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May 31, 2025

May 2025 Newsletter

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Last chance to register for the Smart Manufacturing Architecture Imperatives Workshop on June 5, bringing together thought leaders from CESMII, GE Appliances, HighByte, Microsoft, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and more to dig into OT/IT interoperability strategy. Our May newsletter has the details, along with a full lineup of updates.

Also in this edition:

  • A Smart Manufacturing Mindset episode on balancing daily operations with long-term digital transformation, featuring leaders from General Mills, Owens Corning, and Lallemand.

  • An update from the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council on preparations for a Congressional Briefing advocating for workforce development and tax incentives.

  • Notes from MX.0 Southeast 2025, where over 250 manufacturers gathered despite some hesitation around tariff impacts on investment plans.

  • A case study on Smart Manufacturing methods improving zero-defect steel slab production, with potential savings of up to $90 million a year for the U.S. steel industry.

  • A recap of CESMII's participation in the 2025 Manufacturing USA Network Meeting in Washington, D.C.

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.