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COMPANY HITS MILESTONE: Quality Switch, Inc. will celebrate 50 years March 2 with a reception at Roby Lee’s Restaurant and Banquet Center in Newton Falls. T

Several manufacturing businesses were on hand Friday at Youngstown State University to get the word out about the industry.

YSU President Jim Tressel, framed by a robot arm holding a red plastic lightsaber, speaks at a news conference launching a new tech initiative. The event was in the YSU Excellence Training Center at Kohli Hall. Youngstown State University today hosted a meeting of partners in a new $10 million national tech initiative aimed at creating jobs and bolstering the manufacturing

The project was made possible through competitive funding secured by a bipartisan Congressional coalition across Iowa and Ohio. 

A partnership between Youngstown State University, the University of Northern Iowa and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, which manages America Makes in downtown Youngstown, will leverage $10 million to launch a technology initiative. The intent is to increase the number of small-to-midsize businesses using advanced technologies, bolster critical

Youngstown State University will receive a $2.3 million research and development award from the Air Force Research Laboratory to create a hub-and-spoke consortium on hybrid manufacturing. The consortium includes the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (the managing organization for Youngstown-based America Makes), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, among