AME Mid Atlantic Announces AERCO Best Practices Event
This AME best practice workshop consists of presentations by AERCO associates, a facilitated tour of AERCO's operations and breakout sessions offering a deeper dive into specific areas of interest. Workshop highlights include kanban replenishment, daily ...
IMC Needs Your Support
For over 25 years, IMC has been helping Central Pennsylvania manufacturers become more innovative, productive and profitable. We have been able to provide this support, in part, due to our affiliation with the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST Manufacturing ...
Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Awards Nominations
“Manufacturing Trends” announced invitation to submit nominations for NACFAM’s Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Awards that will be presented at their annual conference luncheon on September 7, 2017. The awards are "the big company chair/CEO/president award and the ...
PA Business Central Announces Top 100 Organizations
Congratulations to the following IMC manufacturers, clients and partners for being named a Top 100 Organization by PA Business Central.
- American Eagle Paper Mills
- Architectural Precast Innovations
- Avail Technologies
- Curry Rail Services
- Discovery Machine
- Electri-Cord ...
Could your Company Benefit from an Apprenticeship Program?
The Central PA Advanced Manufacturing Industry Partnership has funding and resources available to support the development and expansion of apprenticeship programs in your company. To learn more, consider joining us on Thursday, February 9th from ...
Williamsport/Lycoming KIZ Companies Receive Over $126,000 in Tax Credits
Williamsport, PA – Innovative Manufacturers Center (IMC), Inc. is pleased to announce that two current and one former Williamsport/Lycoming Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) company were awarded $138,948 in KIZ Tax Credits. This round of tax ...
Why Offshoring May Not be as Cost-effective as it Used to be
It is no secret that large swaths of the Midwest have seen manufacturing plants shuttered or downsized, but there may still be some light at the end of the tunnel. (Supply Chain Dive – Rich ...
These Industries are the Future of Additive Manufacturing
Aerospace and medical industries lead additive manufacturing adoption. Here's why--along with how other industries can catch up. (IW – Patrick Boyd: 11-17-16) Often considered a “futuristic” technology, industrial 3-D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) ...
Closing Tech Gaps Can Fortify Advanced Manufacturing and Save $100 Billion Annually
(Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute – Laura Reilly: 11-18-16) To spur significant innovation and growth in advanced manufacturing, as well as save over $100 billion annually, U.S. industry must rectify currently unmet needs for measurement science ...
Are You Incorporating These Lean Manufacturing Best Practices?
(American Machinist – Megan R. Nichols: 11-2-16) According to the originators of Lean Manufacturing methodology, the five fundamental principles revolve around adding value to products and services, enhancing the value stream from end to end, ...
Digital Tools for the Future Factory
(advancedmanufacturing.org – Patrick Waurzyniak: 11-11-16) Transforming manufacturing with advanced digital tools is well underway, but manufacturers who haven’t adopted Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industrial 4.0 strategies are best advised to take a long ...
How U.S. Manufacturing Is About to Get Smarter
The aim is to make factories more productive, less costly to operate, and more reliable (WSJ – Christopher Mims: 11-13-16) Here’s a paradox of America’s highly automated, increasingly labor-independent manufacturing -- while sophisticated, for the ...
NIST Helps Small Businesses Improve Cybersecurity
NIST provides guidance to help small businesses secure their data and information in the new publication. (NIST – Evelyn Brown: 11-10-16) Small-business owners may think that they are too small to be victims of cyber ...
International Markets Growing Source of Revenue for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Over the next five years, more than three-quarters of companies surveyed anticipate their revenue from global sales to increase by about 30% on average. (MH&L – Staff: 11-8-16) A recent survey of companies selling outside the ...
No-Cost Energy Assessments for Small to Midsized Manufacturers
Save Money Through Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Strategies IMC, in partnership with PennTAP, is providing free energy assessments for manufacturers to reduce pollution, improve energy efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas emissions that will result ...
Industry 4.0: The Future of Competitiveness in U.S. Manufacturing
(Reshoring Initiative Blog -- Sandy Montalbano D'Amico: 8-20-16) Industry 4.0 is defined as a fourth wave of technological advancement, driven by nine technology advances that will increase manufacturing productivity and increase competitiveness in manufacturing industries ...
