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MEP Success Stories from Texas

Empowering Leadership at United Alloy

Reported Year
2025
As UA strategically expands its manufacturing footprint to enhance agility, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness for customers, it is encountering common challenges associated with rapid growth, such as workforce strain, operational inefficiencies, and an increased risk of employee burnout. Recognizing that its workforce is predominantly composed of

FluxWorks: Empowering Progress,Transforming Motion

Reported Year
2024
DFARS 252.204-7012 initially allowed companies to self-attest that they met DoD minimum cybersecurity requirements in alignment with NIST SP 800-171 (Rev 2). However, in November 2020, DFARS252.204-7019 and DFARS 252.204-7020 were introduced to ensure more accurate reporting of cyber security compliance. These new requirements provided a higher

Sticky Solution Solves Slippery Stacking Situation

Reported Year
2024
As part of a pollution prevention and CARES Act grant providing onsite assistance to food and beverage manufacturers, TMAC, part of the MEP National Network™, reached out to B.C. Williams to see if they were interested in receiving assistance from the grants. Director of Operations Shane Collins welcomed the opportunity and asked TMAC to review

Top Labels, Inc. Inventory Management System

Reported Year
2024
Over the years, the company has grown steadily, expanding its customer base and product offerings. However, Top Labels began to encounter a significant challenge due to the absence of a warehouse inventory management software. This situation resulted in several operational inefficiencies and difficulties in managing inventory effectively. Top

Pioneer Balloon – Taking Safety to New Heights

Reported Year
2023
The City of Dallas and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have strict environmental requirements to ensure that water discharge into the sanitary sewage system and into the storm water drainage is compliant with state regulations through semi-annual assessment and auditing. If Pioneer Balloon cannot meet the compliance obligations

KEATS - Hydraulic Press OEE System

Reported Year
2023
A machine halt occurred each time an operator left the station for any reason or tool running in the press. The hydraulic punch presses used at that time did not have a system to quantify machine availability, process performance and product quality. This made it difficult to measure the overall efficiency of their equipment (OEE).The manufacturer

API – Using ISO:13485 for Medical Device Management

Reported Year
2023
The medical device industry is growing fast in the region due to on-shoring of overseas components and the investment in medical device manufacturing in the United States. Due to the location of API they are expanding their market to capitalize on the growing sector and the investment in health related industries. Advanced Paperworks has been

Pioneers of the CMMC 2.0 Level 2 Certification

Reported Year
2022
A major defense prime contractor approached TMAC’s Col. Darold Tippey (Ret.) and Ghassan Khatib to work with Aero-Glen on the preparation for their upcoming cybersecurity assessment. TMAC, part of the MEP National Network™, was able to conduct a pre-assessment before the third-party audit by using funds from the Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Utilizing Robots and Process Improvement Techniques to Improve Turnaround Time

Reported Year
2022
In 2021, Impact Recovery Systems, Inc., was experiencing rapid growth and was feeling the growing pains. Without hesitation they reached out to TMAC, part of the MEP National Network™, for assistance in automating processes and for improving production flow based on new processes and product mix.
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