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Ten years ago today, Congress enacted the Revitalizing American Manufacturing and Innovation Act , establishing Manufacturing USA.

We are especially grateful for the people in the advanced manufacturing network and the countless milestones and achievements since the program’s inception, particularly this past year.

In honor of our 10 th...

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Advanced manufacturing impacts our everyday lives, economic competitiveness, national security, and sustainability making it a vital component of the American economy. In the past decade, the American manufacturing landscape has transformed, and the Manufacturing USA network is leading the call to ensure that what is invented here stays here and...

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Cybersecurity

The cloud is big and welcoming, but it’s not enough as cyberattackers go after backups.

The rules for backing up critical data and systems are changing, as cybercriminals look for new paths to exploit.

The original idea around backups was to deposit all data in a second location. In case of attack, that backup would be used to restore operations...

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Cybersecurity, Digital Twins

Rodrigo Perez of MxD is here to explain this – along with the interesting elements of a career in manufacturing. Perez is a manufacturing systems integration engineer at MxD, the digital manufacturing institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing. Here he shares advice on recruiting the next generation to manufacturing, what...

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A catalyst for increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by connecting people, ideas and technology

A decade ago, policymakers responded to the need to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing base with the launch of Manufacturing USA. Recently, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) hosted a Capitol Hill event dubbed...

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MxD — in a new series of articles — scans the landscape of technologies and trends fueling manufacturing’s ongoing digital transformation: What’s here? What’s coming? And what’s the impact, including on the workforce? For this story we take a look at edge computing, featuring insights from Google Cloud’s Manufacturing Industry Manager Fabien...