Jun 30, 2026

June 2026 Newsletter

America turns 250 this year, and CESMII is marking the moment with a look at what's next for American manufacturing. Our June newsletter previews "Scaling Smart Manufacturing: The Interoperability Forum" on August 4, featuring leaders from GE Appliances, General Mills, Toyota North America, and ExxonMobil.

Also in this edition:

The release of i3X 1.0, a complete, implementation-ready open API specification for manufacturing interoperability, including a conformance test suite and MCP server.
A Smart Manufacturing Mindset episode with Kimberly-Clark's Suraj Sriram on what it really takes to scale AI: the foundation that has to exist before AI can do anything useful.
A three-part webinar series with the Ohio Manufacturers' Association on building a Smart Manufacturing roadmap and preparing the workforce.
A podcast conversation on how manufacturers of any size, not just large enterprises, can start their digital transformation journey.
A spotlight on Eli Lilly opening its biologics manufacturing campus for a Manufacturing Leadership Council plant tour.

About CESMII

CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total current investment commitment of $201M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment in the US through advanced sensing, analytics, modeling, control, and platforms. CESMII is one of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org.