WHEREAS, In 2013, the United States Department of Defense is | 10 |
soliciting for the establishment of an institute for "lightweight | 11 |
and modern metals manufacturing innovation," providing $70,000,000 | 12 |
federal funding opportunity over five years, with an additional | 13 |
$70,000,000 in cost matching, for which competition for this | 14 |
funding will be fierce; and | 15 |
WHEREAS, EWI, who develops and applies manufacturing | 16 |
technology innovation within the manufacturing industry, is | 17 |
partnering with The Ohio State University and the University of | 18 |
Michigan to establish the American Lightweight Materials | 19 |
Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) to develop and | 20 |
implement innovative manufacturing technologies to be transitioned | 21 |
to industry, with a particular focus on the automotive, aerospace, | 22 |
truck, and defense system manufacturing sectors; and | 23 |
WHEREAS, The goals of ALMMII include promoting American | 28 |
competitiveness in energy efficiency, defense readiness, and | 29 |
economic growth by enabling the next generation of transportation | 30 |
and defense systems to meet ambitious weight, cost, performance, | 31 |
and durability targets; commercializing emerging manufacturing | 32 |
technologies to provide a path to market for university and | 33 |
federal laboratory innovations; identifying and supporting the | 34 |
establishment of career pathways for the existing workforce and | 35 |
education programs to adapt and implement skills training for new | 36 |
manufacturing technologies; and helping manufacturers of all sizes | 37 |
adopt new manufacturing technologies that create differentiating | 38 |
competitive advantages to encourage job creation and retention; | 39 |
and | 40 |