For every dollar of federal investment in FY 2021, the MEP National Network generated $26.20 in new sales growth.

View as a Web Page NIST MEP Helps Manufacturers Respond to the Pandemic and Thrive Despite It The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has announced the results of its fiscal year 2021 manufacturing client survey, as well as the impacts of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding through January 2022. "The survey shows that, even while navigating industry-wide disruptions caused by the pandemic, the MEP National Network helped manufacturing clients achieve some of the highest impacts to date," said Jennifer Sinsabaugh, board chair of the Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence, which supports the network's educational efforts, and chief executive officer of the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership. "Each of these impacts is critically important to the health of America's manufacturers and to the U.S. manufacturing ecosystem overall." Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Celebrating Resilient U.S. Manufacturers Like Custom Contract Furnishings in High Point, North Carolina Oct. 7, 2021 Each manufacturer has a unique pandemic story — many pivoted from their normal operations to meet the nation's needs for masks, medical devices and other items to fight the pandemic. Here's one small manufacturer's pandemic story. Read More on Commerce.gov Celebrating Women-Led Manufacturers Like Woofables, the Gourmet Dog Treat Bakery in Coralville, Iowa Oct. 22, 2021 In today's manufacturing world, women play a much larger role than they have in the past. From leadership in the front office to machine operators on the shop floor, women of all ages are changing the stereotypes and face of manufacturing. Women-led firms, like all U.S. manufacturers, have dealt with many challenges during the pandemic. Read More on Commerce.gov

Connect with us Received this email from a friend? Subscribe here.   Privacy Policy You are subscribed to receive updates from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Subscriber services: Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help

 

---

If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. Technical questions? Contact inquiries@nist.gov. (301) 975-NIST (6478). This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070 · Gaithersburg, MD 20899 · 301-975-6478