This week's Manufacturing Tomorrow podcast features Alex Bandar, founder and CEO of Columbus Idea Foundry. At the Foundry, Alex and his all-volunteer team teach classes on design and fabrication, provide consulting and production resources, perform micro-manufacturing services for local businesses, and incubate 30+ individuals, artists, entrepreneurs and small businesses within the walls of the shop. In leading the Maker Movement wave, he is redefining what it means to manufacturer.
			Covering the latest topics, our guests include company C-suite executives and engineers to industry-facing academics, supportive government and regional economic development agents of change.  More information is at http://omi.osu.edu/podcast.

Milt Kniss, Autotool

Manufacturing Tomorrow is a podcast series brought to you by the Ohio Manufacturing Institute at The Ohio State University. Featuring the perspectives of manufacturing leaders, we focus on the advanced manufacturing innovations, solutions and partnerships that exist in our region now and that will propel industry in the future.
Our guests include the unsung heroes of advanced manufacturing, from company C-suite executives and engineers to industry-facing academics, supportive government agencies and regional economic development organizations. Interviews cover the latest topics on products, processes – and groundbreaking relationships –the best manufacturers engage in to infuse entrepreneurialism in their daily operations.
Our mission is simple: to provide a voice to manufacturers to educate the public on the value of manufacturing innovation to the U.S. economy and to showcase how Ohio’s technology resource support providers (e.g., higher education, technical centers, and MEPs) boost advanced manufacturing solutions. We ask guest speakers about catalysts needed to collaborate on manufacturing innovation, how to reduce academic-industry barriers, and technical resources that can truly bolster manufacturing productivity.