The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) and Citi Community Development, supported by World Business Chicago, joined forces to create a new collaborative program and web tool for the Chicagoland design and manufacturing communities, which was introduced at the Made in Chicago launch event on January 21, 2014. Pictures from the event will be shared below.

The Made in Chicago program serves as a new hub for locally sourced ideas and manufacturing capabilities; ultimately matching designers and manufacturers for nearby production. And as the second largest metropolitan manufacturing cluster in the U.S. and generating 85% of all private R&D in the region, Chicago and its surrounding cities provide the ideal climate for manufacturing fellowship and innovation.