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MEP is a national network with hundreds of specialists who understand the needs of manufacturers. For the past 20 years, they have worked with thousands of manufacturers delivering $1.44 billion in cost savings annually and $10.5 billion in increased or retained sales in one year.

MEP provides companies with services and access to public and private resources that enhance growth, improve productivity, and expand capacity. We work with companies willing to invest in their future, to make improvements in the short term, and position themselves to be stronger long-term competitors both domestically and internationally.

 

Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Competition activity

Funding Opportunities and Competition Information:

Please note that the MEP is not currently soliciting proposals. When funding opportunities become available, a formal competition will be announced in the Federal Register and at www.grants.gov.

Eligible proposers, i.e., U.S.-based not-for-profit institutions or organizations must submit proposals in response to NIST/MEP competition notices announcing the availability of funds and request for proposals (RFPs), which are published in the Federal Register and www.grants.gov Web site. MEP interprets not-for-profit organizations to include universities, state and local governments.

 

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  • ScienceProgress Article Touts MEP'S Innovative Competitiveness Approach
    A new article in ScienceProgress magazine highlights the "under the radar" effectiveness of MEP in spurring growth, innovation and competitiveness.
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  • Department of Commerce Launches Sustainable Business Clearinghouse
    The Sustainable Business Clearinghouse was created to provide U.S. companies with a central portal for information on programs and resources that can assist them in enhancing their competitiveness and profitability in environmentally sustainable ways..

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  • President Obama Lays Out Strategy for American Innovation
    President Obama recently visited Hudson Valley Community College where he toured a technology classroom, visited a lab and delivered remarks on his commitment to fostering new jobs, new businesses, and new industries by laying the groundwork and the ground rules to best tap our innovative potential.

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STATE OF MANUFACTURING

  • The Purchasing Manager’s Index increased to 55.7 in October, indicating expansion in the manufacturing sector.  This is the highest reading for this series since April 2006.  Since reaching a low in December 2008, the index has increased by 64 percent.
  • Shipments of manufactured goods were flat in August, and has remained little-changed in recent months, indicating a stabilization of this measure after months of decline.
  • New orders for manufactured goods declined slightly in August.  Since reaching a low in March 2009, New Orders have been on a general slight upward trend.
  • Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in September after an upwardly revised gain of 1.2 percent in August. For the third quarter as a whole, output advanced at an annual rate of 5.2 percent, the first quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2008 and the largest gain since the first quarter of 2005.
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