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MEP Success Stories from Massachusetts

Tegra Medical Invests in an In-House Apprenticeship Model

Reported Year
2024
Tegra Medical needed to accelerate skill development for current and new employees. Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Apprentice Administrator Ken Nadeau identified the importance of equipping staff with essential manufacturing skills and established an apprenticeship program within the company. He, along with staff in Operations, collaborated with

Mastering Efficiency: How Cartamundi Turned Process Challenges into Significant Savings

Reported Year
2024
Cartamundi faced challenges with inefficiencies on one of its high-volume production lines. Recognizing the need for enhanced process control and employee development, the leadership team engaged MassMEP, part of the MEP National Network™, to explore strategies for process improvement and waste reduction. Cartamundi's Director of Operations Peter

Training Grant Leads to Improved Productivity

Reported Year
2024
Mide was working with MassMEP, part of the MEP National Network™, and one of their training providers dealing with business management, strategic planning, and identifying target markets that was proving to be very productive. Mide expanded the conversation with the training provider and worked with MassMEP to develop a workforce training grant to

AS9100D Provides Backdrop for New Product Line

Reported Year
2024
Aimtek has had AS9100 in place since 2003. It had become dated and wasn’t as applicable to current operations as it had been originally structured. More importantly, Aimtek wanted to add the design aspect to the scope of their registration because they had new products and innovations that they wanted to have a system in place for. All in all

Networking Leads to Strategic Business Development and Workforce Training Success

Reported Year
2024
After many years of growth CPG realized that its traditional structure was no longer adequate for sustained success. The principals at CPG realized that an independent review of corporate structure and assistance in defining a future strategy would be highly beneficial. CPG contacted MassMEP, part of the MEP National Network™, for help and a fresh

Wholistic Company Impacts Achieved through Front Line Supervisor Apprenticeship

Reported Year
2023
As a young company, Markforged is still developing their formal training program. With the company having just grown to three shifts, there were also several new leads that were new to that role. A director at that time knew of MassMEP, part of the MEP National Network™; he contacted MassMEP and learned about the Front Line Supervisor

Lean Innovation Program Increases Efficiencies and Employee Engagement

Reported Year
2023
An Ohio awning company recommended MassMEP, also part of the MEP National Network™, to Atlantic Awning, based on that company's experience with Ohio MEP, also part of the MEP National Network™. Atlantic Awning contacted MassMEP and President Cheryl Yennaco happily agreed to accept MassMEP’s assistance implementing the solutions recommended by

Swissturn USA Success Story

Reported Year
2022
Swissturn had a few employees in supervisory roles who had never had any formalized supervisory training and those employees found the day-to-day managing of people and operations extremely challenging. When supervisors do not have the confidence that they need to deal with situations due to a lack of training, they may ignore the situation and

Small Company Reaps Big Rewards with Marketing & Sales Training

Reported Year
2021
TrueBounce President Wayne Newton was running like crazy -- on the floor, off the floor, in front of the books, out of the books, in shipping, in receiving. The company had five full-time and two part-time employees but Newton was still trying to cover too many parts of the business, leaving a strategic plan unimplemented and marketing efforts with

Solid Foundation for Growth Built with ISO 9001 and Maintenance Excellence Training

Reported Year
2022
Semper Offshore sought out assistance from MassMEP, part of the MEP National Network™, to assist them in a growth strategy that would allow the company to remain competitive in the developing offshore energy field. As a result, MassMEP recommended implementing ISO 9001 and a maintenance excellence training program for Semper’s support vessel fleet
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