Manufacturing USA publishes annual report

Manufacturing USA has released its 2018 Annual Report, describing innovations underway at the 14 Manufacturing USA institutes. The report highlights the institutes’ work in moving discoveries from the nation’s universities and research laboratories into production in the U.S. It also details some of the institutes’ successes in developing manufacturing technology and equipping the U.S. manufacturing workforce with the high-value skills needed to make tomorrow’s products.

In 2018 the 14 institutes, sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Energy, conducted more than 475 major applied R&D collaboration projects of high priority to broad industry sectors. They engaged 1,937 member organizations, 63 percent of which are manufacturers—the majority small and medium-size manufacturers.

The institutes also helped more than 200,000 workers, students, and educators through institute workforce efforts.