Press Releases

(LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2023) ― North America’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial 3D-printing event, RAPID + TCT, will return to the West Coast in 2024, as part of SME’s commitment to bring additive manufacturing solutions to key strategic markets in the United States.

Since the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year, the SME Education Foundation has made it possible for students at Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology to have access to new manufacturing education resources through its SME PRIME program.

Over 30 SME PRIME® schools received financial awards from the SME Education Foundation to sustain their manufacturing and engineering programs this year.

LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 10, 2023 — SME, the nonprofit committed to accelerating new manufacturing technology adoption and building North America's talent, this week through its Composites Technical Community recognized two prominent composites manufacturing leaders at its 2023 Composites Manufacturing Awards.

Long Beach, Calif. Nov. 9, 2023 – SME, the nonprofit committed to accelerating new manufacturing technology adoption and building North America's talent, awarded two manufacturing professionals for their productivity, vision, and leadership, named nine SME Fellows, and presented two Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers (OYMEs) at its SME Fall Gala in Long Beach on Nov. 5, 2023.

Since the beginning of the 2022-23 academic school year, the SME Education Foundation has provided students at Unadilla Valley High School in New Berlin, N.Y. with access to new manufacturing and engineering focused educational resources through the SME PRIME program.

Long Beach, Calif. Nov. 8, 2023 – The SME Education Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SME, announced Frank W Ervin III was reelected for a second term as its board of directors’ president at the recent Fall Gala on November 5th in Long Beach, Calif.

Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 – SME, the nonprofit committed to accelerating new manufacturing technology adoption and building North America's talent, has named Winston F. Erevelles as its president in 2024.

East Jackson, Mich. Oct. 27, 2023 - Since the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year, the SME Education Foundation has made it possible for students at East Jackson Secondary School in Michigan to have access to new manufacturing education resources through the SME Education Foundation.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - (October 24, 2023) – Manufacturing USA, a network of 17 innovation institutes and their ecosystems of industry, academia, and government dedicated to securing U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing, will present two keynote sessions at SOUTHTEC that share a roadmap for resiliency in U.S. manufacturing.