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StandardBots CEO urges Congress to build manufacturing centers, loans and training to reshore robotics
Summary
StandardBots’ founder told the Joint Economic Committee the U.S. needs a funded network of manufacturing excellence centers, a manufacturing loan program, and stronger apprenticeship training to rebuild domestic robotics manufacturing and make factories competitive again.
Evan Beard, CEO and co‑founder of StandardBots, told the Joint Economic Committee that rebuilding U.S. advanced manufacturing requires an actionable, funded national strategy.
Beard outlined a four‑part plan the company submitted to Congress: establish a nationwide network of manufacturing excellence centers modeled on the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, create a…
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