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MEP Success Stories from Indiana

Purdue MEP Supports Advanced Manufacturing Skills Training with Defense Funding

Reported Year
2023
There were two significant challenges that prompted Ad-Vance Magnetics to seek the support of Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™ . First, there was a significant backlog of press brake work as a result of increased semiconductor/chip industry demand. Second, the complexity of their coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) software required

Indiana Manufacturer Overcomes Turnover Issues While Improving Company Culture

Reported Year
2023
Robert Weed was experiencing significant and lengthy turnover issues. The high turnover rates created an increase in costs for recruitment and training of new hires and created a disconnect among employees, as well as poor morale and culture. Long-term employees were tired of seeing the high number of new employees come and go and were getting

Purdue MEP Helps Indiana Furniture Automate Warehouse Material Delivery

Reported Year
2022
Indiana Furniture was in the process of investigating the potential implementation of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for their facilities when they saw a posting for the automation webinar series – Introduction to Autonomous Robots, hosted by Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™. They found the webinar very informative and took advantage

Purdue MEP Helps Manufacturer Become an Employer of Choice

Reported Year
2022
Pre-Covid Ambu was doing well with employee retention and holding strong with on-time deliveries. However, as the nation grappled with the pandemic, they saw a large spike in turnover which eventually started affecting their efficiency rates and overall output. With employee retention numbers tumbling, Ambu immediately began to plan how to mitigate

Purdue MEP Turns Successful Employees into Future Leaders for B&B Molders

Reported Year
2022
B&B Molders' leadership recognized the importance of providing new managers with a foundation of shared practices and beliefs to ensure team members were working from the same set of standards and culture. The company reached out to Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, for leadership training for current leaders, as well as future leaders

Bearcat Utilizes Purdue MEP Expert to Overcomes ISO 9001 Hurdles

Reported Year
2021
Nick Davis, Bearcat’s vice president of operations, vividly recalls being approached by a company in the spring of 2020 for a quote, but there was a stipulation-- Bearcat needed to be ISO9001 certified. Knowing very little about the ISO world, Nick reached out to Chris Stager, president of the Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County, to

Purdue MEP Assistance Opens Business Opportunities for Defense Contractor

Reported Year
2022
As a small business and defense contractor, Valor provides the highest quality products and services in support of the warfighter and the public sector. Seeking the necessary improvements to help open new doors and continue working with current defense contractors, Valor leadership connected with Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, and

Purdue MEP Leading the Way to a Competitive Workforce at Tri-State Industries

Reported Year
2021
TSI needed a partner to help build a strong and productive workforce for the future. With this goal in mind, TSI chose Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, to assist it with continuous improvement training. TSI recognized Purdue MEP brought a plethora of expertise that aligned with the company’s Lean, quality, and workforce needs.

Purdue MEP Helps Aviation Company Enter New Markets and Increase Sales

Reported Year
2021
MSP Aviation has worked with Purdue MEP, part of the MEP National Network™, for several years. The partnership began in 2015 when Purdue MEP supported MSP Aviation’s operations with assistance to help streamline processes, improve scheduling, and reduce capacity limitations. In 2019 and 2020, MSP Aviation was faced with NADCAP certification

Purdue MEP Helps Hammond Group Plan for the Future.

Reported Year
2021
HGI serves multi-billion-dollar customers who expect the company’s production processes and management control systems to be as sophisticated as their own. HGI sees Purdue as a champion for northwest Indiana industry by making available MEP programs that provide such technical competence training, and at an affordable price. The offerings of Purdue