U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) joins NCMS radio to discuss a wide range of Manufacturing issues.

Topics include robotics, innovation, alternative energy, the smart grid, jobs, and strategies to promote manufacturing growth in the new millennium.

NCMS Radio- “Manufacturing in the New Millenium ”- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (16:13)



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NCMS Chairman Dick Morley, inventor of the programmable logic controller and floppy disk drive, discusses the barriers to innovation and how innovation creates problems that engineering then solves.

NCMS Radio: Dick Morley "Obstacles to Innovation" (20:04)

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Michigan Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) discusses manufacturing in Michigan and the role government plays in fostering innovation.

Elected to Congress in 1992, Knollenberg is the ranking member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and  Housing and Urban Development. Knollenberg is one of the auto industry's most effective advocates in Congress. He has fought to rescind costly steel tariffs that drive up the cost of auto manufacturing for The Big Three and their suppliers. In the 110th Congress, Knollenberg is working to promote alternative fuels as a means to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil and to prevent job-killing increases in federal fuel economy regulations.

NCMS Radio: Joe Knollenberg "Innovation and Manufacturing in Michigan" (15:01)

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NCMS President & CEO Rick Jarman shares his views on the power of collaborative R&D.

Prior to joining NCMS, Rick was the Director of Technology Partnerships at Eastman Kodak where he was a driving force to forge alliances with industry and government in order to improve commercialization processes through innovation and new technology.

NCMS Radio: Rick Jarman "The Power of Collaborative R&D" (17:25)

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