In previous articles, we’ve provided an overview of the manufacturing landscape and how manufacturers and the organizations that support them are using grants to address the challenges they face. We’ve also detailed the manufacturing grant landscape and provided a 6-step process to help you prepare to research and write grants. Now, we’ll summarize the grant

Growing U.S. manufacturing companies engaging in facility or capital investment, recycling, exporting, market expansion due to trade imbalances or training can qualify for grants and should pursue them to increase return on investment, expand markets (and sales), and help the company prosper for the next generation of American workers. While the funds are available, there

I was recently featured as a guest on the Entrepreneur MBA Podcast from Financing Solutions. The episode focused on strategies manufacturers and technology companies can use to secure funding through federal and state grants. In the podcast, host Stephen Halasnik and I discussed how COVID-19 has opened up a new world of industrial grant opportunities

In my history as a grant consultant to the manufacturing community, and during a recent series of interviews I did with manufacturing leaders from across the country, I have had the privilege of talking candidly with manufacturers about their most pressing growth challenges. The vast majority of manufacturers are VERY challenged finding employees, and have

Written by Micki Vandeloo, GPC, President, Lakeview Consulting, Inc.  On January 25, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Made in America Executive Order, which included the following key directives: Federal agencies must close current loopholes in how domestic content is measured and increase domestic content requirements. The President will appoint a new senior leader in