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Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services

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Manufacturing Extension Network Now Offering Services In All 50 States, Puerto Rico

September 5, 1996

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced 18 awards for new or expanded manufacturing extension programs as part...

Nine Companies Selected For Baldrige Quality Award Site Visits

August 26, 1996

Teams of quality experts will visit nine companies starting Sept. 2, 1996, as part of the application process for the 1996 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...

NIST To Fund Miami Valley Manufacturing Extension Center

August 22, 1996

The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $850,000 in funding for...

NIST To Fund Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center

August 1, 1996

The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $2 million in funding for...

NIST To Fund Connecticut Manufacturing Extension Center

August 1, 1996

The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $1.4 million in funding...

NIST To Fund Chicago Manufacturing Center

August 1, 1996

The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $3.5 million in funding...

Quality Experts Needed For 1997 Baldrige Award

July 26, 1996

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking leading business, education, health care and quality experts to serve on the...

NIST To Fund Southwestern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center

June 26, 1996

Washington—The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $1.6 million in...

Three States Receive Grants as Step to Build Manufacturing Extension Programs

June 25, 1996

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced four cost-shared grants to build manufacturing assistance and...

NIST To Fund Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance

June 14, 1996

Washington—The Clinton Administration today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide $3.8 million in...

NIST Seeks Proposals For New Manufacturing Extension Centers

May 6, 1996

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology announced in today's Federal Register that it is inviting not-for-profit organizations...

29 U.S. Businesses Try for the Nation's Top Award for Business Excellence, Quality Achievement

April 26, 1996

Twenty-nine U.S. companies, including 13 large manufacturers, six service companies and 10 small businesses, have submitted applications for the 1996 Malcolm...

Manufacturing Assistance Now Just a Phone Call or Click Away

April 22, 1996

Whether it's dialing an easy-to-remember telephone number or clicking a mouse to surf the Internet, small and medium-sized manufacturers looking for assistance...

Brandt Named to Quality Award Board of Overseers

April 22, 1996

William K. Brandt, managing partner of Impact Planning Group, Greenwich, Conn., and an adjunct professor of marketing at Columbia University, has been appointed...

Sixteen Awards Will Help MEP Centers Nationwide Improve Services To Smaller Manufacturers

April 17, 1996

Sixteen awards announced today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will help build the core capabilities of centers...

Four Pilot Projects To Help Smaller Manufacturers Identify Innovative Financing, Credit Options

February 13, 1996

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is funding four pilot projects to help smaller manufacturers better understand...

NIST Announces 17 Projects to Support Environmental Assistance to Smaller Manufacturers

October 31, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced 17 projects to receive cost-shared funding to help the nation's smaller...

Commerce's NIST Announces 18 Awards to Help Smaller Manufacturers Improve Competitiveness

October 23, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced 18 awards for new manufacturing extension programs as part of its...

Two Manufacturers Win 1995 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

October 16, 1995

President Clinton and Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown announced today Armstrong World Industries' Building Products Operation (Lancaster, Pa.) and Corning...

Commerce's NIST Announces Closing of MEP Affiliate in Washington State

September 13, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and its state partner in Washington have agreed to close the Washington Alliance for...

Thirteen Applicants for Baldrige Quality Award Selected for Site Visits

August 21, 1995

Teams of quality experts will visit 13 companies starting Sept. 4 as part of the application process for the 1995 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a...

Quality Experts Needed for 1996 Baldrige Award Board of Examiners

August 7, 1995

The Commerce Department s National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking quality experts from all sectors of American business, as well as from non...

Smaller Massachusetts Manufacturers to Get Help in Becoming 'Environmentally Competitive'

July 17, 1995

The Commerce Department s National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced that small and medium-sized Massachusetts manufacturers will get help...

NIST Seeks Proposals For New Manufacturing Extension Centers

June 8, 1995

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting not-for-profit organizations to submit proposals for new manufacturing...

Statement by Commerce Secretary Brown: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Highlights the Success of Public-Private Partnerships

June 8, 1995

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today's announcement of the competition for new centers in the Manufacturing Extension Partnership network is the beginning of a process that...

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