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America’s manufacturing future depends on more than new technologies. It depends on the people who will build, operate, and innovate with them. Join industry, education, workforce, and government leaders at the Build Freedom Summit, Oct. 20–22 in Galveston, Texas, to explore proven strategies for strengthening the defense industrial base, expanding workforce pathways, and building the talent pipeline our nation needs. This summit is led by IACMI in partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Workforce Development and the Department of War’s Office of Industrial Base Policy.  

 

IACMI 2026 Members Meeting a Success

More than 300 registrants gathered in Denver, Colorado, June 23–25, for the annual IACMI Members Meeting. Centered on the theme, “IACMI’s Impact: Expanding & Integrating,” the event highlighted member-driven advances in smart manufacturing, digital manufacturing, automation, advanced composites, and workforce development. The meeting reinforced IACMI’s mission to convene, connect, and catalyze—bringing members together to spark new ideas, strengthen partnerships, and drive innovation across the manufacturing ecosystem.

Innovation Insights featuring Vitruvian, AirTrac, and TxV

Join us on Monday, July 20, at 12:00 PM ET for our next Innovation Insights webinar featuring:

💡Chris Sentz, CEO of Vitruvian, presenting From Festival Stage to Watershed Signage: Large-Format Composite Fabrication and the Workforce That Builds It
💡Eugene Timperman, President and Executive Engineer, AirTrac, presenting AirTrac – The Value of Composites for Transportation Infrastructure Improvements Enabling High-Rate Thermoplastic Composite Parts Manufacturing
💡Peter Levesque, Design and Project Engineering Manager, TxV, presenting Enabling High-Rate Thermoplastic Composite Parts Manufacturing

IACMI Expands National Workforce Programs

IACMI is expanding its America's Cutting Edge (ACE) and Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeships & Learning (METAL) workforce training programs to more than 100 training sites nationwide by 2030. The expansion includes new training locations, internships, mobile learning labs, and K-12 initiatives designed to strengthen America's manufacturing workforce and defense industrial base for generations to come.

 

IACMI 2.0 Roadmap – Your input is needed!

As IACMI 2.0 broadens its focus on composites across multiple sectors, the IACMI 2.0 Technology Roadmap Draft is designed to inform stakeholders and gather input from you and your organization to help shape our R&D directions.

Please complete the feedback form by July 31.

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