The document outlines several manufacturing innovation institutes that focus on different areas such as composites, chemicals, fabrics, flexible circuits, photonics, pharmaceuticals, robots, regenerative medicine, recycling, sensors, semiconductors, 3D printing, digital design, and lightweighting. The institutes aim to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies in their specific areas to enable more efficient, flexible and sustainable manufacturing.

1. Composites
IACMI (The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation) - Knoxville, TN 37932
Areas: Materials Material Processing Lightweighting
IACMI is accelerating development and adoption of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies for low-cost, energy-efficient
manufacturing of advanced polymer composites.
Chemicals (process industries)
RAPID (Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute) - New York, NY
Areas: Chemical Processing Material Processing
The RAPID Institute focuses on new technologies that maximize processes that do more with less (energy, materials, space, cost,
time) with a goal of creating modular manufacturing plants that are numbered (vs. scaled) up.
Fabrics
AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America)
AFFOA is working to enable a manufacturing-based revolution by transforming traditional fibers, yarns, and fabrics into highly
sophisticated, integrated and networked devices and systems.
Areas: Materials Material Processing Sensors Electronics
Flexible Circuits
NextFlex - San Jose, CA
Areas: Sensors Digital Electronics
NextFlex is accelerating development and adoption of the flexible hybrid electronics.
Photonics
AIM Photonics (American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics) - Rochester, NY
AIM Photonics is working to accelerate the transition of integrated photonic solutions from innovation to manufacturing-
ready deployment in systems spanning commercial and defense applications.
Areas: Sensors Optics and Photonics Electronics

2. Pharmaceutical
NIIMBL (The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals) - Newark, DE
Areas: Metrology Biotechnology Materials Material Processing
NIIMBL is working to enable more efficient and flexible manufacturing capabilities for existing and emerging biopharmaceutical
products. Goal mass customized pharmaceuticals.
Robots
ARM (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing) - Pittsburgh, PA
Areas: Artificial Intelligence Robotics Sensors Modeling & Simulation Automation Digital Electronics Materials
The ARM Institute’s mission is to create and then deploy robotic technology by integrating many disciplines – sensor
technologies, end-effector development, software and artificial intelligence, materials science, human and machine behavior
modeling, and quality assurance.
Regenerative Medicine
BioFabUSA - Manchester, NH
Areas: Biofabrication Robotics Biotechnology Materials
ARMI|BioFabUSA makes practical the large-scale manufacturing of engineered tissues and tissue-related technologies
Recycling
REMADE (Reducing EMbodied-energy And Decreasing Emissions) - Rochester, NY
Areas: Recycling Reuse Sustainable Manufacturing
The REMADE Institute focuses on driving down the cost of technologies to create greater material recycling, recovery,
remanufacturing and reuse
Sensors
CESMII (Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute) - Los Angeles, CA
Areas: Sensors Modeling and Simulation Digital
Smart Manufacturing works to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can radically improve the
efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing.

3. Semiconductors (Power electronics)
Power America - Raleigh, NC 27606
Areas: Electronics Materials
Power America is accelerating the adoption of advanced semiconductor components made with silicon carbide and gallium
nitride into a wide range of products and systems.
3D Printing
America Makes - Youngstown, OH 44503
Materials Material Processing Lightweighting
America Makes’ focus is research, discovery, creation, and innovation in additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
Digital Design
DMDII (The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute) - Chicago, IL
Areas: Design Automation Digital
DMDII encourages factories across the United States to deploy digital manufacturing and design technologies, so those factories
can become more efficient and cost-competitive.
Light weighting
LIFT (Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow) - Detroit, MI 48216
Areas: Modeling and Simulation Metrology Design Materials Material Processing Lightweighting
LIFT is working to develop and deploy advanced lightweight materials manufacturing technologies.