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

• Research: Employee Engagement, Competitive Advantage, and Financial Success

Manufacturing Metrics

• Defense Outlook 2015: Global Survey of Defense Industry Executives

Video of the Month

• How to Build a Jumbo Jet Engine

Growth Manufacturers Case Study

• Made in America: How One Small Company, an Inventor, and Walmart Delivered 450,000 Units in Record Time

Innovative Growth

• Innovation: The Final Frontier

Workforce Strategies

• Successful Consortium Celebration Creates Backdrop for State Grant Award

• Students Receive MACWIC Level One Certificates of Competency

Industry News

• AMP It Up! Matching Grants Total Nearly $110,000 for 11 Innovative Mass Programs

• LENOX Wins Gold in 10th Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards

• SemiNex Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification

• MTI Systems Sells Costimator to 1500th Customer

• Northfield Intros New Sliding Jaw Air Chuck

MassMEP Programs & Events

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

• Growth and Innovation Planning in the Montachusett Region, Devens, MA – January 30

• ISO Internal Auditor Training, Worcester, MA – February 4

• MACWIC Annual Meeting, WPI, Worcester, MA – February 12 – RSVP to Lisa Derby Oden at [email protected]

• Team Involvement Problem Solving, Southbridge, MA – March 20

Partner Events

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Accuracy Considerations for 5-Axis Machines and Machining, East Hartford, CT – January 28

• Center for Women & Enterprise, Business Planning (12 weeks), Mansfield MA – January 29 to April 30

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Advanced Shop Floor Management Technology, East Hartford, CT – February 5

• The Venture Forum, Stages on the Growth Curve, Worcester, MA – February 11

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, 3D Printing: Fad or Future, East Hartford, CT – February 11

• MSBDC, The Real Scoop on Business Financing, Fall River, MA – February 12

• Southern New England Entrepreneurs Forum, Exit Planning for Entrepreneurs, Fall River, MA – February 13

• MSBDC, Free Legal Clinic for Small Businesses, Mansfield, MA – February 21

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Maintenance Excellence Training, East Hartford, CT – March 11-14

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Shop Math (9 sessions), East Hartford, CT – March 11 to May 6

Partner Highlight

• Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative

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