OMEP In the News
August 22, 2019. By Kim Moore. Published in Manufacturing. Joan McGuire Moving expenses often outweigh the increased cost of renting factories in Portland. A strong economy is boosting growth at manufacturing companies, with many seeking to grow and expand to meet new...
Anna Del Savio, Columbia County Spotlight Charles T. Parker Way was officially dedicated on July 26. The freshly paved road, which extends from West Lane Road down to OMIC and other properties, was made possible by a property donation from Scott Parker, Charles T....
Published July 2, 2019 By: Christine Sherk of The Register-Guard Truffles are striped with white chocolate at Euphoria's warehouse in Eugene. [Kelly Lyon/The Register-Guard] When Van and Bonnie Glass bought Euphoria Chocolate Co. in 2013, it took some time for them to...
July 17, 2019 By: Sam Gazdziak on The National Provisioner Online The dream of every meat processor is to enjoy growth — to have products that are so loved by the public that you just can’t make enough of them. The downside to that growth is that ramping up production...
Original article: Justin Much | Tuesday, June 18, 2019 - Woodburn Independent Woodburn company finds manufacturing extension service invaluable for streamlining production, survival  It was a dilemma with clear stipulations: double your production or die. That's what...
Joseph Gallivan of the Portland Tribune and Courtney Vaughn from Pamplin Media Group were just a couple of the attendees we saw making their way around the Manufacturing Day Event at OMIC R&D. Check out the articles below to hear their take on the days'...
Bringing a medical device to market is a daunting prospect for even the largest manufacturers. There’s nurturing a concept from prototype to finished product; determining how and where to manufacture it; conducting trials for safety and efficacy; and getting FDA...
Kleve Kee is as much a student of human behavior as he is an expert on industrial processes. As a managing consultant at the nonprofit Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership, he’s spent the past seven years working with Central Oregon companies like Kialoa...
The Fabricator:Â https://www.thefabricator.com/article/assembly/lean-manufacturing-meets-custom-tow-truck-assembly
Engineers and designes crowd OMEP summit in search of new efficiencies from robots In manufacturing, robots and 3D printing have caught the imaginations of the money makers and the makers respectively. Add the hot concept of innovation and you have the thrust of the...