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

• When Manufacturers Collaborate Good Things Happen

• Letters to the Editor
  Energy Extracts a Significant Economic Cost
  Rising Energy Costs Lead to Layoffs

Manufacturing Metrics

• Where the Manufacturing Jobs of the Future Will Be

Video of the Month

• New Balance Continues to Make Millions of Shoes Here in U.S.

Growth Manufacturers Case Study

• Lashway Lumber Finds a New Groove

Workforce Strategies

• The MACWIC and ToolingU Collaborate to Create "Curriculum Crosswalk" for Educators

• Guest Blog: Crafting Tomorrow’s Employees

Innovative Growth Solutions

• MassMEP Awarded $400,000 to Accelerate Defense Supply Chain

• MassMEP Introduces Western Massachusetts Manufacturing Consortium Grant

• U.S. Secretary of Commerce Supports Manufacturing, Seeks Insights to Assist in Growth

Manufacturing Day: October 2, 2023

• Be part of the national revolution to promote manufacturing and get involved with Manufacturing Day, Friday, October 2.

Industry News

• SBA Announces Video Phone Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Entrepreneurs

• 27 Central Massachusetts Firms Win Training Funds

• Quinsigamond Community College is First Massachusetts Community College to be Accepted into Fab Lab

• SURVEY: Input Requested from Massachusetts Employers

• AG Updates Safe-Harbor Rules for Sick-Time Law

• Micron, Fitchburg, Makes Less Than Lethal Bullet

• Boston Chapter of ISA Elects New President

• AMP It Up! Announces Winners of Video Challenge

Job Opportunities

• Vice President of Manufacturing Program Initiatives, MassDevelopment, Boston, MA. Submit resume

• Continuous Improvement Coach, Watts Water Technologies, North Andover, MA. Submit resume

• Continuous Improvement Manager, Watts Water Technologies, North Andover, MA. Submit resume

• Director of Quality, Watts Water Technologies, North Andover, MA. Submit resume

MassMEP Programs & Partner Events

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

• AME, AME Excellence Award Training Workshop, Walpole MA – June 29, 2023

• Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Young Manufacturers Academy, Hartford, CT – July 6-16, 2015

• TechSandBox, Piranha Pond: Elevator Pitches, Hopkinton, MA – July 14, 2023

• TechSandBox, CleanTech SIG: The Investors, Hopkinton, MA – June 16, 2023

• SBANE, Manufacturing Matching Grant Program Information Session, Westborough, MA – July 22, 2023

• ASME, 2015 Additive Manufacturing+3D Printing Conference and Exposition (AM3D), Boston, MA – August 2-5, 2015

• Building a Successful Team, Worcester, MA – August 26, 2023

• Quality Improvement Skills, Worcester, MA – September 9, 16, & 23, 2015

• Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Worcester, MA – September 10, 2023

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