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Rebuilding America: U.S. plans manufacturing webcast
George Leopold
2/9/2012 9:46 AM EST
WASHINGTON – The gears on a federal effort to revive U.S. manufacturing are beginning to turn.
The Energy Department’s new Advanced Manufacturing Office, formed as part of the Obama administration’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, is hosting a webcast on Feb. 14 to lay out the initiatives’ objectives.
While the election-year event is partly designed to tout the administration’s manufacturing initiatives, it also will describe how participating universities are developing materials based on “replicable best practices” to improve the energy efficiency of next-generation manufacturing processes.
Among the research projects being overseen by the new office are next-generation manufacturing and materials along with power efficiency in energy-intensive industries. Its technology focus included areas like nanofabrication and automation.
The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership unveiled by President Obama last June includes top U.S. engineering universities and manufacturers like Johnson & Johnson. MIT President Susan Hockfield heads the partnership along with Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris.
The DoE manufacturing webcast begins at 2 p.m. eastern on Feb. 14.
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george.leopold
2/9/2012 10:06 AM EST
A modest effort to revive U.S. manufacturing.
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junko.yoshida
2/9/2012 10:28 AM EST
Is it fair to assume that any of those so-called "Advanced Manufacturing" projects in nanofabrication and automation will bring "manufacturing jobs" back to Silicon Valley?
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wwoooooo
2/9/2012 5:42 PM EST
Intellect Property/US jobs leak quickly to Asia via internet by (1) H1B's embedded in US by Indian+Chinese gov'ts, and by (2) US corp hiring H1B's. (1) H1B's literally carry in Digital Cameras to work-SAT NEXT TO ONE,and (2) note some 'US' companies, even those classified by US gov't as US minority businesses are led/mostly staffed by Indian workers and hire a few US workers to get the contracts. MAYBE WERE TOO LATE... THEY"RE ALREADY HERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF stateside US gov't attempts to revive US middle class ....
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wwoooooo
2/9/2012 5:48 PM EST
Also, are 'US'(US anymore ?) BANKS helping by investing in this ? Or, do they have a
conflict of interest with Indian and Chineses
Dept's OF Commerce. Just 'what' are these US banks anyway ? Market driven yes, on paper and in textbooks according US politicians, but... in reality are they now Indian/Chinese/fat cat rich US elite banks ? i.e. The neighborhood friendly US bank are now historical artifacts, for Indian and Chinese gov't to laugh at as they watch the US gov't scramble to use tourism to 'show the Chinese and Indian gov't embedded H1B's a good' while they spend dollars from their US H1B jobs, in what ? US manufacturing sector ?
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dylan.mcgrath
2/9/2012 8:37 PM EST
On Valentine's Day, no less. Sounds like a token gesture, but still it's encouraging to see. What a pleasant surprise it will be if the Advanced Manufacturing Office can actually get results.
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DrQuine
2/11/2012 11:56 AM EST
Some businesses are finding that it can be economical to move manufacturing back to the USA when the "total cost of ownership" of international operations are considered. In addition to shortened supply chains, they find improved intellectual property protection, reduced travel costs, narrowing gaps between domestic and international wages, and improved efficiency in communications between development and manufacturing teams. (Bloomberg Business Week Feb 6-12, 2012, pages 17-18).
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