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Detroit Today: How Automation Alley is driving innovation in Southeast Michigan

by | Jun 8, 2023

Summary

Each year in Michigan, political, business and philanthropic leaders gather on Mackinac Island for the Mackinac Policy Conference, an event that represents the largest collection of folks driving policy in the state. In this conversation, Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson sat down with Tom Kelly, executive director and CEO of Automation Alley, a Michigan-based nonprofit that attempts to drive automotive innovation, to learn about how 3D printing can be used to improve manufacturing in the state.

Each year in Michigan, political, business and philanthropic leaders gather on Mackinac Island for the Mackinac Policy Conference, an event that represents the largest collection of folks driving policy in the state.

In this conversation, Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson sat down with Tom Kelly, executive director and CEO of Automation Alley, a Michigan-based nonprofit that attempts to drive automotive innovation, to learn about how 3D printing can be used to improve manufacturing in the state.

Listen to the interview here.

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