Build Skills Today. Power Manufacturing Tomorrow.
See how the MI is expanding pathways to in-demand skills — and find the tools and programs that help manufacturers upskill their teams.
MI’s Lee: Manufacturing’s AI Future Depends on Skills Training
October 23, 2026The positive impact of artificial intelligence on manufacturing requires an AI-ready workforce, Manufacturing Institute President Carolyn Lee writes in a recent Washington Reporter
Manufacturing Institute Signs AI Skills MOU with TSTC, Announces New Funding to Expand TX FAME Lone Star Chapter
October 22, 2026The Manufacturing Institute and Texas State Technical College signed an MOU bringing shop floor-ready AI training to Texas manufacturing students—part of a push to train 40,000 workers by 2028—and announced a $50,000 grant to expand the TX FAME Lone Star apprenticeship chapter.
AI Skills for the Shop Floor
October 19, 2026Part of the MI Solution Series Join Us for an Engaging, 60-Minute Virtual Solution Series AI is already part of everyday manufacturing, from inspection cameras to predictive maintenance alerts. Frontline workers who understand how these tools work, and when to question them, are what turn AI adoption into real results on the plant floor. In…
MI’s Carolyn Lee Talks Workforce, Education and Training on “MFG Talk Radio”
October 19, 2026MI President Carolyn Lee tells "MFG Talk Radio" that manufacturing has roughly 450,000 open jobs each month and a place for everyone—from veterans to students—urging the industry to invest in upskilling, career awareness and programs like FAME to build its talent pipeline.
MI Takes Roadshow to Smurfit Westrock, Highlights Success of FAME
October 15, 2026The Manufacturing Institute brought its "Training for the Future" tour to Smurfit Westrock's Winston-Salem facility, spotlighting the FAME apprenticeship program and a new AI training suite designed to close manufacturing's skills gap through employer-led workforce solutions.
MI, Saint-Gobain Kick Off MFG Day 2026 in Georgia
October 14, 2026The Manufacturing Institute and Saint-Gobain launched MFG Day 2026 in Peachtree City, Georgia, hosting more than 100 students for a facility tour—part of a nationwide push to fill over half a million open manufacturing jobs and inspire the next generation of skilled workers.
Manufacturing Institute and North Carolina Industry Leaders Highlight AI Upskilling, Urge Importance of Training Pipelines at Tour Stop
October 13, 2026WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — To support the launch of its AI Skills for Manufacturing Training Suite and to close the growing skills gap in modern manufacturing, the Manufacturing Institute—the workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers—brought its “Training for the Future” tour to North Carolina this week in celebration of Manufacturing…
Manufacturing Institute and Saint-Gobain Mark MFG Day 2026
October 2, 2026Over 100 high school students toured Saint-Gobain's CertainTeed roofing plant in Peachtree, Georgia, for MFG Day 2026, as the Manufacturing Institute works to close a skills gap that could leave nearly 2 million manufacturing jobs unfilled by 2033.
MI Kicks off AI Skills for Manufacturing Roadshow with Stop in Alabama
September 30, 2026The Manufacturing Institute launched its AI Skills for Manufacturing Training Suite with a roadshow kickoff in Alabama, signing an MOU to bring the training to all Alabama community colleges—addressing a gap where 82% of manufacturers say workers lack AI skills.
Manufacturing Institute, Alabama Community College System Formally Sign Statewide Partnership to Deploy AI Skills Training
September 28, 2026The Manufacturing Institute and Alabama Community College System signed a statewide MOU bringing free AI Skills for Manufacturing training to Alabama's community colleges, part of an initiative backed by a $10 million Google.org grant to train 40,000 workers.
