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MEP Success Stories from New York

Free Form Fibers Moves to Commercialization with CEG’s guidance

Reported Year
2021
In early 2020, FFF began taking steps to scale up production of its high-performance ceramic fibers. “We needed to make the big step to go from R&D scale to manufacturing scale,” said FFF CEO Shay Harrison. To help FFF prepare Harrison called on the Center for Economic Growth’s (CEG) Business Growth Solutions (BGS) unit, part of the New York MEP

Oneida Air Systems Supports Growth with Toyota Kata and Lean Manufacturing

Reported Year
2021
OAS needed to establish operational excellence and rapid fulfillment as a new competitive advantage in the midst of numerous external obstacles. OAS’ research and development team regularly creates the most innovative solutions in the world, but their products were being copied by competition at a faster rate than they had ever seen before. At the

How Grit and Dedication Changed a Company’s Fortune in Two Months

Reported Year
2021
Mr. Reynaldo Zapata, Founder and CEO, wanted to secure a Department of Defense (DOD) contract because he felt it was crucial and urgent to keep his business going. Qualitech needed to be cyber secure for the DOD and Northrop Grumman and they needed to do it quickly. The cybersecurity team at the NYMEP Manufacturing and Technology Enterprise Center

Matching Grant Helps Increase Productivity and Create Growth In Sales

Reported Year
2021
The distribution of the product is required to be maintained at a minimal 39 degrees. The company needed the trucks to have refrigeration. The company also needed to purchase additional production equipment. They were making a large investment and qualified for a matching grant from MTRC, part of the New York MEP and the MEP National Network™, for

Facility Layout and Flow Improvement

Reported Year
2021
C&D Assembly, Inc. specializes in rapid-prototype and low to mid volume, high-mix contract manufacturing. The current layout constrained the process flow in the final steps in the production process leading to increased inventory (WIP) and excess handling (motion and movement). To remain competitive and accommodate increased volume, C&D requested

Quality Management System Implementation Boosts Productivity and Sales

Reported Year
2025
STI-CO has been ISO 9000 certified since 2006, but customer growth and a desire to support additional markets prompted them to seek AS9100D certification. An additional challenge was that the existing ISO 9000 certification would expire before sufficient time to implement and certify the new quality system.

Norwegian Bakes Boosts Online Sales with Redesigned Etsy Storefront

Reported Year
2025
Norwegian Baked uses traditional family recipes to bake crispbread (knekkebrød) in its Brooklyn bakery. The business has experienced solid growth with wholesale partners who resell the crispbread nationwide. Norwegian Baked is also seeing promising success on their Etsy storefront, with over 3,000 unique orders and rave reviews. Because these

Process Water Recycling System Implementation Provides Sustainable Benefits

Reported Year
2025
WSB was generating over 30,000 pounds of hazardous waste each year, costing tens of thousands of dollars annually. This amount classified the company as a Large Quantity Generator (LQG). Most of the hazardous waste was rinse water from various metal oxidation and coloring processes. WSB was seeking solutions to cut hazardous waste and reduce costs.

FuzeHub Helps Meyda Lighting Shine

Reported Year
2025
Meyda operates e-commerce websites that support online sales. The company wanted to improve its web presence and search engine optimization (SEO) to attract more visitors and, in turn, potential customers. Chester Cohen, Meyda Lighting Management Executive, learned about FuzeHub, which provides SEO services and is part of the New York MEP and the
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