About MAIOF

Massachusetts industries are challenged by the needs of being competitive in global markets, accelerating product development and moving to more efficient, lower-cost technologies; and the rising costs of R&D, customer pressure to lower costs, and stockholder demands for near-term profits. New strategies for technology research are essential to future success.

The Massachusetts Industries of the Future has developed a process to support industry based on the model developed by the Department of Energy Office of Industrial technologies. The scheme that has been developed by the Univeristy of Massachusetts Lead Team follows the following list of tasks:

• Target Industries:
  Chemical, Forest Products, Metal Processing, Agriculture, Mining, Printing and Publishing, Electronics
• Vision and Road Mapping
• Service Delivery/Research and Development
• Expand and sustain process through leveraged resources and effective result