1. Sustainable Manufacturing and (Recycle/Reuse/Remanufacture)
Technology Institute
A national resource for developing, testing and implementing innovative and disruptive solutions for the reuse, recycling and reprocessing of materials
DE-FOA

2. The NNMI Concept

3. Goals of the Institute
Technology development and sustained innovations related to clean manufacturing
Jobs creation through technology transfer and innovation
Reduce embedded energy of materials through recycling, reuse and remanufacturing
Global leader in clean manufacturing

4. Funding Available from DOE
$70 M DOE /$70 M+ others
20% or approx. $30 M expected to stay in MI
50% cost share required from all projects
Cash, facilities, equipment, employee time
Request from MEDC is $20 Millions for MI companies (startups, small, medium, large)
Facility building (location TBD but preferably on the west side of the state)
Workforce training

5. Institute that consists of:
Universities (academic researchers)
Government (local, state, and federal) and national labs
DOE (AMO), EPA, MEDC
Community colleges and professional associations
Industry (startups, small, medium, large corporations)
Venture capital groups
Investment from DOE (AMO) of $70 millions for
Advanced technology development
Shared infrastructure and facilities
Workforce training and education

7. University Partners Oregon State University
Michigan State University (lead and polymers)
Michigan Technological Institute
Texas A&M Kingsville
The Ohio State University (metals)
University of Alaska
University of California at San Diego (e-waste)
University of Florida (medical devices recycling)
University of Utah
Western Michigan University (pulp and paper)

8. Research Institutions
Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio)
Cyclotron Road (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC-Xerox)
Industry Groups
American Society for Mechanical Engineers
North American Die Casting Association
Aluminum Association

9. Universities/Labs Network

10. Help Needed!
Need more companies interested in collaboration on clean manufacturing
Reuse/recycling/remanufacturing
Sorting/separation/identification/contaminants removal/design for recycling/LCA/manufacturing
Metals/polymers/pulp & paper/batteries and weee
smaRt is a “re-granting” agency
1.5 month left…