AFFOA is a non-profit, public-private partnership founded in 2016 as one of the DoD-funded Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) in the Manufacturing USA® network. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, AFFOA’s mission is to rekindle the domestic textiles industry by leading a nationwide enterprise for advanced fiber and fabric manufacturing innovation, enabling revolutionary new system capabilities for commercial and defense applications. In order to achieve its mission, AFFOA supports the development and transition of advanced fiber and fabric technologies by leveraging its technical staff and end-to-end prototyping capabilities to mature technology components and system level product solutions. To help catalyze advanced fabric product development and strengthen the domestic textile industrial base, AFFOA has assembled a Fabric Innovation Network made up 155+ organizations including startups, universities, manufacturers, commercial industry, and defense partners, to bring advanced fiber and fabric technologies to market. In addition, AFFOA is committed to helping to inspire, prepare and grow the critical advanced manufacturing workforce of the future through the development of key education and workforce development initiatives and programs in support of industry needs.
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