New MEP client is prepping to help transport a potential vaccine across the United States

New MEP client is prepping to help transport a potential vaccine across the United States

By Bradford Sherman CFAES/South Centers One of the newest Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) clients is poised to play an important role in delivering a crucial COVID-19 vaccine to Americans. Stirling Ultracold is a manufacturer of ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers, the…

How Manufacturing HR Can Reduce Risk as COVID Reshapes Employee Interaction

How Manufacturing HR Can Reduce Risk as COVID Reshapes Employee Interaction

As manufacturing human resources professionals cope with fear and uncertainty across their workforce, they must focus on three key areas. As manufacturers continue operations amid increased COVID-19 hotspots, HR leaders are confronting a new reality, forcing them to cope with…

Let OSU South Centers MEP be your SOLUTION

Let OSU South Centers MEP be your SOLUTION

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Manufacturing Day off to a GREAT START with ElectroCraft

Manufacturing Day off to a GREAT START with ElectroCraft

  Each year, Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) is held on the first Friday in October in order to show students, parents, and the public what modern manufacturing is all about.  The fourth industrial revolution is rapidly changing our world.  New…

Kirchhoff Automotive Success Story

Kirchhoff Automotive Success Story

The OSU South Centers MEP is proud to present a SUCCESS STORY from: Kirchhoff Automotive in Waverly, Ohio If your business is looking for assistance, please contact the OSU South Centers MEP today: Doug Anderson, Program Manager Phone: 740-289-2071 (O) 614-562-7601…

Shale POWER Newsletter

Shale POWER Newsletter

  Shale POWER Newsletter – October 2020 NEW!  Federally-Funded Program to Benefit Local Manufacturers The OSU South Centers MEP would like to introduce you to our newest program, Shale POWER. Shale POWER is an initiative that helps manufacturing companies to…

Visualizing Net Annual Income in America

Visualizing Net Annual Income in America

In 2019, economic inequality in the U.S. reached its highest level in more than half a century. However, the World Economic Forum recently warned that income inequality could worsen as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Here’s what we found:…

Top 5 Countries with the Biggest Manufacturing Output

Top 5 Countries with the Biggest Manufacturing Output

The $2.33 trillion U.S. manufacturing sector made up 11.6% of the country’s economic output in 2018. U.S. factory production shrank by 1.3 percent in 2019. While half a million manufacturing jobs have been added during the Trump administration, job growth…

Study: 40% Of Factory CEOs Cutting Own Comp In 2020

Study: 40% Of Factory CEOs Cutting Own Comp In 2020

Preliminary data taken from Chief Executive’s annual CEO and Senior Executive Compensation study shows 40 percent of manufacturing CEOs are cutting (or planning to cut) their compensation in 2020 as a result of Covid, and nearly two-thirds of those (63 percent) are looking at a 10 to 30 percent cut, with…

Business Has No Speed Limits

Business Has No Speed Limits

 “Pushing the envelope” is a phrase that originated with American test pilots such as Chuck Yaeger and John Glenn in the 1950s. Each aircraft they flew was said to have an “envelope” of performance. In other words, it was designed…