PCTGR Blog

The Athena alliance has released a great new study that picks up on the Obama Administration's recent report on the steps necessary to strengthen US manufacturing.  The Adminstration cited a number of important themes and recommended expanding programs such as the Manufacturing Extension Program.  The Athena report: http://www.athenaalliance.org/pdf/ICandManufacturingFramework.pdf takes it a step further and cites the crucial role that intangible assets like patents, proprietary knowledge, specialized software and IT tools will play in sectors the US must command like nanotech, biotech and clean tech.