In an open letter, Douglas K. Woods, president of The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) urges Congress and the administration to help rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector.
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AMT is urging Congress and the administration to implement policies consistent with AMT’s “Manufacturing Mandate,” a national manufacturing strategy to help rebuild and strengthen this country’s manufacturing sector.

The strategy calls for a coordinated manufacturing policy structure that:

• Stimulates innovation and research and development in new products and manufacturing technologies •Assures the availability of capital • Increases global competitiveness • Minimizes structural cost burdens • Enhances collaboration between government, industry, and academia • Builds a better-educated and trained “smart force”

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