark Muro: 2-18-16) The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) institutes have rightly emerged as centerpieces of the ...
Commerce Secretary Submits Annual Report and Strategic Plan for First Manufacturing Institutes
(Department of Commerce Press Release – Office of Public Affairs: 2-19-16) U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has submitted to ...
Majority of CEOs unwilling to share cyber-security information with outsiders
(ZDNet – Eileen Yu: 2-17-16) Some 55 percent of CEOs acknowledge industry collaboration is necessary in fighting cyber-crime, but only ...
Manufacturing’s Economic Impact: So Much Bigger Than We Think
New research by MAPI shows manufacturing’s total value chain actually accounts for about one-third of U.S. GDP, or three times ...
Five Fundamental Areas that Are Key to Success for Innovative Manufacturers
A more demanding business environment will require CEOs and their management teams to think more holistically about innovation, their operating ...
Council on Competitiveness Report Makes Recommendations for National Skills Agenda
(SSTI Weekly: 2-4-16) As long-term trends continue to impact the U.S. economy and its recovery from the Great Recession, more ...
Wirerope Works Hosts M.A.K.E. Forum
Thanks to Wirerope Works for hosting the quarterly Manufacturing Applications Knowledge Exchange (M.A.K.E.) Forum meeting and providing participants with a tour ...
Power of Small
Today the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is launching an exciting, new campaign called “Power of Small” to tell the ...
Penn State Announces SME Additive Manufacturing Challenge
Partnering with America Makes and MEP, Penn State’s Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) is sending ...
