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MEP Success Stories from New York

MTEC Assists GTI with Expansion into International Markets

Reported Year
2021
GTI is expanding their market internationally. In doing so, they have become subject to worldwide enhanced certification standards that have tightened in recent years. GTI was left with printed circuit boards (PCBs) that could not be distributed in international markets as they did not comply with CE requirements which are the standards for

Growth and Lean Project make positive impact at Grand Slam Safety

Reported Year
2021
Grand Slam wanted a measurable standard to prove that their products did improve safety and to build a culture around safety standards at every sports facility. The company believes an ASTM standard around these products will position them to become industry leaders. ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and

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

Manufacturing Efficiency & Flow Improvement

Reported Year
2021
The changeover process on Raymond Hadley Corp.'s main production line was leading to capacity constraints due to long clean times in addition to required re-cleans. Additionally, they were experiencing long retrieval times in the warehouse for material handling and retrieval, which resulted in inefficiencies with material handling and storage. 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

XTO Inc. Achieves Success with NIST 800-171 Cyber Security Remediation Assistance

Reported Year
2020
As XTO, Inc. continues to serve an expansive portfolio of customers, it became more and more important for them to be able to ensure all of their, as well as their customers’ proprietary information is kept protected. As the world of technology continues to evolve, so does the need to maintain secure systems and processes for the safety of your

Prixel Press Leverages TVCOG & CEG for Prototyping & Commercialization

Reported Year
2022
Brandon Gamm wanted to move beyond the prototyping stage to a mass-manufactured product. For help Gamm turned to the Center for Economic Growth (CEG), part of the New York MEP and the MEP National Network™, and Tech Valley Center of Gravity (TVCOG), a maker space in Troy.

Automated Inventory Management With Barcode Scanning

Reported Year
2020
RMC needed to automate its supply chain management process to maintain its well-established customer service reputation. Continuing to use a manual process despite an increase in workload would likely have led to more issues with data entry, inventory counts, shipping, tracking, and valuable time lost in finding and fixing errors.

How Value Stream Mapping Helped REELEX Tackle Its Future Growth

Reported Year
2022
REELEX Packaging Solutions Inc. found itself on an upward trajectory in spring of 2021 due to an increase in demand for the patented REELEX machines. Leadership determined that the best course of action to manage this growth would be to utilize the benefits of value stream mapping to guide effective practices and processes for future demand, market