Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Growth Based Solutions for Manufacturers

We are an organization with a culture of innovation that leverages MEP resources in the application of new ideas to clients, products and processes in pursuit of profits.

Competing effectively in the global marketplace of the 21st century requires steady access to information and knowledge applied to innovative strategies. Lots of it. Every day. Whether your customers are across town or across the ocean. That means where you turn for help could be the most crucial business decision you make.

The Florida MEP is part of a nationwide network of technical, manufacturing and business specialists linked together by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); the Florida MEP is a unique resource for manufacturing in Florida.

Above: Florida MEP Board Chair Dick Peck accompanies Governor Rick Scott at a ceremonial signing of four new job bills held at Advanced Protection Technologies, Inc. (April 11, 2012) Read More

Above: Congresswoman Kathy Castor visits the Florida MEP MOST Welding simulator at the Tampa Workforce Alliance Job and Community Resource Fair on March 3, 2012.

Florida Governor Rick Scott Visits M.O.S.T.® Mobile Training Unit

Florida Governor Rick Scott Visits M.O.S.T.® Mobile Training Unit

Above: May 16, 2011 -- Florida's Governor Rick Scott, following today's keynote at the NIST MEP annual conference in Orlando, visited the Mobile Outreach Skills Training mobile training unit. He was accompanied by Dick Peck, Chair of the Florida MEP Board of Directors, Rod Rodrigue, President/CEO of Time Wise, Larry Meadows, Florida MEP M.O.S.T. Project Manager, and Ted Astolfi, Florida MEP Senior Manager of Partnerships.

The Economic Impacts of the Florida MEP on the Florida Economy:*

* No client is surveyed more than once in a 12 month period. Data is from 20 Quarterly Surveys, which were conducted from April 2007 – February 2012. Clients are asked about impacts experienced over the past year.

Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, disability, age, political affiliation or belief. This nondiscrimination policy encompasses the operation of all educational and training programs and activities. It also encompasses the employment of personnel and contracting for goods and services.