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Digital manufacturing service provider Protolabs has awarded a grant to support research fellows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Industrial Performance Center (IPC) as they study how leading US manufacturers scale advanced technologies into domestic production.
The research will examine why breakthrough technologies developed in the US do not always end up manufactured domestically, and what strategies, capabilities, and conditions help companies close that gap. The findings are intended to inform ways of strengthening the US economy, industrial base, and national security.
What the research will cover
Part of the funding will go toward building what the partners call a “first-of-its-kind” manufacturing innovation index. The index is meant to work as an ongoing tracki