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Providence Business First: Supply Chain help for RI manufacturers
Mary Serreze of the Providence Business First reports that small-to-medium Rhode Island manufacturers in need of supply chain help will get free assistance from Polaris MEP. Polaris MEP is Rhode Islands' manufacturing extension partnership centers of the National...
Providence Business News: Polaris MEP nets $400K supply chain grant
Jacquelyn Voghel of the Providence Business News reports that Polaris MEP has received a $400,000 federal infusion to help the state’s manufacturers optimize their supply chains. Kayla Viveiros, program manager at Polaris MEP, will lead the administration of the...
Textile World: Grant for RI Manufacturers Supply Chain
Textile World reports that Polaris MEP has received a $400,000 federal infusion to help the state’s manufacturers optimize their supply chains. Kayla Viveiros, program manager at Polaris MEP, will lead the administration of the grant. “With this dedicated funding,...
Jack Reed: Senator Secures $42.7M for RI
Senator Jack Reed, a senior member of the appropriations committee, secures another $42.7M for RI, funding numerous community driven projects. Reed, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, helped pass four key spending bills out of committee this week,...
Are You Asking the Right Questions with Your Quality Audits?
When it’s time to perform internal quality audits for our manufacturing businesses, we know there’s more work than just a document review – we must ask questions of our employees to be sure that we’re doing what we say we do. What does that conversation look like?...
Providence Business News: Christian Cowan
The Providence Business News profiles Christian Cowan, a PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023. Cowan, director of Polaris MEP, works to support the growth and evolution of the Rhode Island manufacturing community. Christian Cowan began his career by learning about...
Federal Grant for RI Manufacturers Will Strengthen and Expand Local Supply Chain
$400K Grant for RI Manufacturers Will Strengthen and Expand Local Supply Chain Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center Polaris MEP will administer $400,000 federal grant with mandate to make domestic supply chain more efficient and resilient Providence, RI – August...
Providence Business News: ‘Still so many barriers’ for women in the trades
Christopher Allen of the Providence Business News reports on the difficulties for women in the trades, and how organizations such as Polaris MEP's partner, the Jane Addams Resource Corp., are working to tear down these barriers and get more women in the trades. Anita...
URI Momentum Magazine Features Jaia Robotics and RI MADE program
The University of Rhode Island's "MOMENTUM Magazine" this term featured a program managed by Polaris MEP with funding from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, RI MADE, and one of the first participants in the program, manufacturer Jaia Robotics. Writer...
Providence Business News: $2.4M federal grant launches blue economy initiative
James Bessette of the Providence Business News reports Polaris MEP's parent organization received $2.4M federal grant to launch RISE-UP blue economy initiative bringing new manufacturing opportunities to RI. A $2.4 million grant has been awarded from the U.S. Office...
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