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MEP Success Stories from Virginia

Strategic Commercialization Plan Brings an Environmental Innovation to Market

Reported Year
2023
Pancopia was struggling to bring their idea to market and navigate the steps necessary to achieve commercialization. The team was unsure whether they had the resources to develop a viable prototype, or whether they could come up with a business model that would allow them to take the product to the market within the next few years in a financially

Comprehensive Commercialization strategy assists Virginia MetalFab with evolution to a full production metal manufacturing company.

Reported Year
2023
Virginia MetalFab was looking to expand physical space and market space. The strategy required growing from a “job shop” to a production metal manufacturing company, increasing market share in their current industries, growing their transportation market share and increasing their physical footprint. At the time of the first meeting, Virginia

Blue Wolf Sales and Service Utilizes a Strategic Approach for Entering New Markets

Reported Year
2020
For many years, the coal industry was a major customer purchasing BWSS industrial strength cleaners and de-greasers. With the coal industry’s economic downturn, BWSS felt the significance as their sales plummeted. Company ownership/management aspired to seek outside assistance to diversify in providing their goods/services into other markets

CHT USA, Inc., Relies on GENEDGE to Maintain Compliance

Reported Year
2021
As part of CHT, the plant was required to become certified to the international ISO 14001:2015 standard. They reached out to GENEDGE, part of the MEP National Network™, to provide an environmental assessment of their facility's compliance to the most recent revision of the standard.

Breathe Healthy Transforms Toward a Sustainable Future

Reported Year
2021
As the pandemic raged on, and as business for their Breathe Healthy® Masks eroded due to competition, owner Michael Vahey began looking for outside support. He registered his company as a PPE resource through the newly created Virginia Supply Chain Connector. This online portal is hosted and maintained by GENEDGE Alliance, part of the MEP National

Laser Thermal Focuses on Commercialization Opportunities with Assistance From GENEDGE

Reported Year
2022
During the pandemic, the GO Virginia Program for Retooling Virginia Manufacturers for Strategic Industries, a program managed by GENEDGE, part of the MEP National Network™, focusing statewide on helping participating manufacturers to shift their operations to emphasize personal protective equipment (PPE) production with the intent of growing their