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A Story of Student-Run Manufacturing Enterprises

National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) provides students, parents and communities a glimpse of modern manufacturing. It’s held on the first Friday of October and has grown exponentially since starting back in 2012. Now it’s recognized during the entire month of October with manufacturing companies, schools and organizations planning activities, tours, seminars, class presentations, networking and social media campaigns to create awareness around manufacturing. While October may be over, the spirit of MFG Day continues in northern Pennsylvania with collaborative community efforts known as student

See Yourself in Cyber

Your company is too small to be targeted for a cyberattack, right? That’s what Cincinnati Crane and Hoist (CCH) thought too. Like many small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs), it was busy with other things in its business and didn’t see itself as worthy of a cybercriminal’s time. The company thought it was too small to attract that kind of attention. Wrong. CCH learned the hard way – it suffered a cyberattack that forced it to lay off employees. Between its customers and suppliers, this single breach affected at least 100 other companies. When the spear phishing attack happened, CCH

Manufacturers – Stop Pushing the “Easy Button” on Your Workforce

I get it, we all love the “easy” button. Whether it’s ordering groceries for delivery today, household items for delivery tomorrow, or a ride to the airport via a tap on your phone, we’ve gotten used to convenience and simplicity when it comes to solving problems. Which is why solving the manufacturing workforce crisis has been so hard: No same-day delivery, e-commerce platform, or ridesharing app alone can help us recruit and retain the two million manufacturing workers we need. Long-term fixes require systemic changes that I’ve written about on this blog before. But within companies today

The MEP National Network Responds to Urgent Need for Medical Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Ian

FloridaMakes, part of the MEP National NetworkTM, received an urgent request in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept. 28, 2022. The storm destroyed buildings and roads, and left many people without power and water. The call to FloridaMakes came from CDR Maguire, a company that provides disaster health and medical services. They needed help locating defibrillators and related accessories, some likely hard to source, as they set up field hospitals in southwest Florida. The request was urgent – the items were needed within 48 hours to help evacuees

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Richmond-Petersburg Region, Collaborating as the Alliance for Building Better Medicine, Secures $111 Million Over Three Months for U.S. Based Manufacturing of Essential Medicine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Activation CapitalSara Maddox, Email: sara@activation.capital 804-873-5447 Alliance for Building Better MedicineLeslie Strickler, Email: leslies@etrecommunications.com 804-240-0807 Paul Spicer, Email: pauls@etrecommunications.com 804-503-9231 Richmond/Petersburg, VA, September 09, 2022 – Alliance for Building Better Medicine, a coalition of public and private sector stakeholders in the Richmond-Petersburg region, and Governor Glenn Youngkin…