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Entrepreneur Successfully Launches With Help From MEP National Network Supplier Scouting

Jul 20, 2023 | Growth & Strategy, Polaris MEP, Results

Company Profile “A great product does not always mean a huge company,” explains the website of includesign, a tiny Rhode Island design firm whose LapSnap™ basket is a great product that offers accessibility and independence to wheelchair users. Founder Diana Kamada...

Expand Through Exports – Meet the Local Resources for RI Manufacturers

Dec 8, 2022 | Growth & Strategy, Polaris MEP, Videos

“Accessing New Customers & Markets” was ranked as the second highest growth driver for Rhode Island manufacturers in Polaris MEP’s 2022 State of RI Manufacturing study. Where will Ocean State companies find new buyers for their #MadeInRI...

Personalized Lean Instruction Helps Improve Processes For Transformational Move 

Aug 11, 2022 | Growth & Strategy, Lean Manufacturing, Polaris MEP, Results

Company Profile Rik Kleinfeldt and Paula Anderson founded New Harvest Coffee Roasters with “the intent of making great coffee accessible to real people.” Established in 2000, the company introduced a sustainable “Source Direct” program in 2007 and now has 6...
New MEP National Network Infographic Explores Reshoring

New MEP National Network Infographic Explores Reshoring

Apr 25, 2022 | Blog, Growth & Strategy, News, Polaris MEP

The MEP National Network has published a new, data-filled reshoring infographic with insights related to past reliance on foreign sources and the potential for bringing more manufacturing back to the U.S. The publication notes the top industries reshoring back to...
Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Increases Poultry Processing by 50%

Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Increases Poultry Processing by 50%

Mar 25, 2022 | Growth & Strategy, Lean Manufacturing, Polaris MEP, Results

Company Profile Pat’s Pastured, a 150+ acre farm located in East Greenwich, RI, was founded in 2002 by Patrick and Kelly McNiff. The farm raises 100% grass-fed beef, pasture-raised chicken, pigs, and turkeys that are never given antibiotics, steroids, or hormones.  ...
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