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MEP Success Stories from New York

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.

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

Taking Action Against Productivity Losses

Reported Year
2022
Pladis Global’s Horseheads, NY plant requested assistance from AMT, part of the New York MEP and the MEP National Network™, with a project to increase the OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) on one of their packaging lines. The OEE prior to the project was 20-30% and the goal was to achieve greater than 60% OEE.

Innovative EDM Machine Made in the USA

Reported Year
2021
EDM machining surpasses the limits of traditional machining with the ability to drill, etch, and cut more complex jobs with precision accuracy using any conductive material. New and existing customers - especially from traditional machine shops - need support choosing, installing, configuring, and deploying advanced machines. Titan recognized that

Quality Management System Implementation and Certification for Start-Up Company

Reported Year
2021
The owners have extensive experience working in the aerospace industry and recognized they needed to achieve AS 9100 certification in order to increase sales in this market. As a start-up, however, they faced a challenge that they had little to no document structure or established processes to build upon.

PVA Achieves Rapid Growth and Manages its Stresses with CEG’s Help

Reported Year
2021
In 2019, PVA was poised to increase its annual sales revenues by more than 40 percent after working with the Center for Economic Growth (CEG), part of the New York MEP and the MEP National Network™, on several initiatives. These initiatives, coupled with a lean kaizen training, set PVA on a course for rapid growth. That resulted in stress and

Leadership Training Launches Big Impacts

Reported Year
2021
Hi-Lite has relied on the MEP National Network™ for many years. With rapid growth and multiple locations it is challenging to ensure that a company is always offering consistent quality and service to clients. A 2019 leadership workshop identified the need for a consistent method to develop, establish, and maintain process improvement around

Facility Layout & Plant Expansion

Reported Year
2021
The company’s 20%+ annual growth in recent years, primarily in their large automated cutting tables, has put stress on workflow, storage, product demonstration and verification capabilities. Currently, these large cutting tables are assembled in large sub-assemblies: table frame, gantry and electronics. The sub-assemblies are manufactured in

Re-establishing an AS9100 Quality Management System

Reported Year
2021
NSM was previously certified to the AS 9100 standard but allowed their certification to lapse in 2012 when none of their customers required it. Management had a high level of confidence they could maintain the controls and discipline the quality system required without the need for a third party certification audit. The acquisition of a new product
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