Today at the University of Delaware, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the latest addition to the Manufacturing USA network: the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). This is the first U.S. Department of Commerce-led institute to join the network and the first awarded under the 2014 bipartisan Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation (RAMI) Act using an “open topic” competition. Commerce-led institutes focus on taking technologies from lab to market where there is the greatest potential, and the addition of NIIMBL will add another 150 members to the existing 1,300 partners within the Manufacturing USA network.
Image: Penny Pritzker
