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MEP Success Stories from Illinois

Southern Illinois Manufacturer Strengthens Culture

Reported Year
2024
With the recent addition of the Hoffman, Illinois site, the leadership team identified the need to obtain feedback from their 17-employee workforce on how they felt about the organization. The timing provided a good opportunity to be transparent about organizational change, and to develop a strong company culture. This desire was to get assistance

Injection Molding Company Looks to IMEC for Leadership Development Training

Reported Year
2024
Midwest Molding Solutions has been experiencing tremendous growth, leading to the promotion of several new managers with limited management experience. To address this leadership skills gap Midwest Molding Solutions determined they wanted to transform their managers from being just "doers" into effective leaders who would delegate tasks

Manufacturer Receives Website Assistance Through Cook County Manufacturing Reinvented Grant

Reported Year
2024
Before contacting the IMEC team, part of the MEP National Network™, Hookset had both of their websites audited and found that both needed significant work to generate better conversions. The website had recently been rebuilt, so Hookset was seeking assistance with SEO (search engine optimization) and backend support. Opportunity struck when the

IRMCO Connects with the IMEC to Grow Their Marketing and Lead Generation

Reported Year
2024
IRMCO recently developed a new evaporative product line that would benefit not only their current customers, but also those in a completely different industry. IRMCO is confident in their ability to secure new customers once introduced – the main hurdle is receiving the prospects. Connecting to their lead generation goals, IRMCO also looks to grow

Success in Operations

Reported Year
2024
The leadership at The Caldwell Group recognized the importance and long-lasting positive impacts of receiving the ISO 9001:2015 certification, as it provides another level of credibility to their reputation. The certification provides further evidence that the work being done in their organization is of the upmost quality, especially when much of

Organize Your Workplace

Reported Year
2024
Searching for a way to grow their workplace organization, FusionTECH came across the 5S workplace organization program. FusionTECH was interested in the positive impacts that the 5S system can create for their organization. The 5S methodology is designed to create continuous improvement that builds efficiency and productivity for workplaces

Expand and Grow

Reported Year
2023
Advantage Components connected with IMEC, part of the MEP National Network™, back in 2014. ACI and IMEC have worked on a variety of projects together since then, but there was one area yet to be discussed - marketing. While Advantage Components knew the positive impacts marketing could have on their business, they had yet to make a conscious effort

Establishing A New Website with Help from IMEC

Reported Year
2023
Steven Plastics needed to dramatically increase its market awareness and promote its extensive range of processing capability from 75 to 3000 tons. As a smaller company, having an online presence was a goal for Steven Plastics to help them grow their reach. However, being a small company also meant they had fewer resources and less time to put