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Gilbert Family Foundation Invests $300,000 To Train Detroit’s Next Generation Of Manufacturing Workers

Gilbert Foundation, LIFT partner in manufacturing education in Detroit

Gilbert Family Foundation and LIFT Partner to Accelerate Advanced Manufacturing Education and Workforce Training in Detroit

VU Starting “Operation Next” Workforce Initiative

Workforce U at Vincennes University partners with LIFT to deploy Operation Next technical training across Indiana

LIFT announces “Operation Next Indiana” to fast-track Veterans into advanced manufacturing careers

Vincennes University Partners with LIFT to Offer Manufacturing Training for Veterans

LIFT Announces “Operation Next Indiana” to Fast-Track Veterans into Advanced Manufacturing Careers

LIFT Announces Advancing ICME for U.S. Casting & Forging Industries Project Call

The multifaceted role of ceramic matrix composites

LIFT Kicks Off Three New Programs To Modernize the Department of War Organic Industrial Base

LIFT Education Foundation Announces 2026 Scholarship Award Recipients

Foundation Alloy Raises $22M in Series A for Solid State Molybdenum

Foundation Alloy Raises $22 Million Series A To Scale MetalsFIRST Platform, Open New U.S. Facility, And Expand Into Asia

Foundation Alloy raises $22 million in Series A financing round

Foundation Alloy Industrializes New Metals Platform with $22M Series A, New US Facility, and Japanese Distribution Partnership

Non-melting alloy tech draws wide interest

New Skilled Trades Training Program for Detroiters

LIFT, Detroit at Work Kick Off Skilled Trades Training Program for Motor City Residents

DOD-Supported Workforce Development Program Pushes Manufacturing Careers

LIFT Launches Education Foundation to Expand Access to Advanced Manufacturing Careers

LIFT, SCC Certify Students in Advanced Manufacturing Skills

LIFT and Department of War Announce Organic Industrial Base Project Call

LIFT, Southeastern Community College Certify 40 Students in Advanced Manufacturing Skills Through LIFT’s Operation Next® Program, Supporting Area’s Defense Industrial Base

Remembering J. Michael Bernard, Dedicated LIFT Board Member

DOW Aims to Accelerate Advanced Materials Processing

DOW Aims to Accelerate Advanced Materials Processing

From Concept to Reality: Big Bend Technical College Opens Advanced Manufacturing Training Center Inspired by LIFT

School Talks featuring LIFT’s Dr. Robert Shaner

New curriculum at Athens High focuses on manufacturing

LIFT in Detroit Launches Advanced Materials Challenge

LIFT Activates Three Programs as Part of Department of War’s Advanced Materials Challenge

3D Printing Companies Win Big in LIFT’s Advanced Materials Challenge

LIFT Activates 3 Programs as Part of Advanced Materials Challenge

LIFT Launches Three Programs For Military’s Advanced Materials Challenge

LIFT Activates Three Programs as Part of Department of War’s Advanced Materials Challenge

LIFT Lab surpasses 1K student milestone in Puerto Rico

LIFT Puerto Rico Learning Lab Surpasses 1,000 Student Visitors

Michigan Business Beat | Joe Steele, LIFT, Powering Innovation, Education & Advanced Manufacturing

Athens High School Kicks Off Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum Supported by LIFT & State of Michigan

New program Igniting in Troy at Athens HS

Troy igniting new program at Athens HS

New ‘IGNITE’ program launches in Troy to train Michigan’s future workforce

LIFT’s IGNITE Curriculum Comes to Troy Athens High School

LIFT Lanches IGNITE at Athens High School in Troy (MI)

Athens High School Kicks Off Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum Supported by LIFT and State of Michigan

Accelerating Readiness: LIFT’s $9 Million Push to Advance Ceramics and CMCs

Delton Kellogg High School Kicks Off Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum Supported by LIFT and State of Michigan

60 Detroit High School Students Experience Advanced Manufacturing at LIFT’s Manufacturing Day

LIFT Launches New Advanced Critical Materials Program

LIFT in Detroit Awarded $9M to Develop Critical Materials Processing Solutions

LIFT To Launch and Lead New Advanced Critical Materials Program, Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing and National Security

Webinar – Mentor-Protégé Program – Building Small Business Defense Industrial Base Capacity Through Mentorship

Girls in Engineering Today – Accelerating Advanced Manufacturing of Tomorrow

MTU and LIFT Host Second Annual Manufacturing for Tomorrow Bootcamp, Empowering the Next Generation of Makers

Webinar – Advanced Materials Institute – Key to Asymmetric Advantage: BI Replay

Strengthening the Defense Supply Chain through the Mentor – Protégé Program

LIFT Launches Drone Innovation Program in Puerto Rico

AMPP Center Assists AM Users in Development, Sourcing of Advanced Materials

LIFT taps Puerto Rico engineering students for defense drone initiative

LIFT Empowers Engineering Talent In Puerto Rico to Drive Innovation in Drone Technology and National Security

LIFT opens Advanced Metallic Production Center to strengthen US manufacturing

How LIFT Is Accelerating the Future of U.S. Manufacturing

State of Michigan and LIFT Expand High School Advanced Manufacturing Curriculum

Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center Opens in Detroit

LIFT and Michigan Tech Engage Detroit Students in STEM with Immersive Unboxed™ Challenge

IGNITE: Mastering Manufacturing Graduates Gear Up to Build Bold and Bright Futures

LIFT opens advanced manufacturing Learning Lab in Puerto Rico

LIFT Invests in Emerging Talent by Supporting the AzTech Eagles at FIRST Robotics World Championship

LIFT Launches Cutting-Edge Learning Lab to Fuel Puerto Rico’s Future in Advanced Manufacturing

RAPID + TCT 2025 3D Printing for Defense: New Insights from the U.S. Army, BlueForge Alliance, Boeing, and More

Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: LIFT Empowers Students on Their Journey to the World Robotics Championship

LIFT launches Detroit-based Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center

LIFT in Detroit’s Corktown Opens Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center

LIFT Launches Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing and National Security!

LIFT launches Advanced Metallic Production and Processing Center in Detroit

New LIFT Center Offers Advanced Metallic Production, Processing Capabilities

LIFT Opens Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center in Detroit

LIFT Opens Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center in Detroit

LIFT Announces Opening of New Advanced Metallics Production and Processing Center

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LIFT OFF WEBINARS

LIFT Off Webinar Replay: Presented by Thermo Fisher Scientific

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LIFT Off Webinar Replay: Presented by AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • November 18, 2026

LIFT Off Webinar Presented by Department of War Manufacturing Science and Technology Program

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  • January 26, 2027
  • - January 27, 2027

Military Additive Manufacturing Summit & Technology Showcase 2027

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  • March 14, 2027
  • - March 18, 2027

TMS 2027 Annual Meeting & Exhibition

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SMARTER MANUFACTURING PODCASTS
Smarter Manufacturing with Steve Luckowski, Director, Department of War T3CP office
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Smarter Manufacturing with LIFT VP of Technology John Keogh
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Smarter Manufacturing with 3Degrees
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Smarter Manufacturing with AlphaSTAR
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Smarter Manufacturing with Foundation Alloy CEO & Co-Founder Jake Guglin
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Smarter Manufacturing with 3DChimera CEO Alex Hussain
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Smarter Manufacturing with Vulcan Elements CEO John Maslin and COO Jake Bowles
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Smarter Manufacturing with ATS Midwest President Matt Kirchner
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Smarter Manufacturing with Big Bend Technical College Director Shelbi McCall
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Smarter Manufacturing with FLOW-3D and Spee3D
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Smarter Manufacturing with Kevin Kerwin, President & CEO of Detect-It
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Smarter Manufacturing with LIFT Director of Contracts Beth Cryderman Moss
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Pedro Nieves, Site Leader for Lockheed Martin, Puerto Rico
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Eric Santiago, President, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association Board
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Alexander Alvarado, CEO, Paradigm Parachute & Defense
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Adam Loukus, President, LoukusTech
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with David Vidal of the Welding Training Center in Puerto Rico
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Drs. Amberlee Haselhuhn and John Keogh
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Smarter Manufacturing podcast with Ben Kohler of UTRS
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with LIFT Vice President of Talent Dr. Robert Shaner
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Jeff Williams and Ellen Williams, Exum Instruments
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Jason Ball, Miller Electric
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Matt Raplenovich, ATC Materials
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Smarter Manufacturing with Phaedra Wainaina, Director Education and Workforce Development, LIFT
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast, with Bob VanTil, Oakland University
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Harris Ng, Partner, Kearney
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Introducing LIFT’s Smarter Manufacturing Podcast
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Data Tech Cafe’ CEO Seann Moreno
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Smarter Manufacturing Podcast with Amatrol President Paul Perkins
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