The Manufacturing USA Annual Report for 2017 describes the program’s work in moving discoveries from the Nation’s universities and research laboratories into production in the U.S. It also describes the program’s fourteen institutes successes in developing world-changing manufacturing technology and equipping the U.S. manufacturing workforce with the high-value skills needed to make tomorrow’s products.
Manufacturing USA Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2017
The Manufacturing USA network is a public-private program designed with a vision of U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing. Its institutes have a mission to develop game-changing technology and the skills needed to equip our future U.S. manufacturing workforce. Institutes also provide education and training so that American workers have “improved job opportunities and increased economic opportunity in promising technology areas that result in higher wages.”
Highlights of the Manufacturing USA network in 2017 include:
- Manufacturing USA grew substantially in 2017, adding 6 new institutes to make a total of 14 institutes, sponsored by the departments of Energy, Defense and Commerce. At the same time, commitments of support over the program’s life have grown to more than $3 billion, comprised of $1 billion of federal funds matched by over $2 billion of non-federal investment, representing a remarkably effective catalyzation of matching investment.
- Total memberships grew over 50 percent this year to 1,291. Of these, 65 percent are industry members, and of the industry members, 65 percent are small and mid-sized.
- The fourteen Manufacturing USA institutes, sponsored by the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Energy, conducted nearly 270 major applied research and development projects of high priority to broad industry sectors.
- The program saw tremendous growth in institute-led workforce efforts in advanced manufacturing, educator/trainer instruction, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities, resulting in over 191,000 workers, students, and educators participating in Manufacturing USA-led workforce efforts — an astounding seven-fold increase this year in the number of individuals enriched by the program.
The annual report incorporates material from the 2017 Program Report (available here) submitted to Congress yesterday and includes additional information about the major accomplishments of the Manufacturing USA institutes in Fiscal Year 2017.
Read the full Manufacturing USA Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2017
Citation information:
Manufacturing USA Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2017, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce (2018), https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AMS.600-3.
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