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Next US Manufacturing Hub: Silicon Valley
T he Obama administration
said in late August that
Silicon Valley will be the
home base for one of its network
of manufacturing institutes.
FlexTech Alliance, a public-pri-
vate group in San Jose, CA, will
work to develop the “next gen-
eration bendable and wearable
electronic devices,” according to
a White House statement.
The electronics alliance
consists of 162 companies,
non-profit entities, laboratories
and universities. The San Jose
institute is the seventh of a net-
work the administration says may
eventually total 45.
The institute will receive $75
million in federal money, with more than $96 million in other
contributions. According to the White House, the group in-
cludes technology companies such as Apple Inc. and manu-
facturers such as Boeing Co. and General Motors Co. Other
participants include Stanford University, Harvard University
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
President Barack Obama said in December the admin-
istration would begin seeking proposals to manage the
electronics institute.
The administration’s manufacturing hubs, known as the
National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, or NNMI,
are intended to be a way for companies and universities
to collaborate on research to improve manufacturing
and add jobs. The idea is to spread advancements to
small businesses and entrepreneurs in addition to large
corporations.
Each institute concentrates on a specific type of manufac-
turing process. The first, America Makes in Youngstown, OH,
deals with 3D printing, for example.
The electronics institute, to be supervised by the US
Defense Department, will seek to develop “wearable devices”
that can be used to improve medical monitoring as well as
“soft robotics” for the care of the elderly or “assist wounded
soldiers,” according to the statement.
—Senior Editor Bill Koenig
US Manufacturing Growth Slows to Two-Year Low
US manufacturing economic growth in August slowed to
its lowest level in more than two years, the Institute for
Supply Management said in a monthly report.
The group’s PMI, which measures economic activity in US
manufacturing, was 51.1% last month, down from 52.7%
in July. August was the lowest level since May 2013, said
Bradley J. Holcomb, chair of the Tempe, AZ-based institute’s
Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.
The San Jose institute is the seventh of a network the administration says may eventually total 45.
US MANUFACTURING HUBS
The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation may expand to as many as 16 institutes by the end of 2016. The Obama administration’s goal is for up to 45 institutes over a decade.
LOCATIONS TO BE SELECTEDSmart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Sensors and Process Controls
The Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Institute
CHICAGO, ILDigital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (Digital Lab) Digital Manufacturing
DETROIT, MI Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) Materials Manufacturing
YOUNGSTOWN, OHAmerica Makes Additive Manufacturing
KNOXVILLE, TNInstitute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation
ROCHESTER, NYManufacturing Innovation Institute for Integrated Photonics
SAN JOSE, CAFlexible Hybrid Electronics Institute
RALEIGH, NCPowerAmerica Semiconductor Technology
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A level above 50% indicates economic growth for
manufacturing. August was the 32nd consecutive month of
growth. The index has averaged 53.9% the past 12 months,
with a high of 57.9% in October 2014.
The index was affected by slowing growth for new orders,
production and manufacturing employment, the institute said
in a statement.
“I characterize the year so far as modest growth,”
Holcomb said in a telephone interview. “The year has not
played out the way it was forecast to in December.”
The index is based on a survey of supply management
professionals in various industries. Ten of 18 manufacturing
industries reported growth in August, including textile mills,
furniture and related products, paper products, miscellaneous
manufacturing, fabricated metal products and machinery. Six
industries reported economic contraction, including primary
metals, electrical equipment and transportation equipment.
The group’s New Orders index declined to 51.7% in
August from 56.5% the month before. The Production index
slid to 53.6% from 56%. The Employment index declined to
51.2% from 52.7%.
—Senior Editor Bill Koenig
Rice Named No. 1 for Engineering Major Earnings Potential
R ice University was ranked as the best school for an
engineering major in terms of earnings potential in an
annual report. Rice engineering degree holders can expect
median “early career” annual earnings of $72,500 and “mid-
career” yearly pay of $145,000, according to PayScale.
com, which compiles compensation data across industry
lines as well as colleges and universities.
Other schools in the top five for engineering majors as
ranked by PayScale were:
—Manhattan College ($60,900 and $140,000 respec-
tively) at No. 2.
—Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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($67,200 and $135,000) at No. 3.
—The United States Naval Academy at No. 4 ($78,000
and $134,000).
—A tie at No. 5 between the University of California-
Berkeley ($75,100 and $132,000) and the main campus of
the University of Virginia ($64,500 and $132,000).
“We’ve seen engineering jobs have some of the highest
recovery” since the financial crisis of 2008, Aubrey Bach,
PayScale’s senior editorial manager,
said in an interview.
Engineering degrees, she said, “are
becoming more and more valuable”
with “the bigger role tech plays in vari-
ous parts of the economy.”
In a separate list, PayScale said
the holder of a bachelor’s degree in
petroleum engineering can expect
early career median annual earnings of
$101,000 and mid-career yearly pay of
$168,000.
Median early career pay for nuclear
engineering majors was $68,200 while
mid-career yearly pay was $121,000;
chemical engineering was $69,500
and $118,000 respectively; electronics
and communications engineering was
$65,000 and $116,000; electrical en-
gineering was $66,500 and $108,000;
and aeronautical engineering was
$64,800 and $107,000.
—Senior Editor Bill Koenig
Senvol Database Adds 100 New Additive Machines, Materials
The Senvol Database, a 3D print-
ing database of industrial additive
manufacturing machines and materials,
said it added over 100 new machines
and materials this summer.
The database now exceeds 1000
machine and material entries overall.
The Senvol Database (http://senvol.
com/database/ ) is online and free
to access. Users are able to search
the Senvol Database by more than
30 fields, such as machine build size,
price, material type, or material tensile
strength.
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New Edition of AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code—Steel Available
A revised edition of the American Welding Society’s Struc-
tural Welding Code—Steel, AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2015 has
been published which supersedes the 2010 edition.
The new edition spells out the requirements for design,
procedure and performance qualification, fabrication, in-
spection and repair of steel structures made of tubes, plate
and structural shapes that are subject to either static or
cyclic loading. It also includes the reorganization of tubular
clauses, tables, and figures previously located throughout
the code into a new “Tubular Structures” clause.
The 646-page publication is the joint effort of the
D1 Committee on Structural Welding and its D1Q
Subcommittee on Steel. AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2015,
Structural Welding Code – Steel, is available at go.aws.
org/2015D1 for $548 for non-AWS members and $411
for members.
Openings & ExpansionsRenishaw recently broke ground on its new 133,000 ft2
(12,356 m2) office and warehouse facility in West Dundee, IL,
about 40 miles from Chicago. The two-story facility will be lo-
cated at the Oakview Business Park and will be the compa-
ny’s North American headquarters. The new building, slated
for completion in June 2016, will also include space for prod-
uct development, testing, warehousing and distribution. The
facility will consolidate the company’s two existing sites, with
a 47,000 ft2 (4366 m2) area dedicated to warehousing/distri-
bution, while the 86,000 ft2 (7989 m2) office portion provides
additional space for corporate services staff, as well as dem-
onstration, training and conference facilities. The additional
space includes flexible training and demonstration areas, with
an open two-story exhibit hall for customer tours and product
demos. The facility can also accommodate future expansion
as Renishaw Inc. continues to grow. UK-based Renishaw is
a world leading engineering technologies company, supplying
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products for applications as diverse as jet engine and wind
turbine manufacture, dentistry and brain surgery.
EventsRollomatic, a leading machine tool
manufacturer based in Le Landeron,
Switzerland, is hosting the bi-annual
OpenHouse 2015 event in Rollo-
matic’s North American headquarters
in Mundelein, IL, from November 3
to 5. During the event, the company
plans to announce a number of new
options and expanded capabilities
in CNC tool grinding, blank prepara-
tion, micro grinding and peel grinding.
OpenHouse 2015 will be similar to
previous sessions where typically over
100 end-users from more than 20 US
states, Mexico, and Canada attend.
Attendees are also provided with travel
and hotel vouchers as well as all meals.
OpenHouse 2015 offers a chance for
an inside look at Rollomatic and its
precision CNC tool grinding machines
with an emphasis on knowledge shar-
ing and industry networking. To register,
interested attendees may contact Eric
Schwarzenbach at 847-281-8550 ext.
275 or at eschwarzenbach@rollomati-
cusa.com before October 23.
AwardsThe Association for Manufacturing
Excellence (Rolling Meadows, IL) is
pleased to honor both Accuride Erie
Operations and Accuride Rockford Op-
erations with a 2015 AME Excellence
Award. An AME representative will
visit the Erie, PA facility to present the
award on Sept. 18 and the Rockford,
IL, facility on Sept. 22. Both plants will
also be honored during the AME 2015
International Conference, taking place
Oct. 19–23, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH.
NewsDesk is edited by Senior Editor Bill Koenig and
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