Year: 2026

We’ve reached the final installment of our Made in Massachusetts series, and we’re closing with six MassMEP members whose work reaches industries across the country and around the world.  This group brings together medical technology, specialty papers, advanced composites, precision manufacturing, and equipment that supports other manufacturers.  Small Parts, Important […]

Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast has been featured in news stories, by healthcare organizations and through professional associations across the United States to help raise awareness of milk banking and the life changing impact donor milk can make for babies and their families. In fact, 2026 marks the nonprofit’s twentieth year […]

What do hand dryers, miniature displays, measuring tools, medical components, and promotional products have in common? They all connect to Massachusetts manufacturing. In Part 4 of our Made in Massachusetts series, we’re highlighting five more MassMEP members and the products and services they provide. From East Longmeadow to Restrooms Around […]

We’re introducing five more MassMEP members whose products and capabilities show the variety of manufacturing happening across Massachusetts. So far, we’ve featured everything from food products and playing cards to precision components, cargo parachutes, and architectural woodwork. In Part 3, we’re taking a closer look at packaging, gummy manufacturing, locks […]

By Kathie Mahoney, MassMEP President Change starts on the factory floor. America’s defense-tech renaissance is real, and its success now depends on manufacturers like the ones we serve across Massachusetts. A recent essay from Andreessen Horowitz, The Case for the American Manufacturing Asset Class, makes the point plainly: venture capital […]

Manufacturing Month continues, and so does our look at the MassMEP members making products across Massachusetts. In Part 1 of our Made in Massachusetts series, we highlighted products found in grocery stores, restaurant kitchens, game rooms, machinery, and industrial systems. This time, we’re introducing five more MassMEP members and a […]

By Kathie Mahoney, MassMEP President October is Manufacturing Month. It is a time to recognize the people, companies, innovation, and communities that make manufacturing such an important part of the Massachusetts economy. Manufacturing in Massachusetts is much more than what happens on a production floor. It is the connection between […]

October brings Manufacturing Month, an opportunity to recognize the companies, people, and products that make up manufacturing across Massachusetts. Throughout the month, MassMEP is highlighting our members and the wide range of products they manufacture. In this five-part series, we’ll take a closer look at what they make across the […]

MassMEP is pleased to announce that Kathie Mahoney, President, has been appointed to the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) statewide Advisory Council, a newly established group of business, government, economic development, and community leaders helping guide the future of small business support across the Commonwealth. The Advisory Council was […]

The name Six Sigma sounds a bit Greek to me; something scholarly or scientific. When you include the word Lean it implies that it could also help get rid of the excess. Lean Six Sigma is actually a problem-solving methodology focused on Lean continuous improvement concepts of eliminating waste and […]