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NIST in Your State

NIST in Minnesota

NIST ensures that the U.S. economy runs on fair transactions, that our infrastructure is built with quality construction materials, that our manufacturers can innovate and compete internationally, and that we have access to reliable products at home. We provide critical measurements and standards, including nearly 600 calibration services and more than 1,100 standard reference materials, that make Americans safer and healthier and help our companies innovate.

Below you will see a small snippet of what NIST is doing in Minnesota. More information about how NIST is supporting key sectors in Minnesota will be added to this page in the future.

CHIPS Funding

SkyWater Technology (Minnesota)

Proposed Award Amount
up to $16 million in proposed direct funding
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS Program Office
The proposed investment in SkyWater Technology Foundry would support the modernization of its existing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Polar Semiconductor (Minnesota)

Award Amount
$123 million in direct funding
CHIPS Organization
CHIPS Program Office
The CHIPS for America award will provide the company with up to $123 million in total direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to expand and modernize the company’s manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, doubling its U.S. production capacity of sensor and power chips within two years.

MEP Success Stories

Huge Value in Value Stream Mapping

Reported Year
2024
Founder and owner Brian Gustad had been working to apply lean manufacturing principles to his two-person shop for years, but had difficulty translating techniques and best practices from manufacturing literature to his small operation. Brian knew he had reached the limit of what he could improve on his own. He needed outside expertise to take his

Worth the Investment

Reported Year
2024
Excelsior Tool had a desire to smooth out the vagaries and ups and downs in their customer demand, which was very hard to predict. The leadership team wanted to become ISO 9001:2015 certified in part to help better understand their key customers and processes and create a more consistent workload. They also saw ISO certification as an important

An Enjoyable ISO Journey

Reported Year
2024
SNX Precision is part of a two-company business operation along with SNX Technologies, both under the same ownership group. SNX Precision is the manufacturing side, selling its nVision Edgebanding System product exclusively to SNX Technologies, which manages sales and distribution of the product. As an independent but closely linked business, SNX

News & Updates

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Research Projects

Layout of the Nanotechnology Xccelerator Reticle with 30 unique tiles occupying 41 different slots within the reticle.

The Nanotechnology Xccelerator

The Nanotechnology Xccelerator is a pilot program to develop a powerful new family of foundry platforms and test vehicles for academics to do scientific