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Did you know that the cost for attendance at one of IMC's Open Registration Workshops or Onsite Training at your facility could be covered by WEDnetPA funding?  Contact Lauri Moon to discuss your training needs. Applications for ...

American manufacturers are investing heavily in digital technologies, pouring 2.6 percent of their annual revenue into digital systems, according to PwC. That investment "is expected to increase to almost 5 percent of revenue in the ...

Customers often encounter a business through photographs. Why not make a good impression? Good Marketing Photos Are Good Marketing Marketing is all about communicating your value to the customer. Unfortunately, many industrial businesses don’t understand ...

(Forbes – Ellen Sheng: 5-27-16)     The U.S. manufacturing sector, which has been on a decades-long slide, is increasingly attracting foreign capital from Asia and Europe, a recent study found. The study, which was compiled by ...

Factories are using a pickup in bookings from the U.S. and abroad to help trim stockpiles, laying the ground for bigger gains in production later in the year.  (IW – Bloomberg: 6-1-16)   Signs of better ...

Check out the May AME Mid-Atlantic Region Newsletter featuring upcoming events including a Leadership Techniques to Start Using Right Now Lean Leadership Panel event May 26th in Concordville, PA. MA Region Newsletter May 2016 ...

What’s the opposite of off-shoring manufacturing to countries where labor is cheaper? Bringing it even closer to home. That’s what Videon Central is doing with its new Manufacturing Services. Though the business has long manufactured ...

Q 1. What is an Innovative Enterprise? Q 2. And why is innovation so directly aligned with success? An Innovative Enterprise is probably best defined as a company that can continually improve and reinvent its ...

(Triple Pundit – Jennifer Tuohy: 1-27-16)   Do you know the name of the company that made your doorbell? If not, you’re pretty typical: Many homeowners make a single purchase from a manufacturer and never return ...

(Manufacturing Leadership – Jeff Moad: 1-21-16)   A year ago, organizers of the massive German industrial trade show Hannover Fair released the results of a survey showing that, despite a rising chorus of attention devoted to ...

New technologies are changing the economies of scale so that large- and small-scale value chains can be successful. (IW – Kimberly Knickle: 1-8-16) As an industry, manufacturing is “hot.” Regions are creating manufacturing initiatives, countries ...

Check out the newly released video highlighting our manufacturing client, Gilson Boards. IMC, along with our IRC Network partners, is leading a statewide initiative to help manufacturers implement and utilize an open innovation business model ...

PA Dept. of Community & Economic Development needs your help to ensure every eligible PA project is included in the Governor’s Cup entry. Entries that meet at least one (just one!) of the following criteria: ...

November 7, 2015  By MIKE REUTHER (mreuther@sungazette.com), Williamsport Sun-Gazette State lawmakers and business leaders seem to agree that Pennsylvania lags behind many other states in economic development. On Friday, several members of the House Legislative ...

IMC works with Gilson Boards, a Union County manufacturer and leader in revolutionizing snowboarding design and production, on product innovation and manufacturing process improvement. GILSON SNOWBOARDS from Gilson Boards on Vimeo ...