As part of an Annex to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee’s June report, Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing, the results of a series of surveys of industry and university personnel about manufacturing are presented. When asked which industries were essential for US manufacturing to stay competitive, 75% of industry respondents cited advanced materials, and 50% each cited agriculture chemicals, biotechnology, chemicals, coatings and communication equipment. When asked to name which technologies were most important to US manufacturing competitiveness, 88%, 75% and 60% of industry respondents cited advanced sensing and measurement technologies, sustainable manufacturing, and process control and nanoscale materials, respectively. Sixty percent of university respondents each named advanced sensing and measurement technologies, and nanomanufacturing (manufacturing of nanomaterials and chemicals), and 50% cited information technology. When asked which areas will impact manufacturing, industry respondents cited the materials genome, lightweight materials, nanomanufacturing, information technology, and adaptive design and processes. University respondents said advanced material design, such as the materials genome and integrated computational materials engineering, along with additive manufacturing, biomanufacturing and industrial robots.

Source: whitehouse.gov