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The manufacturing of old is not the manufacturing of today and tomorrow. Whatever you are excited about, they need it in manufacturing. What's cool about manufacturing is there is something for everyone. The best way to see yourself in what the future can be is to go there and visit.</p></div> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="nist-content-row nist-content-row--width-legible paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block text-long"><div class="nist-callout"><h3><a href="/news-events/news/2024/10/enhanced-manufacturinggov-website-launched-manufacturing-day" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a8261d6f-921f-43b3-b481-583641d01404" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Enhanced Manufacturing.gov Website Launched on Manufacturing Day"><span><strong>Enhanced Manufacturing.gov Website Launched on Manufacturing Day</strong></span></a><span><strong> </strong></span></h3><p><span>October 4, 2024</span></p><p><span>In celebration of Manufacturing Day, NIST announced the launch of the enhanced manufacturing.gov website, a primary hub for information about federal manufacturing programs, funding opportunities, and other valuable 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GENEDGE and Capewell maintain a strategic partnership that allows for ongoing project engagements and mutual opportunities for collaboration and growth. Committed to delivering high-quality, reliable, and sustainable capabilities for our Nation's men and women serving to protect our freedoms, we are excited to tell Capewell’s story and how GENEDGE has contributed to its success.</figcaption> </figure> </div><div class="tablet:grid-col"><figure class=" nist-video" role="group"> <div data-media-id="686251"> <div class="video-embed-field"><div class="video-embed-field-lazy" data-video-embed-field-lazy="<div class="video-embed-field-provider-nist-kaltura video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.kaltura.com/p/684682/sp/68468200/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/31013851/partner_id/684682?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_pmb07r17?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_pmb07r17&amp;flashvars%5BautoPlay%5D=1"></iframe> </div> "><img alt="Industry 4.0 Technologies Help Manufacturers Succeed" loading="lazy" src="https://cdnsecakmi.kaltura.com/p/684682/sp/68468200/thumbnail/entry_id/1_pmb07r17/width/1280" typeof="foaf:Image"> <button class="video-embed-field-lazy-play"></button> <div class="video-embed-field-lazy-title">Industry 4.0 Technologies Help Manufacturers Succeed</div> </div> </div> </div> <figcaption class="nist-image__caption">In today’s labor market, manufacturers continue to struggle to find quality labor. 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