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401 Tech Bridge Completes $6 Million Funding Round to Accelerate Advanced Materials & Technologies
PORTSMOUTH, RI, August 18, 2020 – Polaris MEP sister agency 401 Tech Bridge has announced thecompletion of a $6 million funding round, which will accelerate collaborative technology commercialization, increase jobs and aid the regional economic recovery. A recently...
Providence Business News: Poll Shows Skilled Workers Key to Manufacturing Recovery
A new poll by Polaris MEP shows sales continue to be the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island manufacturers, and half of the respondents said “workforce/people” are crucial to a faster recovery from the coronavirus crisis, reported the Providence Business News....
Fall River Herald News: Polaris MEP Part of Governor’s Mission to Get RI Back to Work
Katie Mulvaney reports: "Gov. Gina Raimondo on Tuesday unveiled a $45-million initiative aimed at getting Rhode Islanders back in the workforce with better, higher-paying jobs to rebuild an economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. In a program dubbed Back to...
RI Manufacturing Leaders Say Workforce AND Technology Needed to “Reboot” Manufacturing Post-COVID
Polaris MEP Survey Explores What Is Required to Accelerate Manufacturing Sector Recovery Providence, RI – July 27, 2020 – A new poll by Polaris MEP shows Sales continue to be the greatest challenge currently facing the Rhode Island’s manufacturers. The survey also...
Assembly Magazine: MEP Success Stories Round-Up
Polaris MEP helped Antaya Technologies achieve IATF 16949:2016 certification. John Sprovieri of Assembly Magazine reports on this and other Manufacturing Extension Partnership success stories from around the United States. Click here to read the story, published July...
ecoRI News: Ocean State Wades Into Buttressing Its Blue Economy
Polaris MEP is part of a coalition of groups working to turn "blue into the new green" in the Ocean State, as reported by ecoRI News' Grace Kelly. Kelly writes that a variety of organizations that fall within the blue economy, such as Rhode Island Marine Trade...
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