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US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker greets students at the M.Lab21 announcement.

For as long as I have been in the manufacturing industry, we have been talking about the need for three things: to make manufacturing "cool again," to bridge the Skills Gap, and to strengthen the conversation between industry and education. We talk theoretically about our opportunities to support the next generation and innovation in the US, but the question on my mind has always been the concrete "How?"

  • M.Lab21 Initiative seeks to bring shop class into the 21st century with new technologies including 3D equipment and curriculum
  • Pilot intends to reach 200 schools in the SME network

D Systems (NYSE:DDD) and SME announced a collaborative initiative to enhance high school industrial arts and vocational education classes through the new M.Lab21 initiative. This program will offer starter kits to transform shop classes and incorporate additive manufacturing into curriculums.

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