NIST, Office of Advanced Manufacturing

Manufacturing USA® is a national network created to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large-scale public-private collaboration on technology, supply chain and education and workforce development. The network comprises 16 manufacturing innovation institutes and their federal sponsors (the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Energy and Defense), and six additional federal agency partners, creating a whole-of-government, national effort to drive innovation in manufacturing.

Each institute includes members from industry, academia, and state and federal governments with a shared interest in advancing manufacturing. In 2020, 16 manufacturing innovation institutes collectively worked with over 2,000 member organizations to collaborate on more than 500 major research and development projects and engaged over 70,000 people in building workforce knowledge and skills in advanced manufacturing. State, industry and federal funds contributed $400 million to these activities.