UI LABS Employee Directory
Research ServicesIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
UI LABS is a research services organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that focuses on advancing digitally powered manufacturing. It emphasizes integrating production lines with software and sensors connected to the cloud to enable real-time data exchange, learning, and continuous improvement of manufactured parts. The company positions itself to serve U.S. manufacturers seeking to elevate productivity and efficiency through industrial digitalization, with collaborations that broaden innovation, workforce development, and domestic production capacity. While known as MxD, the organization was previously identified as the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, and it maintains a portfolio of partnerships and initiatives that reflect its mission to accelerate the digital era of manufacturing. Recent collaborations include alliances with DMG MORI Federal Services, Siemens, and The M.K. Morse Company, along with initiatives to create AI-powered inspection systems and to develop digital experience modules for workforce development.