80th Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section
Volume 58, Number 17
Wednesday–Saturday, November 20–23, 2013;
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Session GA: Partnering With Industrial Physicists: Opportunities in the Southeast
1:30 PM–3:54 PM,
Friday, November 22, 2013
Room: Ballroom A
Chair: John Rumble, R&R Data Services
Abstract ID: BAPS.2013.SES.GA.4
Abstract: GA.00004 : NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Program
3:18 PM–3:54 PM
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Author:
Phillip Wadsworth
(US Dept of Commerce, NIST)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership (MEP) works with small and mid-sized U.S.
manufacturers to help them create and retain jobs, increase profits, and
save time and money. The nationwide network provides a variety of services,
from innovation strategies to process improvements to green manufacturing.
MEP also works with partners at the state and federal levels on programs
that put manufacturers in position to develop new customers, expand into new
markets and create new products.
MEP field staff has over 1,300 technical experts -- located in every state
-- serving as trusted business advisors, focused on solving manufacturers'
challenges and identifying opportunities for growth. As a program of the
U.S. Department of Commerce, MEP offers its clients a wealth of unique and
effective resources centered on five critical areas:
Technology Acceleration,
Supplier Development,
Sustainability,
Workforce
Continuous Improvement.
Innovation is at the core of what MEP does. Manufacturers that accelerate
innovation are far more successful and realize greater opportunities to
participate in the global economy. By placing innovations developed through
research at federal laboratories, educational institutions and corporations
directly in the hands of U.S. manufacturers, MEP serves an essential role
sustaining and growing America's manufacturing base.
The MEP program has 60 Centers that work with manufacturing clients to help
bring innovative products to the marketplace. Industrial physicists can
access this national system as they develop new ideas and explore how best
to bring these opportunities into manufacturing applications.
Many of the MEP Centers are partnered with universities and other
institutions that provide leverage to the resources available within the MEP
Center. This leveraging of resources provide clients with expanded
opportunities in market development, technology development and supplier
identification.
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