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"&lt;p&gt;Two prominent industry associations have put together a \u201Ctoolkit\u201D of ideas to help manufacturers innovate, compete and succeed in the midst of the economic downturn.  Dubbed the Competitive Manufacturing Toolkit, the initiative was unveiled by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the National Institute of Standards &amp;amp; Technology\u2019s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP) at the Westec show in Los Angeles earlier this year.  \u201CManufacturing has been the backbone of our nation\u2019s economy for more than a century, and we\u2019re not going to get out of this economic crisis without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector,\u201D says Mark C. &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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