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Reimagining Traditional Manufacturing

The next industrial revolution is taking place in someone’s garage. Known as the “Maker Movement,” this more individualized, small-scale approach to manufacturing is helping spur locally networked communities. Today, North Carolina’s community of designers and makers are utilizing next generation digital fabrication tools to make it easier and less costly to manufacture a product.

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Next generation manufacturing is important to the State's economic base.

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