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MEP Success Stories from Ohio

From Challenges to Cohesion: The DiSC Advantage for Napoleon Machine

Reported Year
2025
Napoleon Machine, like many companies in the manufacturing industry, faced significant challenges with employee development and retention. The company needed to understand how employees respond to challenges, influence and communicate with each other, and how they can best create a highly productive workplace culture and environment. By gaining

Team Building Enhances Productivity and Company Culture

Reported Year
2025
Over the past two years, Cérélia's Central Ohio production plant has seen significant growth. This expansion has led to promoting some employees to leadership roles and hiring new supervisors. Company leadership recognized that both new and existing leaders would greatly benefit from opportunities to develop skills that enhance their sense of

Overcoming Obstacles to Scaling a Process

Reported Year
2025
AIMM developed a process for their product but faced challenges when they tried to scale up. The process that worked on a small scale didn't work when scaled because the water vapor released would clog the lines. They realized that the more they tried to scale, the more problems they would encounter. If they wanted to scale to 50 times, they would

ARKU, Inc. Grows Its Business by Achieving CMMC Compliance

Reported Year
2025
To support manufacturers in the Defense Industrial Base and to bid on government contracts, ARKU, Inc. needed help understanding the new CMMC Framework and achieving Level 2 CMMC Compliance. As a small manufacturer, ARKU, Inc. recognized that after reviewing proposals from other IT consultants and MSPs, TechSolve, the MEP Regional Partner, was the

Automation Results in Increased Investment and Staffing

Reported Year
2025
Area 419 faced several challenges, including the need to automate certain processes to boost competitiveness, managing labor costs amid labor shortages, addressing ergonomic concerns, and optimizing spindle utilization to enhance productivity.

Innovative Automation Solution Boosts Operational Efficiency

Reported Year
2025
Rimeco's President was interested in finding ways to apply automation to its various manufacturing processes to boost capacity and efficiency. MAGNET sponsored an initial study to assess the feasibility of several potential applications. The study's results pointed to a machine tending project that involved integrating a collaborative robot with a
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