Manufacturing USA

Manufacturing USA (formerly the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, NNMI) is a United States network of manufacturing innovation institutes funded by the federal government and operating through public-private partnerships among industry, universities, and government agencies. The network links more than a dozen regional institutes focused on advanced manufacturing technologies, including ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing), MxD (digital manufacturing), AIM Photonics, America Makes (additive manufacturing), and LIFT. Individual institutes are co-funded by the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Commerce. The network is coordinated by the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) hosted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program was established under the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 and adopted the name "Manufacturing USA" in 2016. Its model is based on Germany's Fraunhofer institutes.