“Manufacturing USA Institutes are an integral part of achieving our vision in a modern America industrial strategy,” says Monica Gorman, Special Assistant to the President for Manufacturing & Industry Policy.
Last week, Gorman joined 100 leaders from across the country in Washington, DC, participating in a Manufacturing USA Network event. IACMI’s CEO Chad Duty, Workforce Director Joannie Harmon, Communications Director Mark Morrison, and Vehicles Technology Director Ray Boeman attended the one-day meeting. The meeting builds on a White House Summit in October 2022 when Manufacturing Institutes, including IACMI, were convened at the White House to focus on leveraging the institutes’ impactful public-private partnerships to advance U.S. manufacturing and scale up activities.
Some takeaways to share:
- White House says historic U.S. public investments – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act – are being made in manufacturing topositively impact technology acceleration and workforce development.
- Public-private partnerships, like those through Manufacturing USA Institues, are essential to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing.
- Next 10 years are going to see a new era of public investment in innovation, advanced manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing workforce. The Institutes will serve as a focal point for ensuring these public investments have maximum impact.
- EWD funding across government agencies and cross-Institute EWD collaboration
- Improved interagency coordination (DOE, DoD, DOC, DOL, NSF, etc.)
- U.S. manufacturing is number one target of cyberattacks.
- Formation of Manufacturing USA Council announced. The council is an independent entity composed of the non-profit organizations that operate the institutes to help address the need for better infrastructure to enhance U.S. government interactions and create and sustain technology.