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

• Regulations Diminish Job Growth

• NAM_Testimony_Joint_Economic_Committee_2014.pdf

Manufacturing Metrics

• Toward Resilience and Growth: Asia Pacific Business in Transition

Video of the Month

• AIM Global Trade Award Winner: VH Blackinton & Co.

Business Strategy

• Identifying, Acknowledging, & Overcoming the Fundamental Dissonance Between Top Line and Bottom Line, Part 2

Workforce Strategies

• MassMEP Wins Grant to Provide Free Continuous Improvement Training

• Massachusetts Manufacturing Grant Programs Inventory

• MassMEP Receives Resolution for Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative on Manufacturing Day

Industry News

• Manufacturing Matching Grant Program Open: Due Nov 6

• Precision Engineering Celebrates Manufacturing Day 2014

• Canton Fence Manufacturer Expands with MassDevelopment Bonds

• Northfield Introduces Special Internal Grip Collet Chuck

• Software Doubles Precision Machine Fabrication’s Quoting Throughput

Job Opportunities

• Senior Production Control Planner, Burlington/Tewksbury, MA. Submit resume.

• Burr Hand, Day Shift, B&E Precision Aircraft Components, Southwick, MA. Submit resume.

• Rotary Machine Operator, Boyd Technologies, Lee, MA. Submit resume.

MassMEP Programs & Events

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

• CNC Lathe Concepts & Hands-On, Worcester, MA – November 11 – December 9

• ISO Internal Auditor Training, Worcester, MA – December 4-5

Partner Events

• Western New England University, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Regional Policy Planning Workshop, Springfield, MA – October 29

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, How Nanotechnology Can Improve Machining Productivity, East Hartford, CT – October 29

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

• SBANE, Innovative Ways to Combat the Ever Increasing Cost of Doing Business, Avon, MA – November 5

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, NCSIMUL Machine Seminar & Demo, East Hartford, CT – November 6

• CCSU Institute of Technology and Business Development, Energy Strategies & Finance Event, New Britain, CT – November 10

• The Venture Forum, Choosing Your Target Market, Worcester, MA – November 11

• Southern New England Entrepreneurs Forum, Marketing Challenges: Penetrating New Markets, Fall River, MA – November 13

• SBDC, Legal Issues for Small Businesses, Worcester, MA – November 13

• SBDC, Lean: Not Just for Manufacturing Anymore, Fall River, MA – November 19

• SBDC, Your First Business Plan, Worcester, MA – November 20

Partner Highlight

• Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative

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