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Welcome to the "Manufacturing Matters" e-newsletter!
Please send company news to info@mainemfg.com. Enjoy!
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What’s Happening at MAMe
New Members: Please welcome our newest members to MAMe!
Strategic Talent Management Brunswick, ME
Art Boulay
Specializing in strategic advantages for you organization through human performance.
Baker Newman & Noyes Portlande, ME
Melinda Irish
Specializing in accounting, audit, and tax services.
Bank of America Merill Lynch Portland, ME
Jason Lundy
Specializing in Client Management, Business Banking and Global Commercial Banking
The MAMe Business Services Division:
• Business Growth Services (BGS)….in the past month, MAMe’s BGS network have provided services to members in the areas of business expansion planning, management training, quoting and pricing assistance, Lean management and waste reduction and more! Make the most of your MAMe membership. I would encourage you to engage BGS as a growth resource for your companies.
FMI call MAMe at 854-2153 or email info@mainemfg.com
• Education and Training: Maine Industry Partnership Initiative/Sector Development: The Manufacturers Roundtable for Education and Training: The MAMe and members of the Board and Education Committee are busy with structuring cluster/consortium training for a number of Maine’s businesses. The coordination of service for industry, partnering with the service providers has been leading the way for the Industry Partnership initiative. To-date, we have 6 cluster/consortiums underway!
• Cluster/Sector Development:
ü HIGH PERFORMANCE TEXTILE CLUSTER: MAMe has surveyed 70 companies in Maine to better understand the supply chain, vertical integration, branding/marketing and education and training challenges of this industry. Results of this data will allow us to structure the needs and gaps fort his important sector.
ü MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURING CLUSTER: MAMe, BAM and USM are preparing an implementation plan for this vital manufacturing sector.
• Compliance Plus Program: MAMe is thrilled to begin implementing the Compliance Plus Program. The model of Compliance services to assist members on how to become and sustain compliance within the company will be available soon.
• Business Insurance Services: MAMe Paradigm Health Plan has rolled out the new Paradigm Health Plan. If you want more information, please call us at 207-854-2153 or email info@mmainemfg.com
• Marketing Manufacturing: With all the news about manufacturing at the federal and state level, MAMe is leading a statewide Marketing effort that will target educators, media and other vital partners in growing this sector.
THE 2012 MANUFACTURING SUMMIT WILL INCLUDE BREAKOUT SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTORS:: “Make it In America, Make it In Maine”
PRECISION MANUFACTURING
BIOSCIENCE
TEXTILE
COMPOSITES
PLASTICS
BIOPLASTICS
RF/WIRELESS/ELECTROINCS
FOOD
PULP & PAPER
WOOD PRODUCTS
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Business Day at the Statehouse 2012
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce is hosting its third annual Business Day at the Statehouse on Wed., March 28, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Hall of Flags (Statehouse, Second floor).
For more infomation or to RSVP, please contact Linda Caprara, director of grassroots advocacy, by calling (207) 623-4568, ext. 106, or by emailing lcaprara@mainechamber.org.
MAMe will be there to support Maine Businesses! With your participation, the "Voice of Maine Business" will resonate throughout Augusta!
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Upcoming Events/Educational Courses
MAMe 2011-2012 Tour/Seminar Season
Please check our calendar of events regularly for new events. All members are welcomed and encouraged to attend these events!
MARCH 2012
March 15th: MAMe/JMQC Tour of Pratt & Whitney
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Pratt & Whitney - 113 Wells Street M/S 801-25, North Berwick, ME
Details
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March 27th: MAMe/JMQC Lean Tools in Action at Lanco
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Lanco - 12 Thomas Drive Westbrook, ME
Details
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March 28th - May 23rd: APICS MOD IV Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) Certification Course - 9 sessions
Time: 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM Location: Sappi Fine Paper, 179 John Roberts Road, South Portland, ME
CPIM Details
Register
April 2012
April 27th: MAMe/JMQC Tour of Backyard Farms
Time: 10:45 AM - 1:30PM Location: Backyard Farms - 131 River Road, Madison, ME
Details
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MAY 2012
Save the Date! May 9th and 10th - 2012 Manufacturing Summit
At the Amazing Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Owl's Head, Maine
JUNE 2012
June 12th: Digital Prototyping Seminar
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Location: New England CAD Technologies - New England CAD Technologies - 18 Ocean Street Suite 1, South Portland, ME
Details
Register
Keep checking our Event Calendar to see when
more events and seminars are going to be offered!
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What's new in BGS (Business Growth Services)
In today’s complex and competitive manufacturing environment do you find your business has challenges getting to least cost production methods? Would your company’s throughput improve by minimizing “non-value add” steps and maximizing “value-add” steps? Do you recognize these terms and could your company use help to facilitate “change” in your process to increase profitability? Does your company have tasks or projects that your manufacturing engineering staff hasn’t been able to tackle because of their current work load? There are many ways to review and implement processes and improvements for your company. Here are a few key areas that can lead a company to lower production costs and increased profitability:
- Operations review & assessment
- Material flow & plant layout optimization
- Lean assessments
- Productivity improvements
- Bottleneck identification
- Process automation
- Special purpose machine building
Submitted by Daryl Boyington, Boyington Productivity Solutions, a BGS network provider for the MAMe Business Growth Services Division. Daryl can be reached at daryl@boyingtonproductivitysolutions.com or call (207) 356-4364.
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What's New in the Maine Aerospace Alliance (MEAA)
Doing Business with NASA and their prime contractors
The NASA Symposium in Maine on May 23rd is shaping up nicely. Our telecom last week confirmed participation by 3 prime contractors to NASA (more to be added) as well as Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space flight Center, Kennedy Space Flight Center, and NASA HQ Washington DC. Nasa will present the Orion Program and heavy lift launch vehicles and the Primary Companies will present the programs they are working on and what their needs are. The primary focus will be on networking and supplier development. This event is open to MEAA members, MAMe Industry members and invited guests only.
Maine Engineers Week Expo and Engineering Banquet at U. Maine, Orono
MAMe and the MEAA successfully participated in the Engineering Week Expo along with several member companies. Our next news letter will include more on the event with a link to photos of members exhibits.
Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) 2011-2012
Congratulations to Falmouth High School, Paper Planes Team who designed an aircraft named Purple Thunder to win the State of Maine RWDC competition. The team will now be representing Maine and competing in the National Design Challenge in April. Our thanks to our Maine Judges, David Arden – Kestrel Airdraft, Rick Easen – Professor U. Maine Orono, Robert Gilbert – Instructor, Sanford ME, Dr. Mehrdaad Ghorashi, U. Southern Maine, Amber Marek – Kestrel Aircraft, Richard McGrath PE – Wiscasset ME, for their effort expended to get the judging done is a reduced judging cycle. Rich Grich, MEAA, will be acting as State Coordinator and traveling the winning team and their teacher to Washington DC where their design will be presented nationally. For more information about the RWDC check out their web site http://www.realworlddesignchallenge.org/
Richard Grich
Director
Maine Aerospace Alliance
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PLEASE HELP US SUPPORT THE TROOPS
Manufacturers Association of Maine would like to invite you to assist the Maine Oxy Group in supporting our troops by sending care packages, letters and donations. Donation boxes can be found in all Maine and New England locations and all Moody's Car Collision Center locations.
A list of supplies requested are items such as : non parishable food, batteries, disposable cameras, movies, hygiene supplies and sports equipment.
Please contact Maine Oxy at 1-800-377-9433 or at
http://www.maineoxy.com/empcom_givingback.htm
Click here for more information
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Constellation New Energy
MAMe's Partner and Preferred Electricity Provider
If your company's electricity contract expires any time before 2016 or if you are still supplied by your utility, you can leverage the drop in market prices to secure low electricity costs far into the future.
Start the Conversation
Your Business Development Manager, Peter Ingraham, can help you calculate your potential energy savings. Contact Peter by calling 207-233-7263 or email at peter.ingraham@constellation.com.
For more information please click here
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SMCC Professional Education Continuing Studies Courses
Open Welding Booth Time
This course is designed to provide the beginner or intermediate welder booth time for shielded metal arc welding and cutting. The course will be valuable to welders as a refresher or to the home hobbyist. It will also be beneficial for students going into a welding program or any occupation that requires welding skills.
WELD 803 02
March 28 – May 9, 2012
Each course is 21 hours (7 weeks)
Each class meets Wednesdays
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Course fee $175 for each course
Southern Maine Community College
2 Fort Road
South Portland
For more information or to register, please email pfleury@smccme.edu or call 207-741-5758 or visit our website www.smccME.edu/continuingstudies for a complete course listing.
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Take control of your workers’ compensation insurance costs!
Since 1993, the Manufacturers of Maine Group Trust has returned 28% of insurance premiums to its members.
To learn more about how our aggressive safety and claims management programs can put you in control of your workers’ compensation costs, please contact Steven McKay at steve.mckay@willis.com or 1-800-698-3267 ext.1013
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