{"id":1581,"date":"2012-08-20T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1581-obama-invests-30-million-in-3d-printing.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:56","slug":"obama-invests-30-million-in-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/obama-invests-30-million-in-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Obama Invests $30 Million in 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nNo, it is not a giant Shapeways order, the Obama administration has announced as part of it&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/08\/16\/we-can-t-wait-obama-administration-announces-new-public-private-partners\" target=\"_blank\">We Can&#8217;t Wait<\/a> public-private partnership that it will invest $30 Million to fund the <strong>National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute<\/strong> matched by $40 million from a consortium in in Youngstown, Ohio, turning the <em>Rust-Belt<\/em> into the <em>Laser Sintered Belt<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/674x501_329242_139997_1338413388.jpg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; \">\n<p><em>Youngstown, Ohio and the surrounding region knows what happens when manufacturing production declines. But in this area once known as the &#8216;rust belt&#8217;, investments like this new pilot institute demonstrate the potential within a region to bring together the capabilities of America&#8217;s companies and universities, in partnership with the federal government, to invest in the cutting-edge technologies and skills our manufacturers need to compete. 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