WORCESTER, Mass. – The Healey-Driscoll administration and Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s (MassTech) Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) have awarded a total of $3,797,592 million to support 23 manufacturing companies statewide. The grants were provided through the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program (MMAP), a statewide initiative that helps small- and medium-sized manufacturers invest in new technologies to meet increased customer demand and enhance overall capabilities.
The administration announced the MMAP awards today during an event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This round of MMAP awards is expected to create up to 125 jobs and upskill nearly 100 employees across the manufacturing ecosystem, including within semiconductor manufacturing, defense, photonics and other related industries.
“Massachusetts boasts a cutting-edge manufacturing sector where talented companies work to innovate, solve problems and offer job opportunities,” said Massachusetts Interim Economic Development Secretary Ashley Stolba. “To stay competitive globally, it is essential to support manufacturers in growing their business and expanding the state’s talent pipeline.”
"Manufacturing is a key driver of the Massachusetts economy. MMAP, along with other CAM programs, allow us to strengthen the sector's resilience, evolution and workforce," said CAM Director Lily Fitzgerald. “MMAP helps small and medium manufacturing companies adopt Industry 4.0 technologies while providing opportunities for workers to increase their skills and broaden their knowledge base to ensure the industry’s continued strength and competitiveness."
Since 2022, MMAP has invested more than $17.7 million in 99 Massachusetts small- to medium-sized manufacturers.
MMAP awardees will partner with nonprofit organizations across the ecosystem to develop connections and gain access to necessary support for technical and workforce development. The partners for this round of awardees include Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP), Browning the Green Space, WeReach and FORGE.
Below are the 23 grant recipients:
Active Surfaces, Woburn - $200,000
A&M Tool and Design Inc., Southbridge - $200,000
Alsym Energy, Malden - $200,000
Atkore, New Bedford - $155,716
Belt Technologies, Agawam - $200,000
Echo Industries, Orange - $200,000
Epec Engineered Technologies, New Bedford - $200,000
Fabwright Origins, Boston - $150,000
Fancypants Baking Co., Walpole - $150,000
Folia Materials, Bedford - $75,000)
Governors America Corp. (Governors America), Agawam - $141,956
Green Brothers Fabrication (Green Brothers), Taunton - $200,000
H. Loeb Corporation, New Bedford - $200,000
Incom, Inc. (Incom), Charlton - $200,000
Innovent Technologies, Peabody - $200,000
Killeen Machine Tool Co., Auburn - $200,000
Precision Manufacturing, Lowell - $37,175
Osmoses, Cambridge - $200,000
Radial Dynamics, Greenfield - $200,000
RIBCRAFT USA, Marblehead - $57,744
Sunny, Leominster - $150,000
Toner Plastics, Longmeadow - $30,000
Western Bronze, West Springfield - $200,000
About the Center for Advanced Manufacturing at MassTech
The mission of the Massachusetts Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) is to foster the most complete, collaborative and agile manufacturing ecosystem to enable business growth from innovation through production. CAM is a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech), a public economic development agency tasked with supporting business formation and growth in the Commonwealth’s tech and innovation sectors. CAM provides a path for manufacturing growth through a connected, accessible ecosystem that supports innovation, workforce development and a business-friendly environment. CAM-managed programs include the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2), the MassBridge manufacturing training program and the massmakes.org portal. Learn more at https://cam.masstech.org/.
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