“Quick—think of an industry that holds up a huge piece of the state’s economy, innovates constantly and offers rewarding jobs.” (“On a Mission to Save Manufacturing,” Worcester Business Journal, January 18, 2010.)
Jack Healy, of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Manufacturing Advancement Center, has been named the Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year by the Worcester Business Journal.
In addition to naming him the Nonprofit Business Leader of the Year, the January 18, 2010 edition of the Worcester Business Journal also features Jack Healy in an article, On a Mission to Save Manufacturing, that discusses some of the work Jack has done over many years to change people’s perceptions and breathe life back into an industry that many believe is failing.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Manufacturing in MA · career awareness
Tagged: Jack Healy, MassMAC, MassMEP, Worcester Business Journal
Component Sources International (CSI) in Westborough makes extremely small component parts, the largest of which is 1.25″. Yes, you read that correctly, 1 1/4 inches is the largest part they make!
The Worcester Business Journal’s Industrial Strength featured CSI in a recent column. Read it for more information about the company. Note that there is also a video at the bottom of the article, so you may get an idea of the size and type of parts the company makes.
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts
Tagged: Component Sources International, Industrial Strength, Worcester Business Journal
The November issue of the MAC Action Newsline is available online. (more…)
Categories: Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Manufacturing in MA
Tagged: MAC Action Newsline
Watch Mass-TEC’s Today’s Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts on Charter TV3, Charter TV790, and Shrewsbury Cable Channel 15. (more…)
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Quinsigamond Community College · career awareness · education awareness
Tagged: Charter TV, COWC, Mass-TEC TV, Nypro
Micro Tech Manufacturing, of Worcester, appears in recent Industrial Strength column in the Worcester Business Journal. Micro Tech Mfg is in the rechargeable (lithium polymer) battery business. For more details about the company, visit their website and the article on Worcester Business Journal, which also features a video.
Categories: Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Manufacturing in MA
Tagged: Micro Tech Mfg
A company from Sterling — Sterling Surfaces – appeared in the Industrial Strength column of the Worcester Business Journal.
Here’s an excerpt:
For many years, DuPont Corian has become a very popular material for countertops and tabletops. I didn’t know until visiting Sterling Surfaces that it was a plastic material that can be heated up and molded into almost any shape imaginable.
You wouldn’t expect that the guys inside the unassuming building on a quiet stretch of road not far from Interstate 190 in Sterling are manufacturing some truly far-out stuff, but they are.
Read the full article online: “Seamless execution in Sterling.”
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts
Tagged: Corian, Sterling Surfaces
Per an article on Telegram.com, Nypro will be investing in Morgan Solar, a solar-energy startup company in Canada. Nypro will also manufacture and assemble components to be used by Morgan Solar.
For more information, view the full article: “Nypro invests in solar endeavor.”
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts
Tagged: Nypro, Telegram.com
A Central Massachusetts manufacturer is featured in today’s Telegram. The company — Warren Pumps – will receive $1.5 million in defense department funding to “develop an advanced fuel filtration system for use on naval vessels.”
The complete article can be found online: http://www.telegram.com/article/20091007/NEWS/910070351/1116
The company website is here: http://www.warrenpumps.com/
Categories: Advanced Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts
Tagged: Warren Pumps LLC, Telegram
Quinsigamond Community College’s Mass-TEC project appeared in the Worcester Business Journal’s special edition on Business Profiles 2009. The complete article can be found on the WBJ site: http://www.wbjournal.com/files/2009/biz_profiles/bizprofiles_09_qcc.pdf
A list of the other organizations also appearing in the Business Profiles 2009 section can be found here: http://www.wbjournal.com/biz_profiles_2009/business_profiles_2009.html
Categories: General Info · Manufacturing · Manufacturing in Central Massachusetts · Project Update · career awareness · education awareness
