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MEP Success Stories from Pennsylvania

Custom Container Solutions, LLC Surpasses Production Objectives with IMC Support

Reported Year
2022
IMC has been working with an area manufacturer of industrial roll-offs for several years. Past projects have included operational improvements, ERP selection, HR policies, hiring and selection practices and improved job training. As the company has grown, they transitioned to a larger facility and now have three production lines instead of one

Technology in Action

Reported Year
2021
MECCO was experiencing business growth and with that, came challenges. They were struggling with their legacy accounting and business IT systems and needed help identifying a new ERP system to implement. MECCO assessed their information technology (IT) capabilities and ERP software needs.

Tactical Actions During Pandemic Paves the Way to Growth

Reported Year
2022
As the pandemic started impacting businesses nationwide in early 2020, ECPM saw orders drop drastically to near nothing and there were no orders or forecasts from their automotive clients. Their cash flow was stressed, even though they tapped into pandemic resources of the Small Business Administration (SBA).

American Paper Bag Sacks Outdated Processes in Favor of Innovation

Reported Year
2022
APB sought to increase its capacity over the next five years, including the addition of five conversion machines and a printing press. The company wanted to ensure that its growth in capacity was planned appropriately with a support structure in place to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. For help APB turned to NEPIRC, part of the Pennsylvania

Fenner Drives Continuous Improvement

Reported Year
2022
Business growth projections pointed to a need for process improvements and workforce development to keep pace with demand and to enhance the customer experience. For help Fenner contacted MANTEC, part of the Pennsylvania MEP and the MEP National Network™.

IMC Client Achieves Highest Safe Quality Food 9.0 Certification Rating of “Excellent”

Reported Year
2021
Over the past two years, the company has been expanding into providing their own products, such as chocolate chips, as ingredients to other manufacturers of food products. This led to a substantial opportunity to increase company revenues by opening new markets in the US and worldwide as an ingredient manufacturer/supplier. Due to regulations and
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