UAE DELEGATION VISITS CUTTING-EDGE INDUSTRIAL WORKSPACE MILL 19 TO EXPLORE CROSS-BORDER MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES

Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America – September 30, 2022: A high-level delegation of government and industry leaders from the United Arab Emirates today attended an exclusive site visit to Mill 19, a leading industrial and innovation hub in the City of Pittsburgh, on the final day of the inaugural US edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS America).

The UAE visit was led by H.E. Omar Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology. He was joined by UAE industry leaders from Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, ICT Fund, the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce & Industry, and Dubai Industrial City, as well as a team member from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. 

Mill 19 is a discovery workspace where Carnegie Mellon researchers and innovators partner with industry pioneers to advanced and pursue digital innovations, advanced manufacturing technologies, and human intelligence to the production lines and supply chains of the future. The workplace features an additive manufacturing laboratory, a cutting-edge, high-tech workshop, and advanced industrial facilities, and is home to some of the world’s most innovative advanced technology solutions. 

The inaugural GMIS America roadshow, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is hosted by the Honorable Thomas Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and convened more than 70 expert speakers and 250 participants from governments and the private sector and academia from around the world.

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Image 1 – Senior executives from the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, ICT Fund, the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Dubai Industrial City, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization visit Pittsburgh’s Mill 19

About GMIS: 

The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) was established in 2015 to build bridges between manufacturers, governments and NGOs, technologists, and investors in harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s (4IR) transformation of manufacturing to enable the regeneration of the global economy. A joint initiative by the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), GMIS is a global platform that presents stakeholders with an opportunity to shape the future of the manufacturing sector and contribute towards global good by advancing some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Previous international editions of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit were held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in March 2017, Yekaterinburg, Russia, in July 2019, Hannover, Germany (Virtual), in 2020, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in November 2021, with each edition welcoming over 3,000 high-level delegates from over 40 countries. 

GMIS will hold its inaugural edition of GMIS America in Pittsburgh from September 28-30, 2022, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DCC).To learn more about GMIS, please visit https://gmisummit.com/ and follow GMIS on Twitter:  @GMISummit, Instagram: @gmisummit, LinkedIn: GMIS – Global Manufacturing & Industrialisation Summit, and Facebook: @GMISummit.