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August 28, 2026

Kadant Solutions Celebrates 6S Success!

Kadant Solutions Division is part of Kadant Inc., a global leader in technology and engineered systems. The Auburn, MA division develops, manufactures, and markets a broad variety of systems used for cleaning, filtration, doctoring, and forming, along with related consumables for these processes. Industries worldwide rely on Kadant’s systems and […]

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August 27, 2026

MassMEP Welcomes Peter Letendre and Julie Diop to Board of Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUBURN, MA — August 27, 2026— MassMEP, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, announces the appointment of Peter Letendre of Cartamundi and Julie Diop of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to its Board of Directors. Peter Letendre, Director, North America ELM Operations, Cartamundi C&BG Peter Letendre serves […]

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August 17, 2026

What Smart Manufacturing Looks Like Today

Manufacturing has always evolved. New equipment changes how products are made. New technology changes how information moves. New customer expectations change how manufacturers compete. Today, those changes are happening faster. Artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, connected equipment, sensors, digital twins, advanced materials, additive manufacturing, and data analytics are moving from research […]

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August 17, 2026

AI Doesn’t Need More Instruction Followers, It Needs More Problem Solvers

Recently, Seth Godin shared an insightful perspective in his blog, “The Lego Problem, Revisited,” that offers an interesting way to think about the future of work. For decades, LEGO bricks represented creativity. A box of pieces could become anything a child’s imagination could design. As Godin points out, LEGO later […]

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July 28, 2026

Building a Stronger Defense Supply Chain Starts Locally

A Message From MassMEP’s President Massachusetts has always been a leader in innovation and manufacturing. Today, it is also one of the nation’s most important defense states. The recently released Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange and Leadership in Defense (SHIELD) Report highlights the tremendous opportunity—and responsibility—for Massachusetts manufacturers to strengthen […]

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July 28, 2026

Rypos Filters Out Waste in Their Operations

For over 25 years, Rypos has continued to innovate and adapt its unique self-cleaning particulate filter technology, which eliminates up to 95% of black carbon typically released into the environment by diesel engines. The manufacturing and technology company builds DPF (Diesel Particulate Filters), which are electrically activated emission control systems that capture […]

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July 27, 2026

CMMC Phase II Is Suspended. Your Cybersecurity Obligations Are Not.

By Hayley Steele, Associate Director of Market Intelligence & Strategic Programming, MassMEP On July 13, 2026, the Department of Defense announced the immediate suspension of CMMC Phase II requirements, which had been scheduled to take effect November 10, 2026. For manufacturers who have been working toward certification, the phones started […]

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June 24, 2026

The Innovation Moment in Manufacturing Is Here. Are You Ready?

By Matt Healy, Director of Emerging Technologies, MassMEP If you’ve been watching the manufacturing landscape over the past few years, you know that the pace of change has accelerated dramatically. New technologies that once felt distant are showing up on shop floors today. And the manufacturers who are paying attention […]

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June 24, 2026

American Surgical Company Improves Operations

For over thirty-five years, top hospitals and physicians from around the world have trusted American Surgical Company®(ASC) to develop and provide innovative, single-use tools surgeons need “to help their patients get better.” In fact, their products are used every 3.3 seconds by medical professionals in over seventy countries across six contents and have earned the company a 98% customer retention rate. Proudly ASC’s […]

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June 22, 2026

Massachusetts has been an innovator for 250 years

We are where the ideas turn to production that changed the world. A message from the president On July 4, America will celebrate 250 years of freedom and independence. The story is often told through the lens debate, shouting and ultimately the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence […]

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