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Polaris MEP Announces Rocket Program for Rhode Island Manufacturers
New Program Lifts Off with a State-Funded Mission to Generate Top Line Growth and Jobs Providence, R.I. – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the URI Research Foundation, is announcing its latest move to lift Rhode Island’s manufacturers...
Manufacturing in R.I., Chapter 6: Manufacturing Defense Growth
Manufacturing has taken a positive turn with signals that orders and production are poised to continue the trend upward. Small and large companies are ramping up hiring, training and operations activity, while support from the new state administration has also been...
Polaris MEP Featured on NBC 10 Business Lunch
Polaris MEP Center Director Christian Cowan had an opportunity to discuss Rhode Island manufacturing during a the Business Lunch segment of the NBC 10 WJAR noon news broadcast with anchor Frank Coletta.The two discussed the Polaris MEP program offering, the upcoming...
Mattiello: Polaris funding ‘more likely’
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, D-Cranston, told 450 people at the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association annual meeting on Wednesday that a requested $750,000 appropriation for the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership is “probably more likely to occur” in...
Polaris MEP Featured on Executive Suite
Polaris MEP Center Director Christian Cowan had an opportunity to discuss Rhode Island manufacturing during a taping of the Executive Suite news program with Eyewitness News Reporter and host Ted Nesi. The two discussed the Polaris MEP program, the national...
Polaris MEP Receives Innovation Award and Citation from Gov. Raimondo
Polaris MEP was honored to have been awarded the GWB Innovation Award and a citation from Governor Gina Raimondo at the Governor’s Workforce Board’s annual meeting on May 21, 2015. Polaris MEP’s Ruth Gobeille was on hand to accept the award and citation. A GWB...
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