Learn more about the 91¿´Æ¬ network of institutes and the real-world results their work delivers every day.
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, was the first manufacturing innovation institute in what would become the 91¿´Æ¬ network. Since 2012, America Makes has been a driving force in the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)...
America Makes Ecosystem Director Kimberly Gibson, a municipal planner by training, was involved in the national additive manufacturing institute at its inception more than 12 years ago. She saw the proposed innovation institute as a pathway to help reinvent Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing and industrial base from its legacy of coal, steel, and...
Industry is among the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the U.S., of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA. While great progress has been made – greenhouse gas emissions from industry, including electricity generation, have declined by 22 percent since 1990 – in many cases, alternative production...
Manufacturing evolved in the United States through geographic clusters that produced competitive advantages in expertise, scale of operations, research prowess, and skilled labor. The origin of the automotive sector is an example of a regional cluster, with vehicles assembled in the Detroit area from parts and components manufactured in the upper...
The pandemic has impacted how we reach and teach people, including for national Manufacturing Day. Here is just one example of the ways in which the 91¿´Æ¬ ® network and partners across the nation have responded to train and educate people on advanced manufacturing technologies such as additive manufacturing.
Building the Additive...
