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Composite of an Innovation Cluster
Polaris MEP & Composites Alliance of RI Awarded Industry Cluster Grant According to the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the composites industry is posed for steady growth: the U.S. industry grew by 6.3% in 2014 and is projected to grow an...
Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Have you ever found yourself going to a movie because the starring actor was an Oscar winner? After the Grammy Awards, are you more inclined to download a song because of the results? You’re not alone. It’s human nature to embrace credibility. Which brings me to the...
Polaris and TribalVision Provide Marketing Series to RI Manufacturers
PRBUZZ- WARWICK, RI – TribalVision Managing Director Chris Ciunci will be leading a four-part Market Smarter workshop series with Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Polaris MEP). The workshop series will be held at Polaris MEP’s Providence headquarters every...
New Polaris MEP Offerings Provide RI Manufacturers with Growth Tools
Entrepreneurship Expert, Marketing Guru and Manufacturing Specialists Highlight Business-Focused Calendar PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Foundation, has announced the...
RI Manufacturing Boot Camp Launched to Fill Skills Gap
No cost program created to provide RI manufacturers with newly trained workforce PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has joined forces with Rhode Island Manufacturers...
Challenge Forecasting for Very Small Manufacturers
Recently there has been an increasing appetite for information and results around working with the smallest manufacturers. Not just the generally defined small manufacturer with under 500 employees, but the very small manufacturers with under 20 employees. MEP is...
Momentum in Manufacturing
Do you feel the rising energy in Rhode Island’s manufacturing community these days? It springs from a quiet confidence that companies have about their future based on projected or recently won contracts. Even though these good signs haven’t hit the state or federal...
Polaris MEP Assisting RI Manufacturers with ISO 9001:2015 Revision
This Revision Requires Managing Risk All the Way From Suppliers to Customers PROVIDENCE, RI – Area manufacturers may soon begin scrambling to comply with last week’s release of latest revision of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO 9001:2015. Now that...
Polaris MEP’s Rocket Program Rolls On with All Access Bus Tour of Manufacturers
Governor Proclaims Manufacturing Week RI at the Event PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the URI Research Foundation, continues its roll out of the Rocket Program introduced last month with the launch of their All Access...
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...
Supply Chains – Powering U.S. Manufacturing
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...
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...
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