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2020 Central Susquehanna What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? Awards Winners Announced
Student Video Awards Move Online to Celebrate Inaugural Contest During School Closures IMC is proud to announce the award recipients for the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” (WSCM) Central Susquehanna student video contest awards. The ceremony premiered online Thursday, May 14, 2020 on YouTube. The video with the most votes, during three days of online… Read More
Williamsport/Lycoming County Chamber Announces Small Business Relief Fund Grant
The Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce has established a pool of $200,000 that will be used to make grants and loans to small businesses that have been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the intent of these funds to assist small business in restarting or getting back to full operations upon federal and state… Read More
Study finds more than 13:1 Return on Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program
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 nearly 13.4:1 for the $140 million annually invested by the federal government. The NIST MEP program, of which IMC is… Read More
Manufacturer Return to Operations & Best Practice Guide Now Available
IMC’s Manufacturer Return to Operations & Best Practice Guide is now available! Gain insights for restarting your operations safely and efficiently and discover best practices in minimizing COVID-19 risks among your workforce. Thanks to our sister center NEPIRC for putting this guide together and for offering it to IMC and our manufacturers! Gov. Wolf Provides… Read More
IMC Executive Director Named to COVID-19 Advisory Board
Williamsport City Mayor Derek Slaughter has created an advisory board to help to mitigate hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mayor’s Advisory Board on COVID-19 consists of key stakeholders the mayor selected from among the health care, business, government and public and private sectors. “In response to the needs of the greater community, I created… Read More
Local Manufacturer Shares COVID Health and Safety Compliance Procedures
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 IMC to share these with the manufacturing community. Thanks to Jerry Wertz and the team at Data Papers, Inc.! C19-003a Freq… Read More
WEDnetPA COVID-19 Update Related to Training Grants and Eligibility
WEDnetPA and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) want to help your company navigate the weeks and months ahead and want to ease concerns regarding the impact of COVID-19 on this year’s training grants and next year’s program eligibility. To ensure we provide maximum support to all companies currently participating in WEDnetPA,… Read More
State Launches Manufacturing Call to Action Portal
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 supply chain needs to meet increasing demands for medical supplies and related products. Assist Pennsylvania manufacturers who have workforce needs or… Read More
DCED Announces Waiver Application Process for Businesses Will End Friday
Last night, the Wolf administration announced that the waiver application period for businesses seeking to continue operating in the wake of the governor’s order for “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close their physical locations will end on Friday, April 3. To determine if the shutdown order applies to your industry, for the most current list of exempt… Read More