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MEP Success Stories from New Jersey

Balancing Productivity and Progress: SWEMCO’s Certification Triumph

Reported Year
2024
For SWEMCO, maintaining its competitive edge in the fast-paced electronics manufacturing industry required constant adaptation and improvement. Certifications were critical—not just as a badge of compliance but as a way to ensure their workforce had the skills needed to meet the rigorous demands of their clients in the aerospace, defense, medical

Securing Defense Contracts: EPM’s Journey to Cybersecurity Compliance

Reported Year
2024
For Electro Product Management, staying ahead in the competitive defense sector meant meeting increasingly stringent cybersecurity requirements. With most of their defense clients now mandating NIST SP800-171 compliance for both new contracts and continued business, it was clear that achieving this standard wasn’t optional—it was essential. As a

Blending Tradition with Modern Expertise: GEMCO’s Certification Journey

Reported Year
2024
GEMCO faced a pressing challenge: meeting the growing demands of its clients while maintaining its reputation for excellence. The PMP® (Project Management Professional) certification emerged as a pivotal requirement, not just as a credential but as a stepping-stone to growth. For GEMCO, achieving this certification was key to maintaining

Edmund Optics®: Pioneering Success Through Certifications and Workforce Advancement

Reported Year
2024
Edmund Optics is always on the lookout for ways to continue growing and avoid any inefficiencies that could slow down their growth if not addressed. As they sought to break into the booming biomedical industry, they quickly discovered that earning the ISO 13485 certification—essential for working with this sector—was no small feat. On top of this

GEMCO is Leading the Way: Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning in Manufacturing

Reported Year
2024
“A huge motivator in the industry is competition,” says Casey Bickhardt, President and CEO of GEMCO. One of the key ways in which manufacturers like GEMCO stay competitive is by consistently upskilling and reskilling their employees. Bickhardt, the fourth-generation leader of GEMCO, started her career in one of the most unlikely of places—sweeping

The Hotrod of Custom PCs: MAINGEAR Shaves Minutes Off Production Time

Reported Year
2024
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, where technology demands were booming as many businesses had to divert operations to remote models to keep operating as the lockdown ramped up, a shift that put businesses like MAINGEAR on the frontlines alongside health sciences manufacturers as providers of essential products. MAINGEAR ran into an all-too

Norwalt Design Finds Time for Employee Upskilling Amid Rapid Growth

Reported Year
2023
With the rapid growth that Norwalt has been experiencing comes its own set of challenges, most notably in facilitating programs like employee training and upskilling. In the wake of COVID, where Norwalt’s production was increased significantly to keep up with demand for COVID Test Kits and other essential goods, the Norwalt team needed assistance

Mac Products Achieves Robust Growth Through Process Enhancements Facilitated By MEP

Reported Year
2023
The relationship between MAC Products and NJMEP, part of the MEP National Network™, goes back nearly a decade, beginning with some lean training. “We continually kept engaged with the MEP over the years,” says Eddie Russnow, President of MAC. “With this latest grant that we got from the state for training, it’s all been based around the process

HK Metalcraft Upholds Reputation for Quality Management with Internal Audit Training

Reported Year
2023
HK Metalcraft was facing an aging workforce without the talent pipeline to fill the coming gaps. For General Manager John Speidel, a manufacturing leader with over 20 years of experience in the industry, “The challenge that brought us to NJMEP was increasing the number of resources we have capable of performing internal audits and collecting