Institute for American Manufacturing & Tech

The Institute for American Manufacturing & Technology (IAMT) produces applied research and policy analysis across three domains: artificial intelligence, energy & power, and manufacturing. Three institutes. One framework. Build. Power. Govern. iamtpolicy.org

@jobsbygeorge It’s why we’re here 🇺🇸

say hello if you love manufacturing, reindustrialization, and America

@zanehengsperger Well said. The gaps are smaller than people think in some regards. Ie, the US imports 99% of our nitrile gloves. It’d be a $2B fix, which is nothing compared to what the shortage cost us in 2020. Much of it comes down to simply your very first point about culture.

@PatWolf American sovereignty comes from its ability to manufacture and produce.

On this day in 1804, Alexander Hamilton died at the hands of the sitting Vice President. He left behind the Treasury, the dollar’s credibility, and a 1791 report warning Congress that a nation that is unable to manufacture domestically loses its sovereignty and independence.

From the team here at the Institute for American Manufacturing and Technology, we wish everyone a happy 4th of July.

Happy 4th of July my fellow patriots

This looks like a great program

What are you building today?

🇺🇸 Reindustrialization isn't just about building more factories. It's about rebuilding the conditions that allow a healthy middle class to exist. @PatrickJWolf, Executive Director and Chair at @JeffRoman_IAMT, makes that case directly to host @Matt_Horine in Episode 61. White collar and blue collar jobs are how you get there, he argues, but the real test is whether people end up with enough of a stake in the system to shape it, not just live with whatever happens to them. It's also the context for why the other barriers in the conversation, permitting, the power grid, who gets a voice in policy, matter in the first place: because of what's at stake if they don't get solved. What you'll learn: ☑️ Why the people actually building America's industrial comeback are often the last to have any say in the policy written about them ☑️ Why one small request for help was all it took to end a Minnesota manufacturer and the 88 jobs that came with it ☑️ Why some of the most widely cited reindustrialization statistics may be less reliable than they appear ☑️ Why Patrick remains optimistic about America's ability to rebuild despite the challenges ahead 🎧 Listen now: 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/67W5HA… 👉 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s… 👉 YouTube: youtu.be/20H6E9c0fsw?si…

.@PatrickJWolf nailed it on this point - and regarding US reindustrialization, never doom! Great to have you on the show Patrick and highlighting @IAMTPolicy 🇺🇸

🔄  Build a data center, and you'll need more power. Build more power, and you'll need a manufacturer. Build that, and you'll need more supply chain capacity. Build that, and you'll need more AI. Build that, and you need... a data center. It's one big circle. That's the point @PatrickJWolf, Executive Director and Chair at @IAMTPolicy, makes to @Matt_Horine in Episode 61: manufacturing, energy, AI, data centers, and supply chains all feed into each other, and a bottleneck in any one of them can stall progress everywhere else. What you'll learn: ☑️ Why some of the most widely cited reindustrialization statistics may be far less reliable than they appear ☑️ Why a power grid built in the 1950s is being asked to support data centers, AI, and a manufacturing comeback all at once ☑️ Why nuclear is finally moving again, and what permitting reform, rising energy demand, & changing incentives actually have to do with it ☑️ Why rebuilding industrial capacity takes far longer than many investors are accustomed to waiting 🎧 Listen now: 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/67W5HA… 👉 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s… 👉 YouTube: youtu.be/20H6E9c0fsw?si…

⚠️ Imagine working at the same company for 25 years. Then, you're asked to train your own replacement—and fired three weeks later. @PatrickJWolf is warning that the same thing could happen in manufacturing, and argues that if "built in America" doesn't mean Americans doing the building, the whole effort defeats its own purpose. It's one of many things @Matt_Horine and @IAMTPolicy Exec Director Patrick Wolf dig into in Episode 61, where they explore why reindustrialization requires more than capital. What you'll learn: ✅ Why manufacturing, energy, and AI are more interdependent than most people assume ✅ Why one tool manufacturer shut down and cut 88 jobs after the government turned down a simple request ✅ Why an aging power grid and permitting delays could stall reindustrialization no matter how much capital shows up ✅ Why the investment mindset built for five-year exits doesn't match the decades-long timeline real industrial projects actually need 🎧Listen now 👉Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/67W5HA… 👉YouTube: youtu.be/20H6E9c0fsw?si… 👉Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s…

@CJohnsonAELI @reindsummit 👀

The folks at @reindsummit are awesome. The one limitation that is under-appreciated, in my opinion, is policy/politics. Luckily there are folks in DC who want to rebuild our industrial base just as much. Let’s get it done.

🔥Episode 61 is Live! In this latest episode, host @Matt_Horine speaks with @PatrickJWolf, Executive Director and Chair of @IAMTPolicy, about what it will actually take to turn the hundreds of billions already committed to reindustrialization into real output and resilient supply chains, instead of stranded investment behind a wall of ribbon cuttings. What you'll learn: 🔷 Why manufacturing, energy, and AI form a single dependency chain, and how bottlenecks in any one area can derail industrial expansion 🔷 Why small and medium-sized manufacturers remain critical to reindustrialization despite having little voice in the policies that shape it 🔷 Why globalization didn't just close factories - it hollowed out entire towns that depended on them 🔷 Why investors looking for a 5-year exit are trying to fund industrial projects that take decades to pay off 🔷 Why capital alone cannot overcome permitting, workforce, and energy infrastructure constraints 🎧Full episode out now: 👉Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/67W5HA… 👉Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u-s… 👉YouTube: youtu.be/20H6E9c0fsw?si…

Major progress for future energy independence and resiliency.

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@PatrickJWolf Great time! Thank you for having us! @ThaaatColin @MatthewChang

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Nitrile gloves are the 'Cheapest' Industrial Vulnerability!

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