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Rhode Island Manufacturing Leader Named to NIST MEP Advisory Board
Hope Global’s Leslie Taito Joins National Team Providing Guidance to Help Small Manufacturers PROVIDENCE, RI – Leslie Taito, Senior Vice President of Corporate Operations for Hope Global in Cumberland, RI, has been named to the National Institute of Standards and...
Panel Discusses Federal Funding to Benefit Rhode Island Manufacturers
Congressional Delegation and Local Manufacturers Discuss the Tangible Benefits to the MEP Program PROVIDENCE, RI – At a panel discussion hosted by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative David Cicilline, representatives from three Rhode Island manufacturers...
Polaris MEP and The Phoenix Partnership Bring 21st Century Lean to RI
New Breakfast Series, Manufacturing Essentials Course and Executive Level Training for Manufacturers Offered PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) and the award-winning Phoenix Partnership will be providing local manufacturers with 21st...
Partner’s Program Targeting Student Debt
Do you, or do your employees, have student loan debt? The Wavemaker Fellowship program may be for you! Designed as a way to keep the best and brightest talent in Rhode Island, the Wavemaker Fellowship program provides up to 4 years of student debt relief to...
The Steel Yard Hosts Weld to Work Program
From May 1st through the 26th the Steel Yard (https://thesteelyard.org/) will be hosting its 150-hour Weld to Work job training program. Weld to Work is the Steel Yard’s unique answer to a shortage of affordable and accessible vocational training and Rhode Island...
Out like a Lion
Well that was pretty incredible… We’ve had some busy months since I started at Polaris MEP nearly 3 years ago, but nothing like March 2017! Sure, September of 2015 was packed with the launch of the Rocket Program, our first All Access Bus Tour of Westrock and...
NBC 10’s Frank Coletta Interviews Polaris MEP
Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) Center Director, Christian Cowan, was interviewed by NBC 10’s Frank Coletta about the new programs and events focused on Rhode Island Manufacturing.
Call for Exhibitors – 2017 Rhode Island Robot Block Party
Is your company on the forefront of automation with robots? Or do you manufacture robots? The Rhode Island Robot Block Party, a free community event, is accepting applications to exhibit at the Sunday, April 30, 2017 expo at the Pizzitola Center at Brown University....
Guest Speaker’s Wanted – URI Office of Veteran’s Affairs
Our friends at the URI Business Engagement Center made us aware of an opportunity for Rhode Island manufacturers. The University of Rhode Island Office of Veteran’s Affairs is seeking guest speakers from the New England manufacturing community to help their student...
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
By Ken Voytek Every January, I take some time to look at what our MEP clients are saying about the future and the challenges they face. It’s usually part of my New Year’s resolution to rack up the responses. I’ve been writing this basic story for eight years....
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