Photo of five men looking at a robotic arm at the ARM Institute
ARM
Facilities, Manufacturing, Robotics

Learn how our team helped Keystone Ridge Designs, a leading manufacturer of commercial site furnishings, adopt a new robotics solution using our free services.

If youve ever sat on a bench, tossed trash in a receptacle, or gathered around a table in a public spacewhether at a park, university, retail center, downtown streetscape, or corporate...

Students receiving ARM's certified robot training
Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

Nose presses is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...

Student at ACE.

The manufacturing employment gap has existed for years, but some manufacturers have built great work cultures and evolved with societal changes to successfully build talent pipelines. In some areas, local stakeholders have created education and workforce development (EWD) programs that utilize local manufacturers and specialty partners to feed...

Image of IACMI employee Marley Passey
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs

The drive to create . Put simply, thats what has propelled Marley Passey into a career in manufacturing, despite the fact that shes legally blind. Ive always really enjoyed making things, building little wooden toys, Marley says. And this is the natural progression of that, making these really big and complex metal or composite parts. I...

Chart depicting the innovation valley of death on the technology readiness level scale.
Artificial Intelligence, Biomanufacturing, Fabrics, Innovation, Manufacturing, Photonics, Public Private Partnerships, Robotics

The U.S. outspends other nations in and continues to lead the world in innovations and inventions. However, new products are often stranded in the lab when we don't have the manufacturing capability, or get developed in other countries such as China, Germany, and South Korea that invest more aggressively in...