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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....
Polaris MEP and RIMA Announce First RI Manufacturing B2B Event
Event Aims to Connect Rhode Island Manufacturers to Increase Business PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) has joined forces with Rhode Island Manufacturers Association (RIMA), to bring the state’s manufacturing community together at the...
Small Business Education Program with Staggering Results – Apply Now
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at CCRI is a no-cost 12-week program that helps small businesses grow through a practical business education, access to capital, and a support network of advisers and peers. Over 7,000 small business owners have participated...
U.S. Sen Reed and Gov Raimondo Visit to Providence’s Goodwin-Bradley
The event focused on Goodwin-Bradley’s support from the Manufacturing Innovation Challenge – part of a $2.9 Million Federal Grant supporting manufacturing innovation in RI November 14, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and RI Governor Gina...
2nd Round of Applications Open for Manufacturing Innovation Challenge
November 2, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, announces today the second round of applications are open for the Manufacturing Innovation Challenge, a competitive...
Bullish on Rhody innovation
In August, Scott Jensen, director of the R.I. Department of Labor & Training, called manufacturing a “bright spot” in the state economy. Jensen and Donna Murray, Rhode Island’s chief labor statistician, noted that 42,300 manufacturing jobs in July were the most in...
Manufacturing: It’s Unbelievably Exciting and Nothing Like the Past
By Carroll Thomas, Director of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership The revolution will not be televised—but it will be digitized! Taken from a famous poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron first recorded in 1970, this was a popular slogan in the African-American...
SENEDIA IT/Cybersecurity Internship Program
Exciting Opportunity from our friends at SENEDIA: SENEDIA is continuing to offer an exciting opportunity for Rhode Island college and university students and companies alike: an IT /Cybersecurity Internship Program to provide experiential learning opportunities for...
The Real Impact of Manufacturing Day
That time of year when area manufacturers open their doors to the young and old alike to expose them the great things that the industry is doing in our state is coming up soon. It’s Manufacturing Day, which officially occurs on the first Friday in October (Oct 7,...
Manufacturing as a Vacation Destination
By Mark Schmit, NIST MEP National Accounts Manager Summer is a great time to catch up on reading. I suppose that’s why there’s such a thing as summer reading; it starts in grade school and extends a lifetime (or so goes the theory). My initial attempt at summer...
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