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Look No Further than the Manufacturing Extension Partnership</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-12-18T12:00:00Z">December 18, 2023</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/authors/matt-fieldman" hreflang="en">Matt Fieldman</a> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> 45% annual growth. It’s a number that could make any workforce or economic development professional’s eyes pop out of their sockets. I was literally blown away </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-6"> <article about="/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/fastlane-helps-triangle-precision-increase-capacity-automation" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/fastlane-helps-triangle-precision-increase-capacity-automation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240117020411im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2023/12/11/robot-arm-blogFeaturedImage.png?itok=Bneesg0a" width="720" height="360" alt="The CNC lathe machine operation with automatic loader by robotic arm" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/fastlane-helps-triangle-precision-increase-capacity-automation"><span>FastLane Helps Triangle Precision Increase Capacity With Automation</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-12-08T12:00:00Z">December 8, 2023</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Triangle Precision, located in Kettering, Ohio, provides close tolerance precision machining, forming, and fabrication to many vital industries including </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-6"> <article about="/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/expanding-success-regional-registered-apprenticeship-program" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/expanding-success-regional-registered-apprenticeship-program" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240117020411im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2023/12/05/apprentice-blogFeaturedImage.png?itok=cqOao8bx" width="720" height="360" alt="emale Electronics Factory Worker in Blue Work Coat and Protective Glasses" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/expanding-success-regional-registered-apprenticeship-program"><span>Expanding on the Success of a Regional Registered Apprenticeship Program</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-12-01T12:00:00Z">December 1, 2023</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/authors/christine-mclear" hreflang="en">Christine McLear</a> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The current talent pipeline for manufacturing is not adequate to fill existing job openings, let alone the number of skilled workers that will be needed in the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-6"> <article about="/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/video-heroes-american-manufacturing-mayville-engineering" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/video-heroes-american-manufacturing-mayville-engineering" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240117020411im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2023/11/27/mec-video-blogFeaturedImage.png?itok=hHUjXR-m" width="720" height="360" alt="Mayville Engineering Company" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/video-heroes-american-manufacturing-mayville-engineering"><span>Video: Heroes of American Manufacturing – Mayville Engineering</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-11-22T12:00:00Z">November 22, 2023</time> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <a href="/web/20240117020411/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation-blog/authors/katie-rapp" hreflang="en">Katie Rapp</a> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Small and medium-sized manufacturers know that employees are their most important asset. Without employee commitment, no company can succeed. 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