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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...
Murdock Webbing Hosts RI Leadership with Polaris MEP
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....
Manufacturing in R.I., Chapter 5: Makers Bring Energy to Manufacturing
We have retooled Rhode Island’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership center this year. Polaris MEP is poised and ready to better support smaller manufacturing companies in the state. Ninety-five percent of the state’s 1,600 manufacturers have fewer than 100 employees,...
Polaris MEP Testimony for Rhode Island House Resolution No. 5542
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...
Reed, Whitehouse Announce $750,000 to Strengthen RI Manufacturing
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...
Ted Nesi Interviews Polaris MEP and Mearthane Product Corporation
Christian Cowan, center director of Polaris MEP joined Peter Kaczmarek, president and COO of Mearthane Products Corp. (MPC) of Cranston for a recent interview on Executive Suite with Ted Nesi. The three spoke about MPC’s innovative products, upcoming events (the...
ISO Certification Supports Global Sales Growth for High Purity
Success Story – High Purity New England High Purity New England (HPNE) is a supplier of high purity products to the BioPharma, pharmaceutical, microelectronics and food industries with over 40 years of experience. Their headquarters in Smithfield Rhode Island, a short...
Manufacturing in R.I., Chapter 4: Toward a Flatter Future
Tom Friedman, author of “The World is Flat,” told us in 2005 about a fast-moving economic platform, accelerated by information technology advances, which created an environment in which it’s easy to source talent and do business globally. That is great, right? But...
Polaris MEP Announces New Slate of Workshops for RI Manufacturers
Focus of New and Updated Classes is on Process Innovation and Profitability Providence, RI – Polaris MEP will host a number of new and updated workshops in the first quarter of 2015 to help Rhode Island Manufacturers achieve operational excellence during the new year....
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