For this report, Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness (Council) interviewed nearly three dozen chief technology officers (CTOs), chief research officers (CROs), chief executive officers (CEOs), and company presidents from various manufacturing sectors, as well as nearly a dozen directors of U.S. national laboratories and research facilities. In addition to identifying and exploring challenges facing U.S. manufacturing and national labs, the initiative was designed to help identify the most promising advanced technologies in development within the United States. The interviewed executives and lab directors were also asked about technologies considered most critical to their company’s competitiveness, as well as high-level recommendations for reinvigorating America’s industrial base.
