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On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, IMC and the PA Industrial Resource Center (IRC) Network had the opportunity to host the PA House Democratic Policy Committee Meeting and Manufacturing Roundtable at Penn State University's Innovation Hub ...
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Shop-Vac is the brand leader in wet / dry vacuum systems for consumer and commercial use.  In 2020, the company abruptly shut down, but was recently purchased by Great Star Industrial, Inc.  Shop-Vac rehired many ...
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Founded in 2006, Lang’s Chocolates LLC is a family owned and operated manufacturer of handcrafted fine chocolate confections sold at their retail location in downtown Williamsport, PA, as well as, sold and shipped to a ...
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Recently, the Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs) released their 2020 annual report video, which outlines the strides our state's manufacturing industry has made this year in terms of the number of established manufacturing companies, job ...
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In our previous article (read first), we talked about the value of thinking models and in particular “systems thinking”.  To support systems thinking we identified the 5 Elements of a Business System.  And we said ...
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It’s accurate to say that effective businesspeople routinely apply “thinking models” in their work and less effective businesspeople don’t.  That’s a pretty sweeping generalization, but it holds up much of the time because thinking models ...
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In our recent blogs posts, we’ve discussed the challenging manufacturing environment of increasing customization and, with that trend, the need for improved job training as work continues to get more varied, complex and is always ...
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CALLING ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS, CREATE NEW PRODUCTS, FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THEM, CONTINUALLY LEARN, AND BE WELL-REWARDED FOR IT. That’s what the fast-evolving world of manufacturing is ...
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In our last article, we talked about step 1 in developing an effective training system. And how critical training has become, as products become, more customized and specialized causing jobs and tasks to become more ...
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In our previous two posts, we discussed the worldwide trend of increasing product customization and specialization and the many implications of that.  One being the introduction of more variation into our work processes from up-front ...
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Stop the CHAOS! Improve Your Training The Inevitable Trend In our previous post, we talked about the worldwide trend towards more customized and specialized products and how that trend translates into significant challenges (and opportunities) for ...
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Customized, Specialized Products – Challenging? Yes.  Doable? Definitely! THE OPPORTUNITY I think we all get it that the manufacturing we lost to foreign competition (China in particular) over the past couple decades was mostly commodity ...
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Written by Erica Mulberger, Executive Director, CPWDC As Memorial Day has come and gone with no parades, no baseball, and no large summer kick-off parties, one thing has remained constant: Central Pennsylvanians stayed committed to ...
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A new study by Summit Consulting and the W.E. Upjohn Institute finds that the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) Program generates a substantial economic and financial return of ...
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Data Papers, Inc. in Muncy, PA developed an assortment of policies / procedures relative to employee health and safety and regulatory compliance for their facility as they get back to semi-normal operations and offered ...
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With the on-going need for PPE and other critical medical supplies, the Wolf administration has launched a Manufacturing Call to Action portal, with the intent to:

• Match Pennsylvania manufacturers and distributors to fill specific ...
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