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MEP Success Stories from Iowa

New Normal: Dickson Industries Growing with Gowns

Reported Year
2021
Dickson Industries made its name making medical fabrics and garments before venturing into various lines of food-industry clothing and pre-consumer products, such as specialized netting used to enhance the flavor of meat during smoking. When the coronavirus decimated demand for food-industry products, Dickson officials realized that they were

Capstone Helps Life Line Open New Door

Reported Year
2020
To help Life Line grow, Folience reached out to CIRAS, part of the MEP National Network™, and Iowa State University for assistance. Specifically, the company needed assistance in designing an ambulance with a motorized sliding side door— a new feature that’s expected to make it safer and more convenient for emergency medical crews to operate in

Pandemic Prompts Collaborative Response from Iowa Manufacturers

Reported Year
2020
Through the initial outbreak of COVID-19 CIRAS focused largely on removing obstacles preventing manufacturers from addressing Iowa’s PPE crisis. CIRAS, part of the MEP National Network™, worked with The Dimensional Group to identify tooling needs and locate raw materials so that they could rapidly start producing plastic face shields that would
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