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MEP Success Stories from Georgia

CJB Industries: Chemical Manufacturer Enhances Efficiency and Quality with AI

Reported Year
2024
As CJB Industries has continued to grow, they have engaged Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech, part of the MEP National Network™, through various events and projects in the past 13 years. In early 2022, Mitchell Tatar, CJB Industries process engineer and Beeland’s daughter, collaborated with Sean Madhavaraman, GaMEP

Technology Company Goes from Start-Up to Scale-Up

Reported Year
2024
Originally housed out of Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) in downtown Atlanta and funded through America’s Seed Fund, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, CTG had grown over the years. As they became known as the experts in their field, they needed to move into a larger facility and hire new employees to

Manufacturer Connects to New Technology and Strategic Customers

Reported Year
2024
In 2020, the current owners purchased the company with the intent to modernize, streamline, and make the company more profitable, while also maintaining jobs for the existing workforce. Hans Pfunder, COO, met John Zegers, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech’s Northwest Georgia region manager, and explained their

Longtime Partnership Leads to Impactful Results for Manufacturer

Reported Year
2024
Groov-Pin’s goal is to continuously improve its processes to produce immediate results and prevent future problems. To help achieve this goal, the company has been a long-time member of the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Consortium. The Consortium is a member-based peer-to-peer learning

The Ripple Effect of Improved Communications

Reported Year
2024
CS Kennesaw was expanding distribution activities with products serviced out of other CS locations, which was projected to triple its workload in the coming years. Simultaneously, CS Fort Valley was in the process of launching new products manufactured in Georgia. In the midst of these changes, the client was looking to build a stable workforce and

Manufacturer Invests in Methods to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Reported Year
2023
In 2022, GEMÜ was looking to build a new, in-house electropolishing process line using new equipment and the latest technologies. They wanted to make sure the new line would not only meet but exceed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for wastewater treatment and air quality, so Jay Tompkins, production manager at GEMÜ, reached

Leadership Training Helps Mat Manufacturing Company Grow

Reported Year
2023
In 2022, the company was experiencing growth but, simultaneously, changes in the labor market had made it more difficult to recruit and retain employees. Rather than see the situation as a problem, the company saw it as an opportunity to drive improvements and innovation. Mountville committed to becoming an employer of choice in the West Georgia