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History
After a nationwide outreach effort, the federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program
Office prepared the report "National Network for Manufacturing Innovation: A Preliminary Design,"
issued by the White House’s National Science and Technology Council in Jan. 2013.
In September 2013, the President launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering
Committee 2.0 (AMP 2.0). AMP 2.0 was a renewed, cross-sector, national effort to secure U.S.
leadership in the emerging technologies that will create high-quality manufacturing jobs and enhance
America’s global competitiveness. The steering committee, whose members are among the nation's
leaders in industry, academia, and labor, was a working group of the President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology.
In his 2013 and 2014 State of the Union Addresses, the President called for the creation of a
Nationwide Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to scale up advanced manufacturing
technologies and processes. He asked Congress to authorize investment—to be matched by private and
non-federal funds to create an initial network of up to 15 institutes. Over 10 years, he proposed that
the NNMI encompass 45 institutes.
On December 16, 2014, the President signed the Revitalize American Manufacturing Act, into law
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Purpose of NNMI
In a fiercely competitive global marketplace, innovation is no longer
enough. Many nations are increasingly driving innovation to implementation
through whole-of-government advanced manufacturing initiatives. Thus the
federally backed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) is
intended to create a competitive, effective, and sustainable manufacturing
research-to-manufacturing infrastructure for U.S. industry and academia to
solve industry-relevant problems.
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NNMI Key Objectives
NNMI consists of linked Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation (IMIs) with common
goals, but unique concentrations. Here industry, academia, and government partners
are leveraging existing resources, collaborating, and co-investing to nurture
manufacturing innovation and accelerate commercialization.
As sustainable manufacturing innovation hubs, the institutes will:
 Develop advanced manufacturing technologies that will "lift all ships," creating,
showcasing and deploying new capabilities that can increase commercial
productivity.
 Help businesses who otherwise couldn't invest in advanced manufacturing
research, by bringing together the best talents and capabilities from the public and
private sector into a proving ground for cutting-edge technology.
 Build a pipeline of talent that can support advanced manufacturing.
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NNMI Institutes
 America Makes is focused on helping the United States grow capabilities and
strength in 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. We facilitate
collaboration among leaders from business, academia, non-profit organizations and
government agencies. Focusing on areas that include design, materials, technology,
workforce and more, we help our nation’s 3D printing industry become more
globally competitive.
 Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) is the nation's
flagship research institute for applying cutting-edge digital technologies to reduce
the time and cost of manufacturing, strengthen the capabilities of the U.S. supply
chain, and reduce acquisition costs. The DMDII will both develop and demonstrate
digital manufacturing technologies and deploy and commercialize these
technologies across key manufacturing industries.
 Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) is an industry-led, government
funded consortium. By reimagining processes and procedures, our highly linked
and leveraged network is facilitating technology transfer into supply chain
companies and empowering the lightweight metals workforce.
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NNMI Institutes
 Power America, the Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation
Institute, is developing advanced manufacturing processes and working to
accelerate the commercialization of wide bandgap technologies. Power America
will help reduce our energy consumption and increase our nation’s manufacturing
competitiveness.
 Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) will provide
nationwide open access to a network of existing shared research, development and
demonstration facilities of premier universities and national laboratories located
near targeted industry partners. IACMI will offer a rich network of advanced
composite resources through partners in Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Ohio and Tennessee.
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Upcoming NNMI Institutes
 Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute (FHE-MII): On
February 10, DoD released a solicitation for proposals to initiate and sustain a FHEMII as part of the NNMI. The Government intends this solicitation to support the
establishment of a FHE-MII that will advance the state-of-the-art in the design,
manufacturing, integration of electronics and sensors, and assembly and test
automation through technology platform demonstrations of complex flexible
hybrid electronics on non-traditional conformal, bendable, stretchable, and
foldable substrates.
 Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IP-IMI) will create an
end-to-end integrated photonics manufacturing ‘ecosystem’ in the U.S., and will
include integrated design tools for efficient simulation and design of integrated
photonic circuits, domestic photonic device fabrication foundry access, automated
packaging, assembly and test of integrated photonic circuits, and workforce
development. Activities under the IP-IMI will enable universities and small-tomedium enterprises to participate in the integrated photonics revolution. This IMI
will bring government, industry and academia together with the goal of organizing
the current fragmented domestic capabilities in integrated photonic technology
and better position the U.S. relative to global competition.
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Upcoming NNMI Institutes
 Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute on Smart Manufacturing Notice
of Intent (NOI):
 Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (RFT-IMI)
will ensure that America leads in the manufacturing of new products from leading
edge innovations in fiber science, commercializing fibers and textiles with
extraordinary properties. Known as technical textiles, these modern day fabrics and
fibers boast novel properties ranging from being incredibly lightweight and flame
resistant, to having exceptional strength. Technical textiles have wide-ranging
applications, from advancing capabilities of protective gear allowing fire fighters to
battle the hottest flames, to ensuring that a wounded soldier is effectively treated
with an antimicrobial compression bandage and returned safely. The RFT-IMI will
serve as a public-private partnership between government, academia and industry
to address the spectrum of manufacturing challenges associated with this
technology, from design to end products. It is envisioned to support an end-to-end
innovation ‘ecosystem’ in the U.S. for advanced fibers and textiles manufacturing
and leverage domestic manufacturing facilities to develop and scale-up
manufacturing processes.
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