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Ep. 83 “Our ‘IKEA’ Instruction Manual” – DIA Funding

  • On September 27, 2023

We sat down with Kristy Grignon, MassMEP and Darcy Cook, Safety Trainers to provide information to the funding that will be opening from the DIA, Department of Industrial Accidents. Safety Trainers is looking to help manufacturers start the application process for the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) Workplace Safety Grant that helps employers reduce the risk of injury and illness to workers and promote safe and healthy conditions in the workplace through training, education, and other preventative measures.

Massachusetts-based and operating employers may request up to $25,000 to administer workplace safety training. Please note the Workplace Safety Grant is a reimbursement program, and grant recipients will be reimbursed as agreed upon in approved contract documents.  Applications will be accepted starting Monday, October 2, 2023 through Monday, October 23, 2023. Learn more here about the application process.

Questions or wanting to get connected to Safety Trainers to get started, email us here!

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Ep. 82 The Recap

  • On September 22, 2023

Join us with Ellen Ellsworth, MassMEP Director of Innovative Growth Services, as we recap the who, what, and why from our Manufacturing Your Future Podcast series, Ep. 78, 79, & 80. We tie all three of the episodes together as we begin this journey with our Massachusetts Manufacturers in Smart Manufacturing. We also speak to some new opportunities that are coming from MassMEP for Additive Manufacturing.

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Ep. 81 Toasters & Babies, Oh My!

  • On August 24, 2023

For this fall episode we will run you through some important upcoming events for Massachusetts Manufacturers. Sit back with your PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) and enjoy the ride through the fall events with MassMEP and partners alike! Wait for it to hear how and why toasters and babies are spoken in the same sentence…makes as much sense as pumpkin spice lattes in August!

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Ep. 80 – Threat Actor

  • On July 18, 2023

The third episode of the Manufacturing Your Future Smart Manufacturing breakout room series with Synagex. We sit down and go through what they discussed in their breakout session at the event and the importance of cybersecurity in every process we all implement each day in life and business. Threat Actors are not actors, but real people looking to access your private information through technology.

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Ep. 79 Not all superheros wear capes!

  • On July 5, 2023

The episode is the second in the series as we recap from our Manufacturing Your Future Smart Manufacturing event in May. This time we sit down with Tom and Bonnie from FLEXcon reflecting on their breakout session. We hit the nail right on the head discussing the importance of building a foundation in continuous improvement to be successful with implementing Smart Manufacturing.

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Ep. 78 Goombas, where imagination collides with Additive Manufacturing

  • On June 7, 2023

Join us as we sit down with the one and only, Haden Quinlan, MIT’s APT Program Manager. He gives us the inside scoop on his Additive Manufacturing breakout session at the MassMEP Manufacturing Your Future Smart Manufacturing event and why he picked a Goomba as his favorite cartoon character.

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Ep. 77 The Birthday edition of Smart Manufacturing!!

  • On May 9, 2023

With only one week left until the event, we get into the weeds on the importance of attending Manufacturing Your Future Smart Manufacturing if you are a manufacturer in Massachusetts. The event will be held Friday, May 19, 2023 at Polar Park and will have all the ingredients that make a great recipe. Keynote speaker, Walker Reynolds, Breakout Sessions, Jack Healy Award Presentation, Tour of Solvus Global and capping the night off with networking on the Hanover Deck as we Grill and Chill with MassMEP. Listen now to hear all about it, oh, and a special someone’s birthday we will be celebrating in style that night!!

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Ep. 76 Let’s CONNEX Massachusetts Manufacturers!

  • On April 6, 2023

Are you hearing about CONNEX™ Massachusetts? If so, this episode Kristy Grignon, Senior Director of Business Development & Kim Ingalls, Director of Business Operations will explain it all. CONNEX™ Massachusetts is an online platform that connects all Massachusetts and U.S. manufacturers into a single, accurate, searchable supply-chain database. CONNEX™ Massachusetts connects small manufacturers and suppliers to large primes, OEM’s and other buyers based on data such as equipment, certifications, SBA designations, processes, capabilities and more.

Whether you’re a buyer or supplier, CONNEX™ Marketplace is your solution to find and be found! Thursday, April 13th, the virtual product launch, MassMEP, WPI, UMass Lowell, MIT, FORGE, MassRobotics, MassTech Collaborative, AIM & the BIC, known as the Massachusetts Manufacturing Ecosystem, are coming together to celebrate the kickoff for CONNEX™ Massachusetts.

If you are looking to upgrade your CONNEX™ Massachusetts account, to a national database subscription, CONNEX™ Marketplace it can be done! For a limited time only, through the MassMEP license, companies can upgrade for a free lifetime subscription with the code MAFree. Go to your account and click on “My Subscriptions”. Select to upgrade your account to CONNEX™ Marketplace and enter the promo code. Membership can be cancelled at any time.

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Ep. 75 Meet the New Guy

  • On March 22, 2023

It has been too long so we welcome 2023 with the MassMEP Manufacturing Podcast. We talk about a full lineup of events for Spring in March, April & May and a new starting player for the MassMEP team. Welcome, Kevin Tata, MassMEP Marketing Associate. Listen to this quick episode and be reminded on how much you have missed the podcast! Need coupon code? Use PODCASTEP75 IYKYK!

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Ep. 74 Jack Frost for New Years

  • On December 29, 2022

We celebrate the end of another great year to 2022 as we usher in the excitement for 2023. The gang is back for the NYE & New Year podcast for our third year with Kristy Grignon, Sales & Marketing Director and Matt Healy, MassMEP IT Manager as they help us ring in the new year! Happy New Years and here’s to a prosperous 2023!

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