Summary
Wayne County is joining Oakland and Macomb counties to expand Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD, which has made 3D printers available to hundreds of small manufacturers to lower their costs and scale up production.
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Today’s products are more complex than ever—mechanical, electrical, and software components must work together seamlessly. Managing this integration across domains and disciplines is critical to success. Yet most manufacturers operate in fragmented CAD...
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