North Carolina Manufacturing Conference – Call for speakers

The North Carolina Manufacturing Conference, MFGCON, hosted by the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) and Business North Carolina Magazine is accepting proposals for speakers for the April 20-21, 2023 conference at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, NC. More Information: https://ncmep.org/mfgcon/call-for-speakers/

2022 FALL SENIOR DESIGN EXPO

Lee College of Engineering

The Lee College of Engineering’s Senior Design Program brings together students and industrial partners in a collaborative research environment. As they tackle real-world engineering projects, the engineering students and their industry supporters are afforded unlimited possibilities for learning and achievement.

RuralWorks! Engineering Summer Internship Program Webinar

RuralWorks! Engineering Summer Internship Program - $10/hr sponsored talent is waiting for manufacturers to hire. This webinar is for manufacturers in rural communities, HR Managers, Engineering Managers, Plant Management Presented by Anna Mangum, Regional Manager, NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) IES is working with manufacturers across the state to create summer internship opportunities […]

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NCMEP Leadership in Manufacturing Award Nominations

The North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) recognizes manufacturing excellence across North Carolina, honoring manufacturers that deliver exceptional performance. Nominations will be accepted beginning January 16, 2023. The nomination deadline is February 28, 2023 and winners will be honored at the MFGCON conference.

Supplier Scouting Opportunities Webinar

Are you a manufacturer struggling to source key parts or components to meet your production needs?Do you have excess manufacturing capacity in your facility that you’d like to use?

Timeout for Safety

Join us for the upcoming Timeout for Safety virtual discussion sessions. 30-minute sessions are open forums so whether you want to inquire about safety topics or just want to pop in and say “Hello!”

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Manufacturing Meet-up

You are invited to join an informal but informative zoom conversation to discuss challenges and opportunities, and engage with your manufacturing industry peers. all are welcome! Each month a hot topic will be selected and you are encouraged to bring questions and ideas for discussion. This month our discussion will start with information and resources […]

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Safety Culture vs Climate Webinar

In this session, participants will gain insight on how to take their safety program to the next level!  Content and discussion will center on understanding the differences and symbiotic relationship between an organization's Safety Culture and its Safety Climate, as well as how to use the Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT) to determine the current state. 

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How to WIN SBIR/STTR Grants – Half-Day Hybrid Presentation

REGISTRATION OPEN for Hybrid Half-Day Presentation on February 9th from 9AM-12PM EST: First Flight Venture Center has again won a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program grant from the Small Business Administration. The FAST program is meant to increase the number of competitive grant applications for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) […]

Manufacturing Meet-up

You are invited to join an informal but informative zoom conversation to discuss challenges and opportunities, and engage with your manufacturing industry peers. All are welcome! This month's topic: The Impact of Ergonomics.

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DEFTECH Coffee Call – March 3

Join us this Friday, March 3, 2023, @ 0800-1000 ET DEFTECH Coffee Call 9 - 10 am Topic: Military Needs for Innovation in Textiles and Nonwovens Guest Speaker: Laurra C. Winters, Director, Navy Clothing & Textile Research Facility (NCTRF) Laurra is in Natick, Massachusetts, and executes the NCTRF mission alongside a team of 30 highly skilled […]

THREE-DAY URBAN COUNTER·UAS COURSE

THREE-DAY URBAN COUNTER·UAS COURSE March 7th - 9th, 2023 Link to register: https://atlasunmanned.com/individual-sessions/cuas-product-testing-evaluation-1-1-1 Three-Day Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Course. “Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy.” - Max Mayfield As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) proliferation continues to grow globally, it has created a new danger for facilities that traditionally could be […]

Additive Manufacturing Webinar

Additive Manufacturing is growing in applications across the spectrum of our businesses. Join us to discuss how you can use AM across the Product Life Cycle from Prototype to Production to Digital Business. We will emphasize both existing and future applications.

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NCMEP Event – Grand Opening of Manufacturing Solutions Center Phase II

Manufacturing Solutions Center II 350 5th Avenue SE, Conover, NC

March 30, 2023 @ 4:00 pm | manufacturingsolutionscenter.org/ 350 5th Avenue SE, Conover, NC 28613 NCMEP partner, the Manufacturing Solutions Center in Conover, North Carolina has announced the Grand Opening date of the new Manufacturing Solutions Center II facility. The new building is a public/private partnership between the City of Conover, the Manufacturing Solutions Center, Catawba Valley […]

NC A&T ISE Open House – April 5, 2023

Harold Martin Engineering Research and Innovation Complex (ERIC) 1101 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC

NCMEP Partner, NC A&T University invites you! An Open House and Community Discussion Partnering to Improve Manufacturing and Services Operations Wednesday, April 5, 2023 9 am – 1 pm Harold Martin Engineering Research and Innovation Complex (ERIC) 1101 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411 RSVP at this link | Time | Activity | Location | 8:30 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast / Social […]

Smart Fabrics Summit

Smart Fabrics Summit April 11-12, 2023 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Register: https://www.textiles.org/event/smart-fabrics-summit-2023/ Education and Networking This one and a half day event will feature a variety of education and networking from engaging sessions on emerging technology in smart textiles to the interactive facility tours and student research showcase to the networking reception. New […]

Wilmington Navy Week: Doing Business with the Department of the Navy Small Business Workshop

Wilmington Convention Center 10 Convention Center Drive, Wilmington,, NC

Wilmington Navy Week: Doing Business with the Department of the Navy Small Business Workshop April 12, 2023 from 0900-1200 EST Wilmington Convention Center 10 Convention Center Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401 In partnership with the North Carolina Military Business Center and in conjunction with the Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure and Environmental Summit the Department of […]

Building a Collaborative Manufacturing Ecosystem In Support of the Department of Defense

Congdon Yards 400 W. English Street, High Point, North Carolina

April 27, 2023, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Congdon Yards, 400 W. English Street, High Point, North Carolina 27262 REGISTER TO ATTEND No cost to attend.  Plan to arrive early for parking, building access, coffee, pastries and NETWORKING!  Program begins promptly at 9:30AM. ***NOTE: parking will be in lot in front of the Factory. Meeting […]

Association for Manufacturing Excellence – AME Charlotte 2023 Lean Summit

Association for Manufacturing Excellence AME Charlotte 2023 Lean Summit May 1-3, 2023 More Information + Register: https://ame.org/ame-charlotte-2023-lean-summit Cultivating tomorrow's lean leaders: Speeding toward excellence If you are searching for a better way to lead, develop people and produce superior results, this lean summit will help put you over the top. What are you doing to […]

UNC Charlotte Engineering Senior Design Expo

UNC Charlotte campus - Student Activity Center 9201 University City Blvd. 202 Barnhardt Student Activity Center, Charlotte, NC, United States

Approximately 100 Engineering Senior Design teams will be showing the results of their design projects. About 80% of the projects are doing work for a Industry partner. Several of the projects are partially supported by NC MEP grants. The NC MEP grant program allows the participation of some small, NC based manufacturing companies that otherwise […]

Transitioning Military and their Families

NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions Director of Defense Industry Initiatives, Michael Mullins, will be participating in the veterans panel discussion for the NC State University Institute for Emerging Issues on May 9. Tuesday, May 9, at 10 a.m.: Transitioning Military and their Families Other Emerging Issues Sessions Starting on April 25 and continuing on […]

The Federal and Defense Textile (FEDTEX) Summit

McKimmon Conference and Training Center 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

The Federal and Defense Textile (FEDTEX) Summit hosted by the Office of US Senator Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) and the North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH) connects the US Department of Defense (DoD) and federal agency clothing and individual equipment buyers with US textile manufacturers, textile supply chain suppliers, […]

Medical, Biomedical & Biodefense: Support to the Warfighter Symposium

UNC Friday Center 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Directions and Map Half-day Pre-symposium, hosted at the NC Biotechnology Center (15 TW Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709). To participate, you must registered as a MBB participant for June 14th. A new half-day pre-symposium on June 13, 12:30-4:30 pm in the afternoon at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will focus on the truths and myths of […]

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OSHA’s Training Requirements Webinar

In this session, we will review the common training topics from 29 CFR 1910 and provide a resource to help determine the training your workers need and how to meet OSHA's training requirements.

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Go Global Road Show: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College NC Research Campus & Advanced Technology Center 399 Biotechnology Lane, Kannapolis, NC, United States

Your passport to global sales starts with export knowledge from the experts. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina's (EDPNC) International Trade team maintains six overseas offices that help companies like yours prosper in North Carolina by growing revenue through exporting. Once a year, this team of experts goes on the road to bring their […]

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Go Global Road Show: AB Tech Community College Downtown Campus

AB Tech Community College Downtown Campus 340 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC, United States

Your passport to global sales starts with export knowledge from the experts. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina's (EDPNC) International Trade team maintains six overseas offices that help companies like yours prosper in North Carolina by growing revenue through exporting. Once a year, this team of experts goes on the road to bring their […]

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Go Global Road Show: The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship

The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship 1451 S Elm-Eugene Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

Your passport to global sales starts with export knowledge from the experts. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina's (EDPNC) International Trade team maintains six overseas offices that help companies like yours prosper in North Carolina by growing revenue through exporting. Once a year, this team of experts goes on the road to bring their […]

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Go Global Road Show: Wake Tech Community College Western Campus

Wake Tech Community College Western Campus 3434 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary, NC, United States

Your passport to global sales starts with export knowledge from the experts. The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina's (EDPNC) International Trade team maintains six overseas offices that help companies like yours prosper in North Carolina by growing revenue through exporting. Once a year, this team of experts goes on the road to bring their […]

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Defense Technology Summit

Fayetteville Technical Community College Tony Rand Student Center, Multi-Purpose Room (building #7) 2201 Hull Road, Fayetteville, NC, United States

View Agenda The second annual Defense Technology Summit (DTS) is hosted by the Office of US Senator Thom Tillis, Office of US Senator Ted Budd, Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC), the North Carolina Military Business Center and the North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office. The summit is held in conjunction with the Association of the […]

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Automation… Safety Assumed… Webinar

Join us as we review technologies that are switching out the old guard and the evolution of the standards that have protected humans from machines for decades.

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DEFTECH Coffee Call – August 18

Join us this Friday, August 18, 2023, @ 8-10 a.m. ET DEFTECH Coffee Call Hybrid DEFTECH Coffee Call with NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions, Defense Industry Initiatives and the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC).   IN-PERSON REGISTRATIONVIRTUAL REGISTRATION   8-9 a.m.: Early Bird Session: Networking and discussing current business opportunities, defense trends, and innovation […]

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Women Business Leaders Forum

Cape Fear Community College 411 North Front Street, Wilmington, NC, United States

The mission of the Women's Business Leaders Forum is simple - Unleash the Potential of Women Business Leaders, propelling the Defense Industry forward with a vision that embraces: Purposeful Growth: We seize every opportunity to drive our business to new heights. Entrepreneurial Vision: We work strategically on our business, nurturing its expansion. Empowered Leadership: We […]

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Understanding and Utilizing MatchForce

Virtual - Zoom

This training is a comprehensive guide to using MatchForce as a tool for finding federal contracting opportunities and doing market research. In this training you will learn how MatchForce can be utilized to: match your business to contract opportunities automatically; effectively search and filter the internal database of federal contracting data; and help businesses (both […]

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DEFTECH Coffee Call – August 25

Join us this Friday, August 25, 2023, @ 9 a.m. ET DEFTECH Coffee Call DoD Communities of Interest: R&D Research and Development Subject: Coffee Call: NASA Tech Transfer Expansion Program Due Date: 25 August 2023 - 9 a.m. ET Government Organization: NASA   JOIN THE MEETING   Description: 8-9 a.m. - Early Bird Session Networking […]

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DANC Science & Technology through Commercialization “The NC Innovation Ecosystem”

The Frontier at RTP 800 Park Offices Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

LEARN MORE & REGISTER!   If you have any questions about the event or how to register please contact Phil Williams, DANC Science & Technology Committee Chair, at 336.312.6478 or Tammy Everett, Executive Director, Defense Alliance of North Carolina at 910.690.4450 or teverett@defensealliancenc.org.

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Test Flight Pitch Practice at First Flight

REGISTER TO ATTEND   Just about every early-stage startup knows they will need to hone their pitch to potential investors, customers and other interested parties. But where can you go to practice your pitch and get better before actually asking for money? That’s why we created Test Flight! Test Flight is pitch practice for companies […]

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Defense Manufacturing Summit & Exhibition

Join us on Thursday, September 7, 2023, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) at the Emerging Technology Institute, 16824 NC- 211, Red Springs, NC 28377 for an exciting event focused on defense manufacturing. The Inaugural Defense Manufacturing Summit and Exhibition will be hosted by Emerging Technology Institute (ETI), and partners, NC State University Industry Expansion […]

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EDPNC Export Coffee Call – September 8

Virtual - Zoom

REGISTER TO ATTEND Doing Business in Southeast Asia: Business Culture Tips for Singapore and Malaysia Join us Friday, September 8 for our next Export Coffee Talk, "Doing Business in Southeast Asia: Business Culture Tips for Singapore and Malaysia." In this webinar, the EDPNC Singapore-based international trade consultants will provide expert insights for doing business in […]

Disaster Preparedness Webinar

Presented by Glenn C. Clapp CSP, EFO, CHMM, CFPS Safety and Health Specialist, NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) This webinar is for all businesses, owners, safety directors, and safety managers. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes! Hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, chemical spills, and outbreaks of illness are just a few examples. No matter […]

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First Flight Venture Center: Talking Shop: Telling Your Stories

First Flight Venture Center 2 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

REGISTER TO ATTEND   Presenter: Ed Pettiss, Business Mentor Insight Strategy   As you develop your business, most start-ups need support from customers, suppliers, partners, employees, mentors, grant funders, and investors. To attract the right people, you’ll want a persuasive pitch that helps everyone understand why you’re the right company to work with. In this […]

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ChatGPT for Management System Development Webinar

REGISTER TO ATTEND   ChatGPT has begun to revolutionize the way business is done and pursued in many ways. Yet, many workers do not understand the tool or how to apply it in their area of expertise. During this webinar, we will look specifically at how to use this tool in the area of Management […]