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This section contains press releases about MANTEC, its partners and client companies, and organizational affiliations. The press releases in the current news section are organized by most recent to oldest release date, up to about 90 days. For additional press releases, please go to the archived press releases.

Archived Press Releases

July 31, 2007
IRCs Generating Results
The Industrial Resource Centers and a team of business growth consultants are helping manufacturers implement strategies in the areas of new markets and customers, product and service development, sales development, and new business models and strategy. The team reported 727 projects for 591 compa... (Read Article)

December 8, 2006
Commonwealth Financing Authority Funding Global Data Consultants Expansion
Global Data Consultants LLC, headquartered in Chambersburg, Franklin County, will receive funding to use for working capital and to upgrade its headquarters. Global Data Consultants LLC hopes to create and retain 132 jobs in the region with the funding. The funding is administered through the Com... (Read Article)

May 3, 2006
RFID-Lemons or Lemonade?
This three-part article explains the why and how of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Why do large organizations like Wal-Mart, place such a huge importance on RFID? What does this mean to supply chain manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers? How do you prepare your organi... (Read Article)

April 6, 2006
MANTEC's LEAN Certificate Program Graduates Twelve
On March 23, 2006 U.S. Congressman Todd Platts (PA-19) congratulated twelve manufacturing personnel for completing the 6-month LEAN Certificate Program Level 1. (Read Article)
MANTEC Launches New Product and Service Offering
Manufacturing faces increased global competition and MANTEC, Inc. is responding to this challenge. The Return On Investment Program is a new product and service offering to create top line growth. (Read Article)

July 13, 2005
Rendell Adminstration Announces Deputy Secretary for DCED Office of Technology Investment
The appointment of Rebecca Bagley as Deputy Secretary for Technology Investment was announced July 13, 2005 by Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Yablonsky. Bagley will manage the Commonwealth's technology-based economic development efforts, making sure the necessary infrast... (Read Article)

April 14, 2005
Wellness Works - A MANTEC Human Resouces Seminar Series Workshop
Is stress getting your employees down? Does your business need workforce wellness? Do you know what workforce wellness is? MANTEC is partnering with Saul Ewing LLP and the Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center in York to bring you this seminar Wellness Works  a Human Resources Best... (Read Article)

March 28, 2005
Rendell Administration Announces $575,000 in Funding for Technology Projects
Governor Edward G. Rendell and Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky recently announced $575,000 in funding by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) to support the Governor's technology-focused economic development strategy. Check the projec... (Read Article)

March 17, 2005
Creating Alignment: A Path to Business Performance and Profitability!
As a leader you need to clearly and precisely articulate the needs of your customers. You need to understand what to measure to ensure onging improvement. If you are unsure of just these two points, then you should consider dropping by the Executive Briefing: Tools for Profit scheduled for April 5... (Read Article)

March 14, 2005
Tools for Profit: A Powerful Framework for Increasing Operating Profit & Cash Flow
As a senior leader of your organization your primary focus is to help your organization establish the critical links between your people, your customers, and business profitability. It is in these linkages that businesses can achieve extraordinary performance across such measures as Operating Profi... (Read Article)

March 4, 2005
Market Position, Positioning, and Profitability!
All business leaders possess different levels of understanding in areas outside their functional expertise. The depth and breadth of 'baseline' knowledge about a business, its products and its marketplace is not always consistent across the leadership team. As a result, business leaders may strugg... (Read Article)

March 1, 2005
Learn How to Grow Your e-Business
Does your company want to increase sales by marketing and selling products and services through the Web? Do you work for a technology company that offers software and services to support the ever-expanding use of web-based sales and marketing tool? Are you seeking a conference that will help y... (Read Article)
Rendell Administration Seeking General Partners to Manage $10 Million Health Venture Account
The Tobacco Settlement Investment Board is in search of venture capital firms to manage a portion of the $10 million in a Health Ventures Account. This endeavor complements Governor Edward G. Rendell's $2 billion commitment to the life sciences industry. (Read Article)

February 23, 2005
Pasquariello MANTEC's New District Manager
Peter Pasquariello, M. P. A., joins the MANTEC staff as District Manager for the Tri County region of Cumberland, Perry, and Dauphin. Peter will assist manufacturers in building an awareness of evolving technical and management issues. He will also assist manufacturers to identify, prioritize, and ... (Read Article)

February 14, 2005
MANTEC Announces New Staff for 2005
MANTEC, Inc. welcomes two new employees - Patrick Meese, new District Manager for the Lebanon and northern Lancaster Counties, and Mary Staub, Marketing & Special Events Coordinator. Jeff Davis, a MANTEC employee since 1999, moves into a new position as Business Development Specialist. (Read Article)

February 1, 2005
EPA FY 2004 Enforcement Secures Cleanups Worth a Record $4.8 Billion Preventing One Billion Pounds of Pollution
EPA enforcement actions for fiscal year (FY) 2004 will reduce a projected one billion pounds of pollution and require cleanups estimated to total a record $4.8 billion - significant increases from last year. Read more on the FY 2004 Enforcement and Compliance Accomplishments. (Read Article)

January 31, 2005
DEP Awards $863,000 Grant to Promote Continued Growth of State's Recycling Industry
On November 18, 2004 Governor Edward G. Rendell and Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty awarded a grant in the amount of $863,429 to Penn State University to create the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center at PSU-Harrisburg. The grant is intended to encourage continued growth an... (Read Article)

January 26, 2005
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Recognizes the Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center Network
To date more than 366,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves have been mobilized leaving behind families and employers. Recognizing this need MANTEC's Ms. Carol Morton Tebo, Manager of Human Resources, spearheaded the iniative for an ESGR signing and awareness among other participating o... (Read Article)

January 13, 2005
Department of Homeland Security SBIR/STTR Program Overview
The Department of Homeland Security is the newest federal agency to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program(SBIR. The department opened their fiscal year 2005 $25,000,000 solicitation on January 20, 2005. By attending the February 10, 2005 program overview you can learn about ... (Read Article)

January 12, 2005
Governor Rendell and DCED/Banking Secretaries Announce Partnership with Sovereign Bank for Small Businesses
Governor Edward G. Rendell recently announced that Pennsylvania is partnering with Sovereign Bank to offer up to $250 million in loans to the Commonwealth's entrepreneurs and growing businesses through the new Pennsylvania Small Business Growth Lending Program. To help Governor Rendell revive the s... (Read Article)

January 3, 2005
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Brings National Drug/Device Summit to Pittsburgh
The leading authorities on combination drug/device therapies will speak at Convergence 2005: The Drug/Device Summit, March 21-23, 2005. Boston Scientific COO Paul LaViolette will headling the event by providing insights on the successes and challenges of Taxus, one of the largest combination drug/d... (Read Article)

April 7, 2004
Nanotechnology Expert to Deliver Keynote at May 2004 Nano Conference
On behalf of Governor Edward G. Rendell, Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that Josh Wolfe, the renowned national authority on the nanotechnology industry, will deliver the keynote address at 'The Business of Nano: Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Conference 20... (Read Article)

March 10, 2004
Team PA Foundation Unveils Findings of Major PA Manufacturing Sector Study
March 10, 2004 HARRISBURG: The Team Pennsylvania Foundation, in conjunction with the state's seven Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs) and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), today announced the results of a major study that documents the role of manufacturing i... (Read Article)
New Deloitte Study: Despite Recession's Effects, South Central PA Manufacturing Still Dominates As Economic Driver
MANTEC Plays Pivotal Role. YORK, March 10, 2004 The manufacturing sector continues to dominate as an economic driver for the 9-county region that represents South Central Pennsylvania, according to a major new study sponsored by the Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs) and the TEAM P... (Read Article)

December 29, 2003
MANTEC Struggles Congress guts budget for business assistance
By Charlie Young, York Dispatch/Sunday News Fred Wilke, owner of the Wilke Engenuity machine shop in Hanover said MANTEC, Inc., helped his company survive. Now MANTEC faces a fight for its own survival after Congressional budget negotiators gutted a program that provided one-third of its fundi... (Read Article)

December 4, 2003
RENDELL ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $7.48 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS
HARRISBURG: Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced $7.48 million in funding by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) to support Governor Edward G. Rendell's technology-focused economic development strategy. "Investing in Pennsylvania's te... (Read Article)

December 2, 2003
Legislation seeks to assist manufacturing
WASHINGTON - Americas struggling manufacturing sector would receive a boost from the federal government through a new research and development effort under a new bill introduced by Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids. Ehlers, chairman of the Environment, Technology, and Standards S... (Read Article)

December 1, 2003
Congress Guts Program for Small Manufacturers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 1, 2003 Washington, DC: Congressional appropriators agreed to gut the main federal program, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which serves America's small manufacturers, despite the 300 members of Congress who supported $110 million in letters to ... (Read Article)

October 24, 2003
Manufacturers' Forum with Senator Jeffrey Piccola
Approximately 25 representatives from South Central PA manufacturing firms met with Pennsylvania State Senator Jeffrey Piccola to discuss issues confronting manufacturers. The event, held October 7th at the MANTEC corporate offices in York featured lively discussion about the commonwealths budget, ... (Read Article)

October 21, 2003
PA'S INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP AWARDED $500,000 COMMITMENT FROM COMMONWEALTH OF PA
Partnership will expand federal funding assistance to small, technology-based businesses in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG: On behalf of Governor Edward G. Rendell, Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Yablonsky today announced that Pennsylvania's Innovation Partnership was recentl... (Read Article)

October 15, 2003
New OSHA forms for recording work-related injuries and illnesses now available
The revised OSHA Form 300, Log of Work-related Injuries and Illness is now available on OSHA's Website at http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/new-osha300form1-1-04.pdf (or this Website at BRIEFS and click on Regulatory information) To view the announcement and summary of the new reporting, click t... (Read Article)

October 8, 2003
Popular Program For Manufacturers May Get Reprieve
By TIMOTHY AEPPEL Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Appeared in The Wall Street Journal 10/08/2003 Capitalizing on the political heat over job losses and erosion in their sector, smaller manufacturers are expected to win a reprieve for a federally supported program designed to help... (Read Article)

September 15, 2003
Say Plastics, Incorporated Receives $70,000 State Customized Job Training
McSHERRYSTOWN, PA, September 13, 2003 --Say Plastics, Inc. was awarded $70,000 dollars from the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) through the Customized Job Training (CJT) Grant program for the training of employees over the next three years. A ceremonial check was presented t... (Read Article)

July 28, 2003
House Proposes Cuts For Pennsylvania's Small Manufacturers
At a time of soaring unemployment and massive manufacturing job loss, the House version of the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations bill would cut nearly two thirds from a program supporting the states 19,000 small manufacturers and 735,000 manufacturing workers in FY 2004. (Read Article)

July 23, 2003
Manufacturer Spotlight July 2003
A monthly feature that highlights the achievements of Manufacturers in the MANTEC region. (Read Article)

July 15, 2003
DEP Secretary McGinty Addresses Manufacturers at Energy and Environmental Management Seminar
Read highlights of DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty's address before manufacturers at a June 25th Seminar in Harrisburg sponsored by MANTEC, PENNTAP, Kutztown University SBDC and MASCPA. (Read Article)

June 9, 2003
Lebanon Manufacturers Hold Forum with Congressman Tim Holden
Lebanon. Representatives from the manufacturing community, MANTEC, the Lebanon Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC)and the Lebanon Valley Chamber met with Congressman Tim Holden May 28th at the Lebanon Country Club. The forum and luncheon was designed to provide Congressman Holden, who... (Read Article)

February 27, 2003
Region's Manufacturers To Benefit From Cooperative Agreement
York, PA Two of the South Central Pennsylvania's key resources for manufacturers announced the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide a framework of cooperation to optimize services to regional manufacturers. The Boards and officers of The Manufacturers' Association of South Ce... (Read Article)

February 4, 2003
Administration's Budget Thwarts Recovery of Small Manufacturers in South Central PA
The Administration's FY2004 budget proposal would severely cut funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The President's request would effectively eliminate the national MEP program and all federal funding for the regional MEP center, MANTEC. (Read Article)

August 8, 2002
Satisfied Customers Help MANTEC Avoid Funding Cuts
MANTEC is trying to dodge federal cuts this fall in order to continue providing regional manufacturers with tools to stay competitive. (Read Article)

April 4, 2002
Lead and TRI Reporting - July 1 Deadline
Many companies that have not had to file Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports in the past will have to start in 2002, because of changes in the reporting rules. July 1, 2002 is the deadline. This is a Federal requirement. Companies that have missed TRI deadlines in the past have faced... (Read Article)

April 1, 2002
Issues Forum for Governor's Race
Democrats Robert P. Casey, Jr. and Edward G. Rendell, and Republican Mike Fisher will discuss issues that really matter on IssuesPA: Meet the Candidates. On Thursday, April 4, at 8 p.m., the candidates will sit down for separate unedited, 30-minute television interviews with hosts Tracey Matisa... (Read Article)

March 27, 2002
Dollars Available Through Department of Community and Economic Development - Critical Job Training Grants.
Effective February 2002, Governor Schweiker announced the availability of $24.3 million in funding for grants that would help companies fill critical occupational shortages by providing training for new and current workers in skills that would make them eligible for those jobs. These Critical J... (Read Article)

February 6, 2002
MANTEC Announces CJT Awards to Region's Manufacturers
York, PA. MANTEC successfully assisted several manufacturers in competing for state funding through the Customized Job Training Program (CJT) managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. CNH Global N.V., New Holland; Sylvin Technologies Incorporated, Denver; Wilke E... (Read Article)

January 31, 2002
Robotics School Future Workforce
SCENE: Sixteen high schools successively taking turns as teams of four at the controls of robots scooting around a miniature playing field, extending skeletal arms to pick up and place beach balls of varied sizes into wheeled towers; a lead robot then connecting itself to the filled towers and delic... (Read Article)

October 16, 2001
Celebrating Regional Export Success
York, PA, October 3, 2001 The Southcentral Pennsylvania International Network again hosted 13 of Pennsylvania’s overseas trade representatives for the annual "Bringing the World to YOU!" program on October 1. This year's activities included individual company appointments with the overseas repr... (Read Article)

July 1, 2001
Customized Job and Guaranteed Free Training Grants
Customized Job Training CJT): Provides grants to businesses in need of training assistance for new hires, retraining efforts, and upgrading employees in an effort to retain and create jobs in Pennsylvania. This funding is to assist with higher level or advanced training that is not covered under th... (Read Article)

May 1, 2001
WEDnetPA Announces Guidelines for Guaranteed Free Training Programs
The Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania, known as WHAT IS WEDnetPA? WEDnetPA, has as its mission to strengthen the business environment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by providing a training network that is responsive to employers' workforce development needs. Pennsyl... (Read Article)

April 10, 2001
MANTEC Hosts Open House to Celebrate Launch of Manufacturing Portal - www.mfgGate.com
Harrisburg MANTEC, Incorporated, is pleased to announce an Open House at the C. Ted Lick Wildwood Conference Center at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) to celebrate the launch of www.mfgGate.com, a manufacturing portal. We are inviting manufacturers to view the site and its capabilities. ... (Read Article)

April 1, 2001
Renowned Speaker Helped Celebrate
Terri Morrison, the world-renowned author of books on international business etiquette, was the keynote speaker at the Southcentral Pennsylvania International Network’s 10th anniversary celebration. This gala event took place on March 13, 2001 at the Valencia Ballroom in York and over 150 attendees... (Read Article)

February 27, 2001
First Projects Approved By Manufacturing Consortium Looking At Skill Gaps In Central Pennsylvania
A new area organization that is charged with identifying area skill gaps has approved their first ten (10) projects. These projects are to support the completion of needs analysis for specific occupations and industries in order to develop customized classroom and on-the-job training at area traini... (Read Article)

February 1, 2001
MANTEC and Industrial Resource Center Network Launch Manufacturing Portal - www.mfgGate.com
York, PA MANTEC Incorporated, the Resource of Choice for manufacturers in south central Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce the launch of www.mfgGate.com, a manufacturing portal. mfgGate.com is a new Internet tool that will connect over 20,000 Pennsylvania manufacturers. It is the one-stop Int... (Read Article)
Regional Industrial Resource Center Names President
MANTEC, Incorporated, The Resource of Choice for manufacturers in southcentral Pennsylvania, recently named John W. Lloyd as the new president. York, PA. . . John W. Lloyd was recently named president of MANTEC, Incorporated and its Family of Services headquartered in York. Lloyd is the third ... (Read Article)

January 1, 2001
MANTEC Partners with Local University To Promote Workforce Skills
York, PA. MANTEC, Inc. Millersville University and Penn College of Technology conducted two professional development summer workshops for 38 educators at MANTEC in July. The Center supports development of workforce skills on behalf of manufacturers across the 21 county region of Central PA. Using i... (Read Article)


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