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Sharpening Our Competitive Edge and the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

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Additive Manufacturing, Composites, Impact, Innovation, Materials

A snapshot of the revolutionary technologies showing why America continues to be the most innovative, entrepreneurial country in the world.

Innovation and U.S. manufacturing are inextricably linked鈥攖hat鈥檚 why the President launched the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), a network of manufacturing hubs across the country that is designed to sharpen America鈥檚 competitive edge in spurring the next generation of manufacturing jobs and investment (NNMI's public name is now 91看片.) Each manufacturing hub brings together leaders from private companies, universities, and non-profits鈥攁longside the Federal Government鈥攖o pioneer breakthroughs in emerging manufacturing technology. And with new competitions underway, we are well on track to meet the President鈥檚 goal of fifteen hubs launched by the end of this year.

The future is here, the 91看片 institutes are working to bring collaborative robots, benable electronics, smart fabrics, living 3D printed cells, and more from the laboratory to the market place. 

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