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Manufacturing Innovation Blog

Reclaiming “Innovation” for Small- and Mid-sized Manufacturers

December 9, 2014

Mike Simpson

What comes to mind when your hear the word, “ innovation?” Quick – grab a pen and paper and jot down the first five things that you think about. Many decades

Making Music with U.S. Manufacturing

December 1, 2014

Tab Wilkins

Fender Musical Instruments is currently celebrating the 60 th Anniversary of its iconic Fender Stratocaster guitar manufactured and first sold in 1954 (think

Plotting the Future of 3D Printing

November 25, 2014

Clara Asmail

Additive manufacturing (AM) is hurtling into its wide and wonderful future. Right now heavy attention is being given to the promise AM offers to toy and

Hats Off to America’s Oldest Hatmaker & Latest Hero of American Manufacturing

November 19, 2014

Jaclyn Gardner

About an hour outside of Philadelphia sits America’s Oldest Hatmaker – Bollman Hats, and the next U.S. manufacturer to be recognized in MEP’s “Heroes of

Safety Pays for Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Businesses

November 13, 2014

Patrick Showalter

Guest blog post by Patrick Showalter, Director, Office of Small Business Assistance, OSHA Many small- and medium-sized manufacturers could benefit from

Looking to Buy “Made in the United States” Products?

November 6, 2014

Tab Wilkins

What if you wanted to buy products manufactured in United States? How can you find products that are U.S. made, or list your U.S. made products or learn if

ICYMI: #MFGDay14

November 3, 2014

Zara Brunner and Mark Schmit

By Zara Brunner and Mark Schmit In case you missed it (ICYMI), we’re sharing some of the stories discovered this past month as we’ve been sifting through

Zombie Coffee

October 31, 2014

James Soto

Grow manufacturing business by picking brains Imagine: You find someone you’d like to connect with on LinkedIn. You email them to ask if you can “pick their

Manufacturing, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Strength

October 30, 2014

Steve Melito

What’s the best way to measure the strength of a state’s economy? Job growth and unemployment rates are useful metrics, but researchers at the University of

Reflections on the I-Corp Training Experience

October 28, 2014

Javier Saade

This article originally appeared on SBA.gov. Guest blog post by Javier Saade, Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation, and G. Nagesh Rao, Chief

Being a Standard Reference Human

October 24, 2014

Dave Cranmer

Some things are just meant to be, apparently. September 23, 2014 marked an interesting waypoint in the career of someone concerned about standards of

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Manufacturing Innovation, the blog of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), is a resource for manufacturers, industry experts and the public on key U.S. manufacturing topics. There are articles for those looking to dive into new strategies emerging in manufacturing as well as useful information on tools and opportunities for manufacturers.

The views presented here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of NIST.

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