[size=27.000000pt]Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives:A National Imperative
                                                                                                                                                [size=10.000000pt]In the last several years, a series of significant policydocuments and initiatives has raised the profile

                               
                       
               
of advanced manufacturing and underscored itsimportance in the United States economy. Themanufacturing sector has a larger economic multiplierthan any other sector and is vital in exploiting anddriving the American innovation infrastructure.[size=27.000000pt]