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Obama Administration Launches Competition for Three Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
The Obama administration will commit $200 million from five federal agencies to create three new manufacturing innovation institutions in 2013. Building on the Additive Manufacturing pilot initiative launched in Youngstown, OH, last year, the Department of Defense will lead two new institutes focused on Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation
and Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing.
A third institute, led by the Department of Energy, will focus on Next Generation Power Electronic Manufacturing.
Competition for these new institutes is open immediately. Winners will be announced later this year. Read the announcement...