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JumpStart projects receive up to $5,000 in matching funds for project costs that include faculty and research staff, facilities, services, supplies, and materials. Since its inception, 68 companies have benefited from this program.

For a city whose fortunes have risen and fallen with Kodak and Xerox, landing the new Integrated Photonics Manufacturing Innovation Hub is like winning an Olympic Gold Medal. Rochester has seen hard times, but the $610-million award that was announced last July is the grand prize after many smaller victories.

New York Empire State Development wins manufacturing partnership funding and will seek regional partners. Check out this and other top stories in FuzeHub’s weekly manufacturing roundup.

Nothing personal, but a lot of parents wouldn’t want their kids to work for your manufacturing company. No, it’s not because they think you’re using

Rick Smith, the founder of the Global Coalition on Additive Manufacturing (GCAM), believes that 3D printing is about to disrupt your industry. In an article for Forbes magazine, the co-founder of CloudDDM claims that industrial 3DP “has reached its tipping point and is about to go mainstream.” Smith then explains why technologies that were once limited to prototyping are now revolutionizing full-scale production.

Cyber attacks aren’t just aimed at websites, computerized databases, and other digital assets. They also target physical assets such as industrial equipment. Late last year, cyber attackers struck a German steel mill and caused massive damage to the facility. Using a technique known as “spear fishing,” cyber criminals stole logins and passwords, accessed furnace control systems, and then caused the equipment to malfunction.