US vice-president Joe Biden has announced that the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (www.suny.edu) is to run the new Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

Mr Biden said that this will “help to secure US leadership in manufacturing integrated photonics. These emerging technologies have the potential to transform many industries”.

The Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Integrated Photonics is the sixth of nine such public-private partnerships designed to boost advanced manufacturing, foster innovation and attract — and create — jobs.
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Mr Biden said: “After a decade of decline in the 2000s, when 40% of all large factories closed their doors, American manufacturing is adding jobs at its fastest rate in decades, with nearly 900,000 new jobs created since February 2010.

“Manufacturing production is up by almost a third since the recession, and the number of factories across the USA is growing for the first time since the 1990s. This is the kind of investment we need to build on this progress, creating the foundation for American manufacturing leadership for years to come.”

With a total investment of over $610 million ($110 million in federal funds, plus more than $500 million in non-federal contributions) the announcement marks the largest public-private commitment to date for a manufacturing institute ever launched in the USA. It will have its headquarters in Rochester, New York.