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Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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The Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) provides high value, affordable solutions to help businesses increase profitability. As advocates for Indiana's thousands of manufacturers, our staff leverages resources in both the public and private sectors to help identify areas of improvement, streamline processes, and ultimately increase competitiveness.

Offering solutions for manufacturing challenges, Purdue MEP specializes in the following services through on-site training and analysis:

  • AI Implementation
  • Business Growth Solutions
  • Cybersecurity
  • Digital Transformation
  • Employee Attraction & Retention
  • Innovation and Technology
  • Leadership Development
  • Lean Manufacturing / Lean Office
  • Quality Improvement
  • Quality Systems (ISO)
  • Six Sigma
  • Supply Chain Services
  • Training Within Industry (TWI)
  • Workforce Development
  • And more!

Our professionally trained staff, located throughout the state, includes experts from a variety of business and manufacturing sectors. We serve businesses throughout the state of Indiana.

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Success Stories

Purdue MEP Training Leads to Production Increase and Capacity Expansion

Reported Year
2025
Flexaust was looking to increase the use of Advanced Manufacturing tools and techniques within their production departments to improve operational efficiency. Most of their products are unique to customer specifications, so a lot of focus is on the end product, and there is less emphasis on eliminating waste during production.

Superior Quality, New Markets: Purdue MEP Client's Defense Industry Entry Enabled by a QMS

Reported Year
2025
In 2023, Estes management set a strategic goal to pursue business opportunities in the aerospace/defense industry. AS9100D certification is required to gain access to many Prime Contractors in this industry. To achieve this additional ISO certification, Estes sought the assistance of Purdue MEP. It was believed that the more demanding AS9100 QMS
Created March 18, 2019, Updated December 17, 2025
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