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  • NIST to Back 12 Manufacturing Partnership Centers in US, Puerto Rico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Back 12 Manufacturing Partnership Centers in US, Puerto Rico

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology will obligate $36 million in annual  funds to 12 organizations to run Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers that will support small- and medium-sized manufacturers. NIST said Thursday the organizations will operate the MEP facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Puerto Rico under cooperative agreements that […] More

  • NIST Invests $7M in Small Manufacturing Pilot Projects; Penny Pritzker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Invests $7M in Small Manufacturing Pilot Projects; Penny Pritzker Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has allotted $7 million in funding for pilot projects meant to help small manufacturers engage with the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes for technology transfer efforts. The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation consists of multiple linked Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. Each has a unique technological concentration, but is also designed to […] More