MassMEP Next Generation Manufacturer News

In This Issue…
Insights into what’s happening in manufacturing in Massachusetts. Best practices, success stories, and trends from manufacturing organizations that are growing and improving the economy. Share with us what you’d like to hear about in these issues. – Kathie Mahoney, Editor, [email protected] or (508) 831-7020.

What’s Trending in Manufacturing?

• Join Us for the Manufacturing Event of the Year

• October 4, 2018: The Future of Manufacturing Symposium

Manufacturing Metrics

• MassMEP IMPACT Metrics

Video of the Month

• MFG Day: Inspiring the Next Generation of Manufacturers

Growth Manufacturers Case Studies

• New Product Opportunities and Meeting Stringent Military Requirements

Workforce Strategies

• It’s Cool to Be a Manufacturing Engineering Major Again

• New Report on Manufacturing Credentials in U.S.

• Strengthening the STEM Workforce Pipeline Through Outreach

• Teaming Up to Get Workers Ready for the Technology of the Future

Innovative Growth Solutions

• When Manufacturing Forces Collide

Manufacturing USA Institutes

• Smart Manufacturing is About More Than Just Technology

• Flexible Hybrid Electronics Community Grows

• PowerAmerica Funds New Projects to Advance Wide-Bandgap Technology in U.S.

• The Newest Textiles: Soft Hardware

• 3D Printing Cybersecurity Gets Boost from DMDII

• Accelerating Development of Medicine-Delivering Fabrics

Manufacturing Day

• On Track for a Record MFG Day, October 5, 2023

• MFG Day has Big Impact on Students

• How to Get Students to Your Manufacturing Event

Industry News

• $3 Million in Small Business Direct Access Program Grants Awarded

• Looking Back at Four Eras of Manufacturing

• MIT Online Certificate Program for Additive Manufacturing

• AIM Honors Drug Manufacturer

• Life Sciences Incubator Gets State Funding

• Primetals to Build Wire Rod Mill for Indian Manufacturer

• Textile Giant Expands Technical Fabrics Operation

Job Opportunities

• Laser Marking & Materials Handling, Phillips Precision, Boylston, MA – Send resume

• Production Machinist II, Saint-Gobain, Worcester, MA – Send resume

MassMEP Programs

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

• The Future of Manufacturing Symposium, Worcester, MA – October 4, 2023

• Marketing for Manufacturers Redefined & 10 Tips to Implement Now, Worcester, MA – October 17, 2023

• Cybersecurity ISO 27001 Information Session, Taunton, MA – October 18, 2023

• Principles of Lean Office, Worcester, MA – October 23, 2023

• Building a Strategic Marketing Plan Primed for Growth & Marketing Tools that Every Manufacturer Should Leverage, Worcester, MA – October 24, 2023

• DFARS Compliance: What Every Manufacturer Should Know About the New DoD Cyber Regulations / Cybersecurity, TBD in Western MA – October 25, 2023

MFG Day Events
There are dozens of MFG Day events across Massachusetts in October. Check out the details at Massachusetts MFG Day. Here are a few of the plant tours and information sessions taking place:

• MassMEP, The Future of Manufacturing Symposium, Worcester, MA – October 4, 2023

• AccuRounds, contract manufacturing, Avon, MA – October 5, 2023

• Decker Machine Works, manufacturing of build-to-order components for glass and ceramic-to-metal sealing, Greenfield, MA – October 5, 2023

• Epec Engineered Technologies, manufacturing of fans, motors, batteries, circuit boards, New Bedford, MA – October 5, 2023

• F.H. Peterson Machine Corp, prototype, short-run, CNC, and conventional machining, Stoughton, MA – October 5, 2023

• Mayhew Steel Products, oldest manufacturer of pry bars, chisels, and punches in the U.S., Montague, MA – October 3, 2023

• North Easton Machine Co., manufacturing of precision machined components, Easton, MA – October 5, 2023

• Pace Industries, contract manufacturing die casting, Billerica, MA – October 17, 2023

• Simmonds Saw, leading producer of industrial cutting tools, Fitchburg, MA – October 5, 2023

• Sisson Engineering, precision machining, Northfield, MA – October 2, 2023

• Starrett, manufacturing of precision measuring tools, Athol, MA – October 12, 2023

• Thermo Fisher Scientific, manufacturing complex electronics for leading edge scientific research, Tewksbury, MA – October 5, 2023

Partner Events

• AIM HR Solutions, OSHA Safety Certificate Series, Holyoke, MA – October 2, 9, 16, 30, 2018

• New England Business Association, MA Health Connector for Small Business: An Informational Session, Needham, MA – October 2, 2023

• WPI/QCC, Inaugural WPI/QCC Integrated Photonics Symposium, Worcester, MA – October 3, 2023

• SBDC, Tariff Wars: Strategies for Managing Change in a Volatile Global Trade Environment, webinar – October 4, 2023

• AIM, Regional Celebration & Awards, Worcester, MA – October 11, 2023

• AIM HR Solutions, OSHA Safety Certificate Series, Boston, MA – October 11, 18, 24, November 1, 2023

• SBDC, The New Export Control Reform Act and Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act: Implications for Trade and Investment, webinar – October 12, 2023

• AIM, Regional Celebration & Awards, Holyoke, MA – October 18, 2023

• SBDC, Developing Your Export Compliance Program, webinar – October 18, 2023

• AIM, Regional Celebration & Awards, Pittsfield, MA – October 25, 2023

• AIM, Regional Celebration & Awards, Easton, MA – November 1, 2023

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