NEWS DESK WHAT’S NEW IN MANUFACTURING n U
S Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker recently visited the Digital Manufactur- ing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in Chicago, one of the new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) Institutes, to promote the value of the net- work and get support for more of them. President Barack Obama in March 2012
Bill for Manufacturing Network Gets Support US MANUFACTURING HUBS
fi rst called for the creation of a national network of manufacturing institutes. In all, he would like to see 45 such insti- tutes over the next 10 years. Besides the Chicago institute, there are America Makes in Youngstown, OH, the Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute in Raleigh, NC, and the Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innova- tion Instiute in the Detroit area. According to advocates of the network, the industry-driven
CHICAGO, IL
Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (Digital Lab) Digital Manufacturing
The federal government is launching a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. The full network, which requires legislation from Congress, would be developed over a decade and consist of up to 45 regional hubs.
CANTON, MI
Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation (LM3I) Institute Materials Manufacturing
RALEIGH, NC
Next Generation Power Electronics Innovation Institute Semiconductor Technology
YOUNGSTOWN, OH
“America Makes”* Additive Manufacturing
* Formerly known as the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute
commercialization hubs will help strengthen US innovation and global competitiveness. Each would develop specifi c manufac- turing technologies, skilled workers and spin-off businesses. A pending bill, called the Revitalize American Manufac- turing Innovation Act, or RAMI, would establish up to 15 manufacturing institutes, focused on technology, materials or processes related to advanced manufacturing.
“For the fi rst time in decades, manufacturing is growing. It’s important we get this RAMI bill passed.”
RAMI is the Commerce Department’s “No. 1 legislative priority in Congress,” Pritzker said in Chicago on Dec. 1. “For the fi rst time in decades, manufacturing is growing. It’s important we get this RAMI bill passed.” Competitively, the
US is considered behind in these types of efforts. Accord- ing to Roll Call, Germany’s Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has 67 comparative institutes, the Republic of China (Taiwan) has 11, and the United Kingdom has seven.
US Manufacturers Keep Adding Jobs M
anufacturers added 28,000 jobs in the United States in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a
monthly report. Of that fi gure, 17,000 jobs were added in durable goods manufacturing in November, according to the bureau. A total of 321,000 nonfarm jobs were created during the month, with the US employment rate unchanged at 5.8%. Besides manufacturing, job gains occurred last month in
professional and business services, retail and health care. The manufacturing unemployment rate was 4.2% for No-
vember, with 4.4% for durable goods and 4% for nondurable goods. Nondurable goods include food manufacturing and paper products.
In November 2013, the manufacturing jobless rate was 6.2%, including 6.2% for durable goods and 6.4% for non- durable goods.
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