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?

• Highlighting the Importance of Technology at The Future of Manufacturing Symposium

  • Scenes from The Future of Manufacturing Symposium

  • Scenes from Manufacturing Day in Massachusetts

Manufacturing Metrics

• 2018 Third Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey

Video of the Month

• Manufacturing on the South Shore

  

Workforce Strategies

• Marine Welding Training Program Grows Skilled Workforce

• Teaching, Troubleshooting…And Loving It!

Manufacturing USA Institutes

• NCDMM Launches V4 Institute

• Lightweighting of Manufacturing Innovation Projects

• TechConnect Defense Innovation Award Given to LIFT

• Smart Garments Cool Concern Over Worker Welfare

Manufacturing Day

• Manufacturing is Back at MassMEP Symposium

• Tour Offers Rare Look into Manufacturers in North Central Massachusetts

  • Scenes from Manufacturing Day in Massachusetts

Industry News

• Karen Carswell Joins MassMEP as Project Manager for Western Massachusetts

• The Need to Support Manufacturing

• $2M in Small Business Grants for 40 Organizations

• Polar Beverage’s Early Entry into Seltzers Provides Advantage

• How the US, China Trade War Could Impact Western Mass

• Hot Work Permit Changes

• Siemens to Acquire Russelectric

• Cybersecurity Starts with Your Employees

• New Manufacturing Marketing Magazine

• NN, Inc. to Expand Manufacturing in Massachusetts

• PTC Offers Free ThingWorx Starter Kit to Massachusetts Manufacturers

• New Pink-Colored Coating Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Job Opportunities

• Lucite Casting and Shop Apprentice, Honorcraft, Stoughton, MA – Send resume

MassMEP Programs

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

• Leadership Effectiveness, Whitinsville, MA – November 6, 2023

• Growth: The Silent Killer, Worcester, MA – November 7, 2023

• Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Worcester, MA – November 15, 2023

Partner Events

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

• UConn, SBIR/STTR Jumpstart Workshop, Storrs, CT – October 29, 2023

• SBDC, Employment Law Hot Topics: How to Reduce Risk, Worcester, MA – November 1, 2023

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

• SBDC, Best Practices for Export Control Classification and Licensing, North Reading, MA – November 1, 2023

• Tufts, Legends of Innovation & Entrepreneurship: John Bellow, former CEO of SoBe, Medford, MA – November 2, 2023

• SBDC, Establishing, Managing, and Motivating International Distribution Channels, Mansfield, MA – November 2, 2023

• Brooks Associates, 3D Printing Lunch & Learn, Watertown, MA – November 7, 2023

• SBDC, Tariff Management: Rethinking Your Supply Chain for Today’s International Trade Climate, Westborough, MA – November 7, 2023

• SBDC, Introduction to Government Contracting, Springfield, MA – November 9, 2023

• AIM, Regional Celebration & Awards, Lawrence, MA – December 5, 2023

• Massachusetts Export Center, Export Expo 2018, Boston, MA – December 7, 2023

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