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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

  • On August 4, 2020
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Applications and Benefits in the Manufacturing Workplace By Lisa Derby Oden In today’s global community it is not unusual for a company to have employees who have limited English language skills. Manufacturers can increase worker safety, improve customer service and productivity, increase team effectiveness, create pathways for promotion […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Hayley Steele

  • On August 3, 2020
By Lisa Derby Oden Hayley Steele is the Marketing Coordinator at MassMEP. Her primary focus it to conduct marketing outreach through digital marketing. Her work includes creating email blasts, coordinating social media, producing podcasts and videos, graphic design work, and according to Hayley “other creative stuff” as needed. With over 20 years in marketing and […]
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M-ERT Launches Manufacturers Portal for Purchasing PPE and Hygienic Supplies

  • On July 30, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: – Kristy Grignon, kristyg@massmep.org – Shari Worthington, sharilee@telesian.com M-ERT Launches Manufacturers Portal for Purchasing PPE and Hygienic Supplies July 29, 2020 – Auburn, MA – The Manufacturing Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) has launched a Reopening Supply Vendors and Manufacturers Portal as part of the workplace reopening plan for […]
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Speakable Adjustable Mask Wins Lever Pitch Challenge

  • On July 29, 2020
Housing and Economic Development Secretary Michael Kennealy congratulates Bethany Salvon and Randy Kalp on the COVID-19 Intrapreneur Challenge. PreviousNext Speakable Adjustable Mask Wins Lever Pitch Challenge By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff 02:03AM / Saturday, July 25, 2020Print Story | Email Story Lever director Jeffrey Thomas, left, speaking during the virtual pitch competition with Economic Development Secretary Michael Keannely. […]
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Brownmed launches temporary manufacturing site in Central Massachusetts

  • On July 28, 2020
Site will focus solely on Personal Protective Equipment and provide paid summer internships for Worcester high school students. WORCESTER, MA, UNITED STATES, July 23, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Today, Brownmed announced the successful launch of a temporary production worksite to produce lifesaving PPE to protect health care workers and others from the spread of COVID-19. The launch of the site […]
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Shout Out 2.0 Goes to Web Industries

  • On July 13, 2020
MassMEP’s Lisa Oden speaks with Kevin Young, Vice President of Corporate Development at Web Industries. Thumbs-up go to Web Industries, a 100% employee-owned company headquartered in Marlborough, MA. Web Industries is a precision converting and outsource manufacturing company that serves aerospace, medical, personal & home care, and industrial markets in MA, across the US and […]
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Shout Out from a Social Distance to Universal Plastics

  • On July 8, 2020
Shout Out from a Social Distance to Universal Plastics by Lisa Derby Oden, Project Development Coordinator, MassMEP Universal Plastics is a custom plastic products manufacturer with expertise in a range of processes, including custom thermoforming, injection molding, and custom blow molding for the medical, aerospace, transportation, and general industrial markets. Starting in 2020, Mayfield Plastics, […]
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Deliver Perfect Parts Faster with Patented Modular Laser Marking Fixturing!

  • On July 8, 2020
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Allan DeLisle Technical Sales Coordinator Phillips Precision, Inc. Adelisle@phillips-precision.com www.phillips-precision.com 1.508.869.0373 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deliver Perfect Parts Faster with Patented Modular Laser Marking Fixturing! June 2020, Phillips Precision, Inc. of Boylston, MA produces the only modular, ready-made fixturing for laser processes. Laser marking and welding technicians can now build palletized modular fixtures, that can be easily removed from the machine and then precisely reinstalled with the click of a...
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Shout Out Goes to Baril Corporation

  • On June 25, 2020
by Lisa Derby Oden, Project Development Coordinator, MassMEP Baril Corporation and ViruDefense, Inc. were working on another project together when Pieter Muntendam, MD, Founder of ViruDefense, told Daniel Baril, CEO of Baril Corporation, that he believed the U.S. was headed for a pandemic. That was in early February, and that put these two companies ahead of the […]
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Shout Out 2.0 Goes to Merrow Manufacturing

  • On June 15, 2020
Shout Out 2.0 Goes to Merrow Manufacturing By Lisa Derby Oden, Project Development Coordinator, MassMEP   Our gratitude goes to Merrow Manufacturing, headquartered in Fall River, MA. Get to know Merrow Manufacturing LLC you will discover that they are a diverse manufacturing organization that has been part of the New England landscape for 180 years. […]
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