The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) is a US government-industry-academic partnership aimed at increasing US competitiveness in manufacturing technology and workforce. AMP has identified 11 key manufacturing technology areas and made recommendations on manufacturing technology, workforce development, and scale-up policy. A key outcome was the establishment of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to help technology scale-up, including institutes focused on additive manufacturing, power electronics, and other areas. These institutes help startups collaborate, mature technologies, obtain financing, demonstrate production, and partner within innovation ecosystems.

1. Advanced Manufacturing
Krystyn J. Van Vliet, Professor
MIT Materials Science & Engineering
MIT Biological Engineering
MIT Co-Lead, Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0
krystyn@mit.edu
STEX | 17 June 2015

2. What is AMP?
! Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP)
! US Presidential Initiative, run via the National
Economic Council and administered by NIST
! Government-Industry-Academic partnership to
increase US competitiveness in manufacturing
technology and workforce
! Co-led by MIT and Dow in 2011 (AMP1.0), and
again in 2013 (AMP2.0)
! Focused on action that does not require
legislative approval and authorization

3. Key AMP outcomes
! Identification of 11 cross-cutting
manufacturing technology
areas of US interest
! MIT Production in the Innovation
Economy (PIE) study, report,
books
! Recommendations on
! Manufacturing Technology
! Workforce Development
! Scale-up Policy
! Manufacturing Institutes
! Manufacturing Image
Report of the MIT Taskforce on
INNOVATION and
PRODUCTION
2013

4. Key AMP outcomes
! AMP report to President recommended NNMI for
MRL4-7 “valley of death” at technology scale-up
! National Network of Manufacturing
Innovation Institutes (NNMI)
! Additive Manufacturing (America
Makes), OH
! Power Electronics, NC
! Lightweight metals, MI/OH
! Digital Manufacturing & Design, IL
! Advanced Composites, TN
! Integrated Photonics, TBD
! Flexible Hybrid Electronics, TBD
! Revolutionary Fibers & Textiles, TBD
! Smart Manufacturing, TBD

5. Key AMP outcomes
! AMP report (2012) to President recommended NNMI
for MRL4-7 “valley of death” at technology scale-up
! National Network of Manufacturing
Innovation Institutes (NNMI)
! Additive Manufacturing (America
Makes), OH
! Power Electronics, NC
! Lightweight metals, MI/OH
! Digital Manufacturing & Design, IL
! Advanced Composites, TN
! Integrated Photonics, TBD
! Flexible Hybrid Electronics, TBD
! Revolutionary Fibers & Textiles, TBD
! Smart Manufacturing, TBD
New and important ways
for startups to:
• Form from new ideas
• Access full supply
chain
• De-risk manufacturing
• Obtain investment
• Demo pilot-scale
production
• Collaborate with
partners

6. How does this impact STEX?
! Manufacturing innovation institutes speed startups’
collaboration, technology maturation, and financing within an
innovation ecosystem
! Capital-intensive operations enabled by shared infrastructure
and expertise
! Intermediary brokers including state organizations (e.g., Mass
Tech Collaborative’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership,
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships) lower the barrier to entry
! Manufacturing in the US can be an “app store” with a well-
trained workforce and facilities behind the innovation engine

7. Now what can I do?
! Contact Krystyn@mit.edu
! Participate as partner in Manufacturing
Innovation Institutes
! Consider new ways in which state government,
startup financing and expertise can contribute to
US manufacturing innovation ecosystems