Where Innovative Manufacturers Forge Their Futures

Our partners depend on fresh thinking and bold doing. They recognize that the future hinges on new digital ideas, and that they’ll find them here, at MxD.

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Department of Defense

Defense Collaborations


The U.S. Department of Defense is MxD’s founding partner. The two organizations develop new digital manufacturing technologies and co-invest in a large research and development portfolio, now totaling more than $120 million across more than 85 projects.

Defense Collaborations

Tier 3

Non-Profit
  • American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)
    AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)
    Automation Workz
    Catalyst Connection
    Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
    Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology
    Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC)
    Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance
    Fuzehub
    Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC)
    International Academy of Automation Engineering (IAAE)
    Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
    International Society of Automation (ISA)
    Manufacturing Renaissance
    Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group, Inc. (MTDG)
    National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM)
    National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)
    National Tool & Machining Association (NTMA)
    NEW NORTH INC
    North American Meat Institute
    Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP)
    Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce
    Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory
    Rochester Tech and Manufacturing Association
    Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA)
    SVA Illinois
    USO of Illinois
    Village of North Aurora

Small and Mid-sized Manufacturers (SMMs)
  • 300 Below
    Advanced O&P Solutions
    Aeroserve Inc.
    ARC Precision
    Atlas Tool Works
    Aztec Plastic Company
    Bechtel Plant Machinery
    Beta Shim Co
    Calumet Electronics
    Cast21
    Catalyst Acoustics Group
    CH Hanson
    Click Bond
    CMD Corporation
    CP Industries
    DMI Companies
    Eural USA
    Fairmount Tech
    Formlabs
    Freedman Seating
    Frontier Aerospace
    Gardner Spring
    General Tool Company
    GenMet

    Howe Corporation
    Innovative Manufacturing and Design (M&D)
    ITAMCO
    Kennon Products Inc.
    Kent Displays
    Magna Machine Company
    Midwest Composite Technologies
    Midwest Filtration
    MK Morse
    Pioneer Service Inc.
    Plethora Corporation
    PPC Flexible Packaging
    Productive Tool
    Superior Joining Technologies
    Triangle Package Machinery Company
    Wiegel Tool Works
    Wulco, Inc.

Solution Provider
  • 3D Control Systems
    6clicks
    Action Engineering
    Activ Technologies
    Advanced Manufacturing International, Inc. (AMI)
    Aegis Software
    Aerobotix
    Allosense
    Alta Via Consulting
    American Machining Efficiency Consultants
    Analatom
    Anark Corporation
    Applied Dynamics International (ADI)
    ARC Advisory Group
    ARCTOS
    Aris Technology
    Aristi Technologies
    Arvist (BeGlobalSafety)
    Atomus
    ATS Applied Tech Systems LLC
    Aunalytics
    Austin Center for Manufacturing & Innovation (ACMI-Austin)
    Authenticiti
    Automated Precision Inc.
    AvidBots USA
    Beacon Interactive
    BEET
    The Beta Factory Inc.
    Boston Engineering Corporation
    BreakPoint Labs
    Canvas GFX
    Capvidia
    Chooch Intelligence Technologies
    ChromoLogic (COVISUS)
    Cimcor
    Cimetrix
    Clear Process Solutions
    ClearBlade
    Computer Bay
    CONNSTEP
    Cuesta Partners LLC
    Cullerton Group
    Cyber Strike Solutions
    CyberPoint International
    CYNALYTICA
    D3 Technical Services
    DeviceDev Consulting
    DMI, LLC
    Dragos
    D-Wave Systems
    eAlliance Corporation
    Eccalon
    Elemica (formerly EMNS)
    Endpoint Security Inc.
    Engineering Industries eXcellence
    Engora.Tech
    Enhance International Group
    Exium Inc.
    Factory Physics
    First Resonance
    Flexsible
    Fomoro AI
    Forward Capital Fund
    Gener8tor
    General Stress Optics
    Grid Raster Inc
    H2L Solutions
    Hertzler
    Hexstream
    Horizon Controls Group Inc.
    IMPI
    I-M Technology
    Industrial Defender
    The Intelligence Factory
    International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI)
    Iterate Labs
    Janeiro Digital
    Kinta AI
    Kryptowire
    Leela
    Lefturn LLC
    LightGuide, Inc.
    LINAR Advisors
    Machine Metrics Inc.
    Markforged
    Markt-Pilot
    Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
    Mastercam (CNC Software Inc)
    Maxxion Systems Inc.
    MBC Technology
    Mindsight
    MindSpring
    ML Design Technologies
    Modzy
    Montronix
    MPDV USA, Inc.
    Notiphy
    Numorpho Cybernetic Systems
    Opex Systems
    Palindrome Technologies
    Physna LLC
    Pico MES
    Predictronics Corporation
    ProMANAGE
    ProShop ERP
    Quality Vision International
    Qubit Networks LLC
    RAAD360
    Retologic
    RGBSI Aerospace & Defense
    Rich Brilliant Willing (RBW)
    Screevo

    SEAS LLC
    Shabodi
    ShapeMatrix
    Sidechannel
    SightCall
    SIMBA Chain
    Skovinen
    Soothsayer Analytics
    Sticker Control
    SquareOne PD
    Supply Chain Risk Management Consortium (SCRMC)
    Supply Dynamics
    SwipeGuide
    Sympatic
    TaskWatch
    TechSolve
    Tethr-It
    Tercero Technologies LLC
    The Innovation Machine
    The Intelligence Factory
    Tulip
    Ubisense
    Uncomn
    VANTIQ
    Verdasee
    Verve Industrial
    Viax.io
    Vibronyx
    VIE Technologies
    Vision Three
    VLC Solutions
    WindyCitySDR
    Xcelgo
    Xona Systems

Academic

Arizona State University (ASU)

Auburn University

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland State University

Drexel University

Georgia Tech (Georgia Tech Research Corp.)

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Iowa State University (ISU)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)

North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University

Northern Illinois University (NIU)
Northwestern

Ohio State University

Oregon State University (OSU)

The Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

Purdue University
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

Rutgers University

Texas A&M University
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY)

University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati

University of Dayton

University of Houston

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

University of Michigan
University of North Carolina – Charlotte (UNCC)

University of Pittsburgh

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

University of Virginia (UVA)

The University of West Florida
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

Wayne State University

Government

  • Army Contracting Command
    Consolidated Nuclear Security
    Cook County Government
    Coupa
    Defense Logistics Agency
    Department of Defense ManTech
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    Office of Naval Research
    Rock Island Arsenal / Joint Manufacturing & Technology Center

    U.S. Army DEVCOM
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    United States Air Force (AFRL)