MassMEP Next Generation Manufacturer News

In This Issue…
Insights, best practices, how to’s, and success stories from manufacturing organizations in New England. Let us know if there’s something in particular you’d like us to cover, – Kathie Mahoney, Editor, [email protected] or (508) 831-7020.

From the Desk of Jack Healy

• White House Convenes Manufacturers, Small and Large, to Strengthen U.S. Supply Chain Innovation

Manufacturing Metrics

• 2015 Manufacturing & Distribution Monitor Report: McGladrey

Video of the Month

• Gov. Baker Tours Yankee Candle Manufacturing
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Growth Manufacturers Case Study

• Continuous Improvement Leads to Continuous Growth at Diamond-Roltran

• Friendly’s is 80. It Almost Didn’t Make It

Workforce Strategies

• MACWIC/HTEC Technical Education Conference

• MassMEP Partners with UMass Lowell to Expand Advanced CNC Training in Massachusetts

• $1.6M in Grants Help Local Workforce Boards

• Eight Graduate from MACWIC Manufacturing Training

Innovative Growth Solutions

• VIDEO: Greentown Labs Video Application for SBA Growth Accelerator Fund
  NEWS: Greentown Labs Announces SBA Growth Accelerator Grant Award

• Cleantech Startups are Bringing Manufacturing Jobs Back to Massachusetts

Manufacturing Month

• Join the Celebration: October is Manufacturing Month in Massachusetts

Industry News

• Some Offshored Manufacturing Jobs Return to US

• Colored Electrically Conductive Inks

• New Diaphragm Chuck with Custom Top Tooling

Job Opportunities

• Machinery Reconditioner, Absolute Machinery, Worcester, MA. Submit resume

• Manufacturing Engineer, Kadant Solutions, Auburn, MA. Submit resume

• Senior Mechanical and Fluids Engineer, Kadant Solutions, Auburn, MA. Submit resume

• Electrical Engineering Technician, Massachusetts Rebuild Service & Export, West Brookfield, MA. Submit resume

MassMEP Programs

For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Events Calendar

• MACWIC/HTEC Technical Education Conference, Worcester, MA – September 28, 2023

• Lean Management with Special Guest Dr. Alan Robinson, Springfield, MA – October 2, 2023

• Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Taunton, MA – October 7, 2023

• Best Practice Kaizen, TBD – November 2-6, 2015

Partner Events

• TechSandBox, Running a Business By the Numbers, Hopkinton, MA – September 3, 2023

• The Venture Forum, Making the Digital Physical, Industrial, Biomedical, Consumer, Worcester, MA – September 8, 2023

• Southern New England Entrepreneurs Forum, Piranha Pond Pitch Party, Dartmouth, MA – September 10, 2023

• AME, Value Stream Mapping for the Office, Groton, MA – September 17, 2023

• AIM, Manufacturing Briefing and Tour of AIS, Leominster, MA – September 22, 2023

• SBANE, New England Innovation Forum, Randolph, MA – September 24, 2015 

• SBANE, New England Manufacturing Showcase, Waltham, MA – October 28, 2023

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, ISO 9001:2015 What You Need to Know, Hartford, CT – November 10, 2023

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