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Filament Innovations and ProtoCAM help fight Coronovirus
3D-printed masks aimed at cutting coronavirus spread coming to St. Luke’s Updated Mar 24, 2020; Posted Mar 24, 2020 | LehighValleyLive.com Lehigh Valley local manufacturers step up to fight the Corona Virus. Very proud of our manufacturers Filament Innovations...
Manufacturers Helping Fight Virus | Trade Impact Goes Global
Read March 20, 2020 articles on the Industry Week Daily Headlines Afternoon Addition courtesy of arrangements with NIST MEP for MEP National Centers and their manufacturing contacts. Read articles HERE
Press Release: “What’s So Cool?” Lehigh Valley Video 2020 Awards Announced
“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Announces 2020 Lehigh Valley Awards WHAT'S SO COOL ABOUT MANUFACTURING LEHIGH VALLEY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Online Votes Tally 225,477 and over 1,000 People Attended the Event, Broadcast Live on WFMZ The Manufacturers...
WDIY discusses latest quarterly economic survey of Lehigh Valley businesses.
Aired on February 13, 2020 WDIY public ratio host Kamran Afshar spoke with Jeffrey Drobins, Lehigh Valley Market President, Chris A. DeFrain, CPA Chief Financial Officer of the Lehigh Valley Restaurant Group, and Rich Hobbs, President & CEO of the Manufacturing...
Pa. manufacturers cautious as coronavirus spread
Lehigh Valley Business By Stacey Wescoe Posted February 13, 2020 Rich Hobbs, MRC CEO, and manufacturers in the Greater Lehigh Valley and Central Pennsylvania with connections to China were recently interviewed by Lehigh Valley Business to learn the impact and...
WFMZ Will Live Broadcast “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” Awards
MRC and WFMZ-TV Team Up to Bring You “What's So Cool About Manufacturing?” Lehigh Valley, Live - WFMZ-TV Set to Live Broadcast the Popular Student Video Awards Event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2020 Contact: Kim Plyler kim@sahlcomm.com 484-554-5582 LEHIGH...
LVB.com article features MRC Open House
Manufacturing group eyes growth with new location, more space By: Brian Pedersen November 5, 2019 4:55 pm Manufacturers Resource Center hosted an open house for its new office at 7200A Windsor Drive in Upper Macungie Township. Photo/Brian Pedersen – For more than 30...
MRC Expands the What’s So Cool PA Dream Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4, 2019 Contact: kim@sahlcomm.com 484-554-5582 MRC Celebrates Manufacturing Day by Revealing "What's So Cool About Manufacturing?" Lehigh Valley's Student-Manufacturer Teams for Year Seven MRC Expands Manufacturing Career Awareness with...
East Penn acquires Michigan lithium battery maker
by Stacy Wescoe August 16, 2019 | East Penn Manufacturing recently acquired a manufacturer of lithium battery technology and systems for the heavy-duty commercial, government and defense markets. The name of the company is Navatas Systems of Ann Arbor, Michigan. To...
Easton-area polymer company expands with acquisition of Oregon firm
by Stacy Wescoe, August 21, 2019 | This article appeared recently at LVB.com. This acquisition expands Polytek's portfolio and provides more diversity for their casting solutions. This is Polytek’s second recent acquisition this year. For more details, please view...
How to Handle Covered Defense Information
Manufacturers at all levels in the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain must properly handle Covered Defense Information (CDI). If you don’t, you could lose your DoD contracts. To help you determine if your company comes into contact with CDI, here’s a concise...
5 Common Cybersecurity Threats to Manufacturers
Manufacturers are increasingly under threat from cyber attacks, which are a major threat to small businesses that do not have established IT security practices. A successful infiltration from a cyber criminal could shut down a plant's operations, put its intellectual...
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