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Continuous Improvement

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Machine Risk Assessment Essentials

Industrial machinery can expose personnel to multiple hazards resulting in a range of risks. If not properly recognized and mitigated, these risks can lead to injuries, lost production or loss Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Eye, Face & Head, Foot Protection, Hand Protection, OSHA, safety

Embargoes & Sanctions

Embargoed Countries, Arms Embargoed Countries, Sanctioned Countries & Presidential Sanctions What Do These Terms Mean and How Do They Relate To Your Export Transactions and Compliance?Export controls and compliance with Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, export compliance, export controls, export laws

Are You Considering Entering the EU Market?

If the answer is Yes, then this webinar is a must for you. Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR), in collaboration with Littus and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, EU Market, export

New Machine Shop Webinar Series

As identified by more than 50 assessments conducted over the past year, machine shops and fabricators have common issues: Shortage of skilled employees Improving the order quoting process Growing their Read More

Filed Under: IMC Blog, News Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Machine Shops

How to Take a Proactive Approach to Marketing Your Machine Shop

Does most of your business stem from less than 10 customers? If so does it keep you up at night wondering what would happen to your business if one or Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement

Machine Shop Sales and Growth Strategies

Most machine shops share a common thread: wanting to grow, but not quite sure how to go about growing and how to manage that growth. Does this sound familiar to Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement

Job Shop Quoting: How to Streamline Your Process

As a small manufacturing company, the ramifications are high if you are losing quotes due to timeliness and errors. But as you know, it’s hard to manage the day-to-day current Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement

Organizing Your Shop Floor to Increase the Productivity of Your Most Valuable Assets: You and Your Employees

As a small machine shop or fabricator, you have a limited number of people and resources. So why waste your time searching for tools and material. Instead learn to recognize Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement

Perfecting Inspection – How to Revolutionize Design & Manufacturing Processes with GD&T

If implemented as part of a lean, accurate and efficient process, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) can be a powerful tool to save time and eliminate costly errors in your Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Equipment, innovation, product development, Production, Research & Development

Managing Exposure Risks with Innovative Technology: Answering Questions You Were Too Afraid To Ask

Organizations like yours employ EHS professionals to help keep front-line employees safe from harmful workplace exposure. But to do this successfully, you need to accurately identify hazards that put your Read More

Tagged With: Continuous Improvement, Health, safety, safety technology, training and engagement

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Northway Industries, Inc.

“Through the Winning Teams program, we increased throughput in our laminate cleaning/inspection area by 18%, which also shortened the time for us to respond to vendors about defective products and t… Read more

Northway Industries, Inc.


Rockland Manufacturing Co.

“We’re very pleased with the results of the training. It was a great way to break the ice regarding a systemic change in one of our oldest and most experience facilities. By training on change man… Read more

Bo PrattPresidentRockland Manufacturing Co.


Pik Rite, Inc.

The IMC and its staff have played an integral part in the success of Pik Rite’s Continuous Improvement culture as well as directly influencing more efficient production and operations. The proof is … Read more

Caleb ThomasProduct Line ManagerPik Rite, Inc.


NuVisions Center

We are a small organization and do not have IT staff. Before we found IMC, the task to implement CMMC seemed almost insurmountable. With their help, the process was no longer overwhelming, and we were… Read more

Terry KnouseVice President of OperationsNuVisions Center


SilcoTek

5 Whys, SIPOC, Value Stream Maps, etc. are great ways to visualize problems that are difficult to pinpoint.

Brandon SmithQuality Control Lead TechnicianSilcoTek


Prysmian Group

The attendees of both training programs came away energized and eager to apply their new skills in training, coaching and communications. There is broad consensus that these skills should continue to … Read more

Jeanette WraggTraining ManagerPrysmian Group


Nittany Paper Mills, Inc.

We make investments where and when our workforce is skilled and ready.  The training was a solid foundation for supervisor development.

Steve PrentissVice President of Human ResourcesNittany Paper Mills, Inc.


QCast Aluminum

The Value Stream Mapping exercise conducted by the IMC enabled us to visually see the overall production process and the areas we needed to target for improvement. Without this process, QCast may not … Read more

Terry ArnoldGeneral ManagerQCast Aluminum


Lang’s Chocolates

IMC’s resource consultant’s background and knowledge were so relevant, and his delivery set a solid foundation upon which we could build for our re-certification as well.

Robert LangOwnerLang’s Chocolates


Metal Integrity

“IMC has been an excellent resource for us to accomplish objectives that we would not have been able to achieve on our own. We would highly recommend any company taking full advantage of the services … Read more

Marc DagataPresidentMetal Integrity




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Central Susquehanna WSCM School Honored at Statewide Manufacturing Awards

As Central Susquehanna WSCM’s Best of PA nominees, Mount Carmel Area and Huntingdon Area Middle Schools recently joined IMC’s Lauri Moon, Manager of the Central Susquehanna WSCM program, at the What’s So Cool About Manufacturing® …

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What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Video Contest Announces 2025 Central Susquehanna Awards

IMC is excited to announce the award recipients for the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” (WSCM) Central Susquehanna student video contest awards.  The annual awards ceremony was held April 23rd at The Venue at Liberty …

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IMC Announces the Release of its Central Pennsylvania Manufacturing Tariff Poll Results

We are pleased to announce the results of our Central Pennsylvania Manufacturing Tariff Poll. This initiative aimed to gather insights from regional manufacturers regarding the potential impact of proposed tariffs on the region’s manufacturing sector. We …

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