Polaris MEP Center Director Christian Cowan had an opportunity to discuss Rhode Island manufacturing during a taping of the Executive Suite news program with Eyewitness News Reporter and host Ted Nesi. The two discussed the Polaris MEP program, the national...
Polaris MEP was honored to have been awarded the GWB Innovation Award and a citation from Governor Gina Raimondo at the Governor’s Workforce Board’s annual meeting on May 21, 2015. Polaris MEP’s Ruth Gobeille was on hand to accept the award and citation. A GWB...
Advanced Manufacturing on Display at RI Textile Innovator Rhode Island’s congressional delegation, members of RI Gov. Raimondo’s administration, Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, and other federal and state officials tour Murdock Webbing and learn about Polaris MEP....
We have retooled Rhode Island’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership center this year. Polaris MEP is poised and ready to better support smaller manufacturing companies in the state. Ninety-five percent of the state’s 1,600 manufacturers have fewer than 100 employees,...
Rhode Island House Resolution No. 5542 by Hearn, Edwards, Marshall, Shekarchi, Giarrusso Entitled, Joint Resolution Making An Appropriation Of $750,000 for Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) {LC1614/1}1} Supported by the Greater Providence Chamber of...
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse today announced $750,000 in federal funding to continue supporting the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). Based in Providence, Polaris MEP is a statewide non-profit organization that...
Christian Cowan, center director of Polaris MEP joined Peter Kaczmarek, president and COO of Mearthane Products Corp. (MPC) of Cranston for a recent interview on Executive Suite with Ted Nesi. The three spoke about MPC’s innovative products, upcoming events (the...
Tom Friedman, author of “The World is Flat,” told us in 2005 about a fast-moving economic platform, accelerated by information technology advances, which created an environment in which it’s easy to source talent and do business globally. That is great, right? But...
The Rhode Island manufacturing environment is alive and strong. We already have looked at the current economy and support mechanisms that are helping the health of that environment. But what about the educational system support for manufacturers in the state? We...
In the first installment of this series on manufacturing in Rhode Island, we talked about innovation, growth and new job creation – all byproducts of a healthy manufacturing environment, one which has changed from mass production to mass customization. Today I’ll...