1988年修订的美国综合贸易竞争法授权美国国家标准技术研究院(NIST)执行制造技术中心(MTC)计划,作为NIST的一项新的工作。该计划的宗旨是促进提高美国工业的生产率以及增强其在日益扩大的世界市场上的竞争性。根据该计划,1989年1月建立了三年制造技术中心,他们是位于纽约州特洛伊的东北部制造技术中心(NEMTC),位于俄亥俄州克利夫兰的大湖制造技术中心(GLMTC)以及位于南 The U.S. General Trade Competition Act, revised in 1988, authorized the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to implement the Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) program as a new job for NIST. The purpose of the plan is to promote the improvement of the productivity of U.S. industries and increase their competitiveness in the ever-increasing world market. Under the plan, a three-year manufacturing technology center was established in January 1989. They are the Northeastern Manufacturing Technology Center (NEMTC) in Troy, New York, the Great Lakes Manufacturing Technology Center (GLMTC) in Cleveland, Ohio, and South