Detroit Today: How Automation Alley is driving innovation in Southeast Michigan
Automation Alley has helped distribute around 300 3D printers to businesses across Oakland, Wayne and Macomb county so far, according to Tom Kelly.
Tom Kelly at the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference
Each year in Michigan, political, business and philanthropic leaders gather on Mackinac Island for the Mackinac Policy Conference, an event that represents the largest collection of folks driving policy in the state.
In this conversation, Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson sat down with Tom Kelly, executive director and CEO of Automation Alley, a Michigan-based nonprofit that attempts to drive automotive innovation, to learn about how 3D printing can be used to improve manufacturing in the state.
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Tom Kelly says Automation Alley is a knowledge center, currently focusing on artificial intelligence, 3D printing and other high-tech ventures.
“It was really a mechanism to say to the world, ‘Look, we do a lot of high-tech stuff here,’” says Kelly.
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