Flex joins MIT's initiative for new manufacturing consortium as a founding member.
Flex announced a strategic collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on its new Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) — a bold, Institute-wide effort to reimagine industrial production, drive innovation through advanced technologies, and strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
As a founding member of the INM Industry Consortium, Flex will work closely with MIT researchers, educators, and fellow industry leaders to support cutting-edge projects that apply AI, machine automation, and new system-level approaches to manufacturing.
The MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing focuses on four core pillars:
- Reimagining manufacturing technologies and systems
- Elevating productivity and the human experience of manufacturing
- Scaling new ventures and resilient supply chains
- Transforming the global manufacturing base with a focus on sustainability and economic opportunity
INM will also establish new labs to develop advanced manufacturing tools and techniques. Through an MIT “factory observatory” program, students will gain hands-on experience by visiting Flex production sites. Separately, Flex will be hosting MIT faculty, researchers and Masters of Engineering (MEng) students at its Sorocaba, Brazil, site, where they will have the opportunity to work with FIT (Flex Institute of Technology), a nonprofit research and development institute focused on developing technological solutions for electronics manufacturing and related end products.
For more information, visit flex.com.
