Manufacturing
UMass Amherst’s Hava Siegelmann Honored by U.S. Department of Defense
Nearly 100 colleagues recently joined an online celebration to honor Professor Hava Siegelmann of the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), as she received the rarely awarded Meritorious Public Service Medal from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. It is the third-highest honor the Department…
Read MoreMassachusetts casinos aim for June 29 reopening; MGM Springfield plans clear dividers on some table games
Massachusetts’ three casinos — MGM Springfield, Encore Boston Harbor and Plainridge Park — are working to reopen with Encore using June 29 as its target with the understanding that the date could change. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreJ&E Precision Tool of Southampton plans Westfield expansion as it gears up for F-35 fighter jet work
Up to $1.5 million in machining equipment will be just the start for J&E Precision Tool of Southampton as it expands into the former Berkshire Industries building near the Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport to build parts for the military’s new F-35 fighter jet. “We have to be ready to act quickly and we need to be…
Read MoreMore than 600 businesses apply to help with coronavirus response in Massachusetts to make personal protective equipment
Charlie Merrow, a seventh-generation manager of Merrow Manufacturing in Fall River, estimates the company will produce up to 4 million medical gowns, coveralls and other protective items in the coming months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Enlisting the help of the Baker administration, Merrow pivoted from making sewing machines and apparel to producing protective…
Read MoreStaffing companies say coronavirus has slowed hiring; demand expected to pick up as manufacturing reopens
Many of the manufacturers that rely on staffing services aren’t hiring now because they are shut down, deemed nonessential under statewide rules meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But Patricia Canavan, president of United Personnel in Springfield, said some of her clients have converted at least some of their manufacturing capacity into making…
Read MoreCoronavirus response: East Longmeadow toy factory making face shields instead of board games
The Cartamundi plant here and its workers usually makes classic games like Monopoly and Trouble and churn out canisters of Play-Doh, all for toy giant Hasbro. But today they’re making personal protection equipment, manufacturing 50,000 plastic face shields per week, for donation to local hospitals during this COVID-19 pandemic. The project is a partnership between…
Read MoreMassachusetts manufacturers step up to meet emergency, look for opportunities in post-COVID-19 economy
Massachusetts manufacturers are making products to fight the novel coronavirus, save patients caught in its grip, protect doctors and nurses, and arrest the disease’s spread. That might be stuff that’s already in their product line. Pelican Products in South Deerfield makes Pelican Storm Cases for lifesaving ventilators shipped from Oregon to New York City. Sometimes…
Read MoreCoronavirus response: Smith & Wesson, Eastman Chemical donate face shields to Springfield police and firefighters
The Smith & Wesson and Eastman Chemical companies have donated hundreds of face shields for use by Springfield police and firefighters as protection from the coronavirus. Smith & Wesson donated an additional 300 face shields for the Police and Fire departments, and for the Health Department’s for its homeless medical operations, Mayor Domenic J. Sarno…
Read MoreHolyoke Company Tools Up to Manufacture Medical Face Shields
Walter Drake Inc., a Holyoke manufacturing company, has responded to the urgent need for medical face shields by healthcare systems. In a matter of days, workers have designed, prototyped, built tooling for, and manufactured a medical face shield of the type that is in desperate demand by hospitals, nursing facilities, and other essential workers during…
Read MoreUniversal Plastics of Holyoke pivots to make face shields, intubation boxes for pandemic needs
Universal Plastics is doing its part in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The manufacturer, which specializes in custom thermoforming, is making plastic face shields and acrylic intubation boxes. “We all just have to do our part in this,” says Pia Kumar, co-owner and chief strategy officer at Universal Plastics. Read the source article…
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