Australian chemical engineer Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals in the US, has been appointed by US president Barack Obama to cochair the country’s newly formed Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. The other cochair is Susan Hockfeld, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The partnership includes major US manufacturers, engineering universities and government technology leaders. Its aim is to “build a roadmap for advanced manufacturing technologies, accelerating ideas from the drawing board to production and competitive advantage in the marketplace, and to ensure a vital and globally competitive manufacturing sector”.
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