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 Supply Chains [Original post by Mark Schmit, NIST MEP National Accounts Manager] The future success of any manufacturing company relies upon its ability to deliver the right product at the right time with the right quantity at the right price. Products...
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...
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 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 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...
Advanced Manufacturing on Display at RI Textile Innovator Rhode Island’s congressional delegation, members of RI Gov. Raimondo’s administration, Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, and other federal and state officials tour Murdock Webbing and learn about Polaris MEP....
Rhode Island House Resolution No. 5542 by Hearn, Edwards, Marshall, Shekarchi, Giarrusso Entitled, Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $750,000 for Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) {LC1614/1}1} Supported by the Greater Providence Chamber of...
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $750,000 in federal funding to continue supporting the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). Based in Providence, Polaris MEP is a statewide non-profit organization that...