Manufacturing USA Rapid Response to COVID-19 Report Now Available

This newly released special report from Manufacturing USA highlights how nine institutes in the Manufacturing USA network worked with 91+ partners across 24 states and Puerto Rico on 36 manufacturing innovation projects to combat COVID-19.

The institutes convened members from industry, academia and government to enable a rapid response to the developing needs across America. The $73M in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds from the Department of Commerce and Department of Defense propelled these public-private partnerships to quickly execute dozens of technology development and education and workforce development projects.

Manufacturing Innovations to Combat COVID-19

Project teams leveraged advanced manufacturing to address:

• domestic personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies;
• enhanced production of vaccines and treatments;
• rapid testing; and
• workforce training.

Read the report here.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.