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MEP Success Stories from Florida

Anchoring a Brighter Future for Small Manufacturing

Reported Year
2025
Fortress Marine Anchors is a small manufacturer with 14 employees. The company aims to grow by 50% over the next three years, driven by industry demand, but faces challenges in meeting this growth due to operational constraints and the need to find new markets to promote and sell their products. The management team at Fortress Marine Anchors

From Shark Tank Spotlight to Sustainable Success: R.Riveter's Manufacturing Transformation

Reported Year
2025
Following their successful Shark Tank appearance, R.Riveter experienced unprecedented growth that revealed operational weaknesses. The company faced issues with inefficient inventory management in an oversized 11,000-square-foot warehouse, unsustainable gross margins of 37%, resource-heavy purchasing processes, and operational distractions that

Automation Leads to Increased Efficiencies and Sales

Reported Year
2024
A-1 Industries has been seeing year-over-year growth, leading to increasing its market share for their products and services. The company faces challenges with the rising cost of raw materials, offsetting these rising costs through more efficient and safe operations, and finding and securing qualified people to employ. The management team at A-1

ISO Certification Keeps Company in the Supply Chain and Leads to Immediate Increased Sales

Reported Year
2024
Eagle Quality Components needed to obtain their ISO 9001:2015 certification in order to maintain a contract. Acquiring their quality certification would equate to a significant increase in company revenue. The addition of the certification would also lead to increasing their customer base. The certification is a highly sought after qualifier for

Awards Assessment Leads to Increased Sales and Jobs

Reported Year
2023
Amerikooler has been seeing year-over-year growth, leading to increased market share for their products. The company faces challenges with the rising cost of raw materials and some supply chain disruption. The management team at Amerikooler reached out to the South Florida Manufacturers Association (SFMA), part of the FloridaMakes Network and the

A Clean Shop Grows Customers

Reported Year
2023
In order to sustain and grow the business in a highly competitive market space, Sam realized that his company needed to do more than just produce high-quality precision parts. They would also have to offer shorter lead times at a comparable or lower price than the competition. Sam soon discovered that having a clean and organized shop had become an

Assessment Opens New Markets

Reported Year
2022
FloridaMakes, part of the MEP National Network™, performed an enterprise performance assessment at JETechnology Solutions, Inc., in 2021. The assessment discovered that most of the company’s customer base was in the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain. If there were ever a disruption in the DOD supply chain, it would have a huge impact on the

Skills Training for New Supervisors Leads to Growth and Improved Employee Morale

Reported Year
2022
Terumo Aortic has seen significant growth in their business, which has led to the expansion of operations and employment levels. This prompted the company to promote employees into supervisory positions. Terumo recognized the need to train the new supervisors on what it means to be a leader in the organization. Terumo subsequently reached out to

CMMC Assessment Helps Save Jobs and Sales

Reported Year
2021
Since some of Veethree’s products are sold to DOD contractors, the company wanted to improve its cyber environment to protect client and company information, and position itself to retain and grow sales, as well as assure customer confidence and satisfaction. Veethree had reason for concern-- the company had received letters from at least one of
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