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Apollo Metals — Kaizen Event
Due to customer complaints regarding the stretch wrapping of its products and product sweat in transit, the MRC Lean6 Team conducted a Kaizen Event with Apollo Metals in the packaging area. Read more about this MRC success story.

Ashland Technologies — Innovation/New Product Development
With international competition devouring their market, it was apparent to Bill Wydra Jr., company president, that a long-term strategy for its future growth was needed. He requested the assistance of MRC to help him determine where the company should direct its future growth. Read more about this MRC success story.

Bally Ribbon Mills — Lean Manufacturing
Bally Ribbon Mills has worked with the MRC on many projects over the past ten years to improve its manufacturing operations and product quality, and conduct workforce training. When it learned that MRC was offering lean manufacturing training, Bally Ribbon Mills was quick to sign up. Read more about this MRC success story.

Bracalente Manufacturing — Continuous Improvement
To survive and thrive in today's global marketplace, the company needed to maintain customer satisfaction levels and repeat business by utilizing lean principles to boost continuous improvements, product reliability, and on-time shipments, while maintaining its pricing competitiveness. Read more about this MRC success story.

ProtoCAM — Website/Marketing & Sales
This project was a cooperative effort between ProtoCAM, MRC, and DVIRC, one of the seven Industrial Resource Centers in the state. ProtoCAM had worked with MRC to create and launch a new website in 2004. Read more about this MRC success story.

Rhetech — Lean Manufacturing
The company needed to maintain quality and keep costs competitive due to the target market it serves, the semiconductor industry. Rhetech asked MRC to conduct Lean training to every employee and to start the process by conducting a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) of their SRD (Spin, Rinse, and Dryer) production area to identify wastes and possible production improvements and utilize a Kaizen Event to document the potential savings. Read more about this MRC success story.

S&L Plastics — Strategic Plan
The company requested assistance from MRC to profitably improve their sales, position itself for long-term growth, and for the creation of a Business Plan and the expansion of their marketing efforts. Read more about this MRC success story.

Slaw Precast - J & R Slaw — Safety Training
J & R Slaw needed to reduce its worker's compensation rate, which reached an all time high of 25 percent of the payroll in 1994. Though that number has been reduced over the years, the company wanted to train its employees on many safety issues to try to bring its rate to acceptable levels. The company contacted the MRC for assistance. Read more about this MRC success story.

Solar Technology — New Product Development
Solar Technology has worked with MRC over the last eight years on 30 projects. The two major projects were ISO 9001:2000 implementation and a plant layout for a new manufacturing facility. Read more about this MRC success story.