The MAC Action Newsline:
May 2006

• From the Desk of Jack Healy
  • Healthcare Legislation to Effect Change
  • An Opportunity for Meaningful Healthcare Reform: The Challenge Ahead

• Manufacturing Success Stories
  • Improvements at FLEXcon Help Offset Rising Energy Costs

• Beyond Lean
  • A Scorecard on Competing with the China Challenge

• Industry Data
  • Connecticut Manufacturers Can’t Fill Job Openings

• Industry News
  • News: Senator Clinton Talks Manufacturing at Seneca Falls Meeting
  • News: King of Frankfurter Manufacturers Expands Production With $4 Million Financing Package
  • News: Profits From Abroad, Small Business Success in the Global Marketplace
  • News: William J. O’Brien Distinguished Lecture Series Features Roger B. Saillant, CEO, Plug Power

• MAC Resource
  • Protecting Material Through Copyrights

• Programs & Events
  For a complete listing of programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.
  
  Upcoming events include:
  
  
  • CNC & CADII Courses, Worcester, MA — May 30, 2023
  • AIM Roundtable: TD Banknorth, Springfield, MA — May 31, 2023
  • AIM Roundtable: Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA — June 6, 2023
  • Trade Mission to China — June 10-17, 2006
  • MeetChinaBiz, Worcester, MA– June 14, 2023
  • AME Lean Purchasing Seminar, Nashua, NH — June 15, 2023
  • SBIR Office and NALI – The Future of Manufacturing is…Innovation, East Hartford, CT — June 21-22, 2006
  • TimeWise Lean 101: Principles of Lean Enterprise, Berlin, NH — June 22, 2023
  • Lean Culture Change, HID Corporation, North Haven, CT — July 20, 2023
  • The Sales Effectiveness Boot Camp: Significantly Improving the Odds, Stratton, VT — July 23-25, 2006
  • Entrepreneurship Boot Camp: Significantly Improving the Odds, Stratton, VT — Aug 13-15, 2006
  • TimeWise Lean 101: Principles of Lean Enterprise, Lebanon, NH — August 24, 2023
  • TimeWise Lean 101: Principles of Lean Enterprise, Manchester, NH — September 21, 2023
  • Kick the Tires Workshop and Tour, Toyota Benchmarking, Mansfield, MAA — September 21, 2023
  • Roger B. Saillant, President and CEO, Plug Power, William J. O’Brien Distinguished Lecture Series, Collge of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA — November 8, 2023
    
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    This issue of The MAC Action Newsline is sponsored by Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development.