6/14/2017 - Cytellix, the cybersecurity division of IMRI, announces a strategic partnership with The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (The Center). In this partnership, The Center will market and connect Cytellix's managed security service directly with Michigan's small- and medium-sized manufacturing businesses. Read the full article from Intelligent Aerospace.
5/29/2017 - Michael Coast was presented the honor at the Foundation for Manufacturing Excellence’s 2017 Industry Awards during the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (MEP) national summit, MEP Connects. Read the full article from Production Machining.
5/24/2017 - Michiana techies have found their niche, standing on the front lines of cyber security, and the war over your information. From major corporation hacks to those annoying email scams, cyber security is virtually everyone's problem. Read the full article from abc57 News.
5/3/2017 - For many years leading up to and following the recession of 2007, the message was that United States manufacturing was dead. The idea of a knowledge economy without manufacturing was hard for some producers to reconcile, especially with the growing demand for higher quality, reduction of lead time and innovation. These competitive advantages would be hard to meet in the new “farm it out” environment. It turns out that where you make things matters. This story was published in the Record-Eagle's Momentum '17 special publication.
4/27/2017 - Milacron LLC will move up to 70 jobs to its Greenville plant after closing a sister plant in Youngwood, Penn. this summer. Milacron, a division of DME Company LLC that makes plastic injection molding equipment, plans to invest about $5 million to expand its facility at 1117 Fairplains Street. Read the full article from MLive.
4/12/2017 - New cybersecurity guidelines are expected to have a huge impact on at least 800 Michigan manufacturers who contract with the DoD, GSA, and NASA. Manufacturers must meet the new requirements by December 31, 2017 or risk losing business. Listen to Elliot Forsyth, Vice President of Business Operations at The Center, as he discusses why this is so important. Listen to the podcast from WILS 1320 AM.
4/4/2017 - Every day there are hundreds-of-thousands of cyber security attacks happening across the globe, putting your sensitive information at risk. Now many federal contractors are required to tighten-up their networks and systems with new practices to protect their facilities and equipment by the end of this year. Read the full article from WLNS 6 News.
4/3/2017 - Upcoming cybersecurity regulations could catch manufacturers off guard and put at risk their ability to perform government contracts. Read the full article from MiBiz.
3/28/2017 - Cybersecurity is paramount to our nation’s safety and our military’s viability. Having a sustainable plan in place to combat cyber threats also is critical to the survival of a small business because just one cyber-attack can be catastrophic. Read the latest guest blog post by Elliot Forsyth, Vice President of Business Operations at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (The Center), on the Manufacturing Innovation Blog.
3/20/2017 - The risks are enormous and potentially devastating. According to IBM, small and mid-sized businesses are hit by cyber-attacks about 4,000 times a day. Read the full article from MiMfg Magazine.