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MEP Success Stories from Pennsylvania

Ashland Technologies Draws Benefit from Within with MRC Onboarding Standardization

Reported Year
2023
Despite more than a quarter century in business, Ashland Technologies found themselves struggling with the persistent human resources challenges: in particular, missed review periods and a lack of job function awareness, especially on the shop floor. In response, Ashland Technologies engaged MRC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National

Keeping Employees Safe: Lumber Manufacturer Trains Staff on Proper Forklift Usage

Reported Year
2023
In the current workforce, it is important to train new and existing employees, especially when it comes to duties that are more complex and play a role in keeping a workplace safe. Deer Park Lumber demonstrated its commitment to employee development and workplace safety by seeking certification for five employees to serve as instructors for the

ATAS International Leverages Ongoing Relationship with MRC

Reported Year
2023
ATAS International, manufacturer of sustainable building envelope products, relies on MRC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™, for an ongoing list of support services ranging from new-product development and leadership training to maintenance strategy development, CEO Forum participation and more.

Business Continuity with Support of Student-Run Manufacturing Enterprise

Reported Year
2023
The Better Baked Foods’ facility in Westfield, New York, serves as the bakery for mass producing bread. It is then transferred to the other facilities for toppings, freezing and shipping. Maintenance Manager Scott Pierce said they were having difficulty procuring replacement parts for the conveyor system. Specific parts, such as the conveyor

AS9100™ Rev D QMS Development

Reported Year
2023
Catalyst Connection, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™, recently discussed with Reynolds' management the company's desire to become certified in AS9100 Rev D Quality Management System (QMS) standard. Reynolds was receiving encouragement from major customers to pursue registration and ownership recognized the benefits to

Picking Area Error Reduction Efforts Successful at Diamondback Automotive Accessories

Reported Year
2023
Diamondback has experienced rapid growth at their Phillipsburg facility - a 25% increase in 2020 was followed by 45% growth in 2021. However, even as the company enjoyed the rapid growth Diamondback also experienced an increase in customer complaints. The main reason for customer dissatisfaction was errors in picking the right parts to be shipped

Specialty Metal Processor Keeps Reputation Untarnished Through Internal Audits

Reported Year
2022
To ensure the highest product quality for its clients and maintain a solid reputation in the marketplace, SMI desired to have internal audits done for its ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (QMS). Completing these internal audits would allow Straub to make any necessary corrections in advance of issues arising so that the company could enhance

Continuous Improvement Assistance

Reported Year
2022
Metal Solutions needed help expanding the basic understanding of lean manufacturing techniques among the workforce and determining the potential to increase the velocity of how products go through the system efficiently. Leadership turned to Catalyst Connection, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™.

DVIRC Helps Germantown Tool Generate $6M in New Revenue Through Market Expansion

Reported Year
2022
GTM’s leaders identified a need to diversify their client base after a careful analysis of their current revenue sources. At the time, nearly 50% of their contract manufacturing came from a single company, a manufacturer of landscape equipment found in many big box retail centers. Growth was not increasing as quickly as leadership envisioned, and
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