The MAC Action Newsline:
October 2008

This issue is sponsored by Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

From the Desk of Jack Healy

• Welcome to the New Economy

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Valley Etching Passes Aerospace Certification with Flying Colors

Growth Based Strategies

• Innovation Manifesto: Documenting the Rise of "Corporate Communism" and the Need for an Entrepreneurial Revolution

• Vocational School Gets Pep Talk

Industry News

• 5th Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Award Winners Announced
• Perkins Introduces New, Compact Braille Machine
• Notify U.S. Tracks Manufactured Product Requirements Across Globe
• Designers Determined to Keep Manufacturing in Massachusetts
• Officials Mark Partnership to Help Local Sportswear Company Score
• Sinicon Plastics Receives $170,000 Loan to Facilitation Expansion
• MAC Resource: Tips for Drafting a Commercial Agreement and When to Use a Lawyer

Programs & Events
For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.

Upcoming events include:

• AME Toronto 2008, Annual Conference, From Good to Great, Toronto, ON – October 20-25
• Export Logistics & Regulatory Compliance Certificate Series: Documentation & Shipping Under Free Trade Agreements, Boston, MA — October 24, 2023
• Principles of Lean, Bangor, ME — October 28, 2023
• AME/TRUMPF Continuous Improvement Week, Farmington, CT — October 29-30, 2008
• Central Massachusetts Working Together: A Massachusetts Regional Workforce Strategies Initiative, Sterling, MA — October 30, 2023
• Life Science Leadership Forum, Sponsored by Central MA STEM Pipeline Network and Metro West STEM Education Network, Framingham, MA — October 31, 2023
• Principles of Lean, Bath, ME — November 6, 2023
• Export Logistics & Regulatory Compliance Certificate Series: Regulatory Compliance, Boston, MA — November 7, 2023
• 2008 Better Plastics Engineering Road Show, Cromwell, CT — November 10, 2023
• Manufacturing Engineering Master of Science Degree Program Webinar — November 12, 2023
• Northeastern University CEO Breakfast Forum: The Changing Face of the 21st Century Workforce: Leveraging Differences to Deliver Innovation and Value — November 12, 2023
• Export Logistics & Regulatory Compliance Certificate Series: Practices for Developing Export Procedures & Compliance Programs, Boston, MA — November 14, 2023
• Beyond Compact Fluorescents – Energy Saving Methods for Manufacturing, Chicopee, MA — November 14, 2023
• Taking Action with Lean Accounting, Worcester, MA — November 19, 2023
• Machine Tool Metrology 101, Windsor, CT — November 19-21
• STEM Symposium, College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center, Worcester, MA — December 3, 2023

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