With 70 percent of U.S. exports and 90 percent of all U.S. patents coming from the manufacturing sector, it is clear that manufacturing is crucial to the U.S. economy. A new Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute video boasts more impressive statistics about the industry, as well as Georgia Tech’s ability to promote innovation in this valuable sector.

GTMI is at the forefront of advancing socioeconomic fundamentals like economic stability and national security. In this video, research and industry experts share their perspectives on how the innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approach that fuels manufacturing research at Georgia Tech is key to finding solutions to America's grand challenges.