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The future of manufacturing, created at the University of Illinois
The Illinois Manufacturing Institute fuses breakthrough science with real-world impact – advancing additive manufacturing, automation, and AI to power smarter, faster, and more sustainable industries.
Our Mission
Create a national competitive advantage by modernizing U.S. manufacturing infrastructure and ensuring a future-ready workforce.
The Illinois Manufacturing Institute organizes and promotes the manufacturing science and engineering expertise of The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – one of the nation's top engineering schools with 50 faculty and 200+ graduate students and researchers working on manufacturing.
1.78T
Trillion will be spent on Digital manufacturing market by 2032
14.7%
market growth rate from 2024-2032
The Digital Manufacturing Industry 4.0 will enable:
30 to 50 percent reductions in machine downtime, 10 to 30 percent increases in throughput, 15 to 30 percent improvements in labor productivity, and 85 percent more accurate forecasting
ARPA-H project to pioneer rapid manufacturing of tumor models
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- August 20, 2024
Planting the seeds of creativity and innovation
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- June 4, 2024