The Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland (RAMP MD) is a consortium of private businesses, educational institutions, and governmental agencies, working together to provide businesses access to additive manufacturing facilities, equipment, and expertise; build required infrastructure to support the manufacturing base; and educate a supporting workforce. Guided by an all-volunteer board of directors, RAMP MD currently holds partnership agreements with over 25 industry partners and is in the process of negotiating more. RAMP MD also hosts educational seminars and Symposia throughout the year.
- WEBINAR: March 4, 2026: Employee Retention in Manufacturing – Being a Better Boss
- WEBINAR: March 18, 2026: Building a Sustainable Talent Pipeline for Maryland Manufacturing
- WEBINAR: April 1, 2026: Production Metal Part Performance with Plated Advanced Manufacturing Plastic Parts
- WEBINAR: April 15, 2026: From Text to Spaceship: Advancements in Computational Product Design
- SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 7, 2026 Symposium: From Prototyping to Production
EVENT: Feb. 2 Webinar
William Frazier, Pilgrim Consulting, presents a talk on designing an effective data management system for businesses engaged in additive manufacturing.
EVENT: Jan. 19 Webinar
Gregory Nichols of the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center presents the emerging security risk that additive or advanced manufacturing (AM) poses in weapons of mass destruction proliferation and weapons development in general and provides a discussion on some upcoming challenges.
SYMPOSIUM: April 21, 2023—Digital Manufacturing: Building a Resilient Supply Chain
Digital manufacturing has the potential to disaster-proof our supply chains.
EVENT: Sept. 8—Security Standardization for Additive Manufacturing Processes
Josh Lubell of NIST will discuss cyber security and data security considerations for systems that interact with additive manufacturing machines.