New Program Lifts Off with a State-Funded Mission to Generate Top Line Growth and Jobs Providence, R.I. – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the URI Research Foundation, is announcing its latest move to lift Rhode Island’s manufacturers...
Manufacturing has taken a positive turn with signals that orders and production are poised to continue the trend upward. Small and large companies are ramping up hiring, training and operations activity, while support from the new state administration has also been...
Polaris MEP Center Director Christian Cowan had an opportunity to discuss Rhode Island manufacturing during a the Business Lunch segment of the NBC 10 WJAR noon news broadcast with anchor Frank Coletta.The two discussed the Polaris MEP program offering, the upcoming...
House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, D-Cranston, told 450 people at the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association annual meeting on Wednesday that a requested $750,000 appropriation for the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership is “probably more likely to occur” in...
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 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...
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....
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,...
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...