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Bridging the Warehouse Labor Gap Materials Handling & Logistics’ article “Bridging the Warehouse Labor Gap: Untapped Talent and Smarter Strategies” argues that warehouses can’t solve their chronic labor shortages with traditional recruiting alone and need to tap...
Polaris MEP Releases 2025 State of Manufacturing Report for Rhode Island Polaris MEP is proud to announce the release of the 2025 State of Manufacturing Rhode Island Report, a comprehensive look at the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping one of the Ocean...
Ascendium Education Group Awards $2.45 Million Grant to Polaris MEP to Expand Equitable Career Pathways in Advanced Manufacturing Ascendium Education Group has awarded $2,455,100 to Polaris MEP to expand equitable career pathways into advanced manufacturing for...
Ocean Tech WorksEconomic Development AdministrationGood Jobs Award Request for Proposals: Job Training & Support Services, Spring Issued by: Polaris MEP / University of Rhode Island Research FoundationFunded by: Ocean Tech Works – EDA Good Jobs AwardProposal...
PBN explores the benefit of Manufacturing Day 2025 for manufacturing leaders. Polaris MEP thanks PBN author Jacquelyn Voghel for attending RI's Future in the Making sponsored by General Dynamics Electric Boat, Nautilus Defense, New England Institute of Technology...
Students rotated through hands-on activity stations. PROVIDENCE, RI — Despite the gloomy weather, Rhode Island's next generation of makers gathered at Farm Fresh Rhode Island on October 8th for the fourth annual Manufacturing Day Career Exploration Experience, hosted...
Nordson EFD Completes Eighth Job Shadowing Program with Polaris MEP EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – Nordson EFD, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN), announced today it has completed its eighth year of support for the "Fast Track to Advanced Manufacturing" job shadowing program....
MFGDay24 - An Engaging Manufacturing Career Experience! With help from dozens of Rhode Island's leading manufacturers, Polaris MEP introduced more than 350 high schoolers to the possibilities of careers in industry on October 9, 2024 -- Rhode Island's official...
By Mayra S. Ramirez, Workforce Programs Project Manager, CIRAS (Iowa MEP) Polaris MEP is the Rhode Island Center for the MEP National NetworkTM, whose mission it is to strengthen and empower small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in the United States....