The MAC Action Newsline:
March 2009

This issue is sponsored by the Northern Essex Community College.

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

• Manufacturing Needs the Support of Manufacturers
• The Innovation Imperative in Manufacturing: How the US Can Restore Its Edge
• Lean in the Classroom

• Picking Up the Signal: Lean Becomes Foundation for Growth at Diamond Antenna

• Education in the 21st Century
• The Mid-Massachusetts STEM Pathways Initiative

Growth Strategies

• MassMEP’s Next Generation Manufacturing Study Inputs Due April 8th

• State’s Innovators May Lead Way Out of Recession
• Kenway Corp and Maritime Marine Expand and Add Jobs
• New Job and Cost Reductions Emerge as Manufacturers Contemplate Migration Back to US
• MA, NH, Maine MEP’s Launch Pilot Project to Integrate Energy & Environment
• East Penn Manufacturing and Nuvera Fuel Cells Provide 20 ReadyPower Units
• FLEXcon’s McDonough Recognized as Business Leader of Year
• $1.9 Million MassDevelopment Bond Supports Mercury Brewing
• National Governors Association Survey on Maturing Workforce
• Recruiting a Skilled Workforce
• New Networking Site for Professionals in Massachusetts

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

Upcoming events include:

• Basic AutoCad Drafting, Worcester, MA – March 24 – April 30, 2023
• Autodesk Inventor, Worcester, MA – March 24 – April 30, 2023
• Principles of Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops, Littleton, NH – March 26, 2023
• Introduction to Training Within Industries and Change Management, Chicopee, MA – March 31, 2023
• Building a Tech Company in Today’s Challenging Environment, Fall River, MA – April 1, 2023
• WPI Venture Forum Networking Event at MBI, Worcester, MA – April 1, 2023
• 3rd Annual Celebration of Higher Education in Central Massachusetts, Worcester, MA – April 6, 2023
• Engage the World and Improve Your Business, Worcester, MA – April 7, 2023
• Introduction to Fundamentals of Lean Manufacturing, North Andover, MA – April 8, 2023
• Just-in-Time HR Webinar: 2009 Employment Law Update, April 14, 2023
• Principles of Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops, Portsmouth, NH – April 23, 2023
• Pull Systems, Inverness Medical, Scarborough, ME – April 28, 2023
• Principles of Lean Manufacturing Workshop, North Andover, MA – May 6, 2023
• Lean Marketing and Sales, Boston, MA – May 7-8, 2009
• Taking Action With Lean Accounting, Nashua, NH – May 7-8, 2009
• Just-in-Time HR Webinar: Principals of Lean Office, presented by AIM and Mass MEP, May 12, 2023
• One Piece Flow, Fisher Engineering, Rockland, ME – May 12, 2023
• Principles of Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops, Laconia, NH – May 21, 2023
• Combined JMQC Meeting, Titan Machine, Windham, ME – May 26, 2023
• Just-in-Time HR Webinar: Navigating the Massachusetts Workforce Training Grant Application Process, June 9, 2023
• Principles of Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops, Concord, NH – June 25, 2023

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