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America Makes Unveils New Online Capabilities Database

July 08, 2015 | Categories: America Makes News

Resource Available Exclusively to America Makes Members

Youngstown, Ohio — July 8, 2015. America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is proud to announce that it is releasing to its membership The America Makes Capabilities Database, a searchable, online directory that provides information regarding the additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities of each America Makes member organization. Designed to enhance collaborative efforts among the membership community, the development of the Capabilities Database was led by America Makes Deputy Director of Technology Transition Kevin Creehan, Ph.D.

“Currently, no single AM organization has the resources or the partnerships that America Makes has to innovate and accelerate AM to increase our nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness,” Tiffany Westbay, America Makes Membership Director & Project Coordinator. “This week’s launch of the new America Makes Capabilities Database is another significant addition to the invaluable resources exclusively available to our members.”

Accessible via the members-only side of the America Makes Web site, the new Capabilities Database provides America Makes member organizations with a one-stop tool for developing teaming, vendor, and customer relationships among our membership community.

“One of the key tenants of America Makes is to foster a highly collaborative infrastructure for the open exchange of AM information and research,” said Dr. Creehan. “With the new Capabilities Database, we are enabling our membership community to even more rapidly forge productive partnerships that maximize resources and knowledge and yield real, game-changing innovations for the AM industry.”

In time, America Makes plans to further grow the Capabilities Database to provide members a searchable, sortable view of the entire AM supply chain at large, including a direct link to the Senvol® Database, a comprehensive, searchable database of industrial AM machines and materials. While these future enhancements include the collection and display of non-member data, the America Makes Capabilities Database will always remain a members-only feature.

Take advantage of the numerous and exclusive resources offered by America Makes by becoming a member today. America Makes offers three levels of membership—Platinum, Gold, and Silver—featuring invaluable benefits for each tier.

For more information on America Makes membership tiers or on how to become a member, visit America Makes at http://americamakes.us.

 

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About America Makes

America Makes is the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. As the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing (3DP), America Makes is the nation’s leading and collaborative partner in AM and 3DP technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. Structured as a public-private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources, we are working together to innovate and accelerate AM and 3DP to increase our nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, America Makes is the flagship Institute for the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) infrastructure of up to 45 Institutes to follow and is driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). For more information about America Makes, visit http://americamakes.us.

About NCDMM

The NCDMM delivers optimized manufacturing solutions that enhance the quality, affordability, maintainability, and rapid deployment of existing and yet-to-be developed defense systems. This is accomplished through collaboration with government, industry, and academic organizations to promote the implementation of best practices to key stakeholders through the development and delivery of disciplined training, advanced technologies, and methodologies. For additional information, visit the NCDMM at ncdmm.org.

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