Reply Upper Peninsula and Northeast MI manufacturers creating the smart factory of tomorrow (Image Credit (MGA Manufacturing Growth Alliance))
LANSING, Mich. - Manufacturers in the Upper Peninsula, Northeast Michigan and across the globe are facing challenges like they have never seen before – an uncertain economic and political climate; trade wars; global supply chain issues; skilled labor shortages; and the pressure to move to Industry 4.0 and innovate even more.
The torrid pace of today s digital revolution is making change the only constant. To move to the smart factory of tomorrow, Manufacturing Growth Alliance (MGA), along with the University of Michigan s Economic Growth Institute and several regional partners will be offering training and the possibility of grant funding to help move Michigan manufacturers to the front of the class. The Michigan Strategic Fund has made $271 thousand available in grant funds to the region to drive Industry 4.0 readiness.
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Paxafe co-founders Ashok Seetharam (left), an immigrant from India, and Ilya Preston from Russia, moved their company from Milwaukee to Ann Arbor when Seetharam was able to get an H-1B visa through the University of Michigan.
Entrepreneurs tend to face a common set of problems: securing capital, striking deals, implementing them properly, and so on and so forth.
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