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Today, Rhode Island is leading the way, serving as an example of what manufacturing looks like in the 21st century and beyond. It is truly an exciting time to be in manufacturing here, and we will continue to make targeted efforts to support the industry. The state’s manufacturing sector is transforming and building on the engineering strengths of our university system—URI, Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)—to create a vibrant advanced manufacturing ecosystem.

In fact, manufacturers in R.I. now make some of the most advanced textiles and composite materials in the world, and manufacturing is more important than ever to our state.

Rhode Island is home to more than 1,500 manufacturing companies that collectively employ over 41,000 workers. In the past two years, more than 25 companies are relocating or expanding in Rhode island, including: Ahold Delhaize, Amgen, General Dynamic’s Electric Boat, Finlay, Greystone Logistics, iXblue, and Rubius Therapeutics. They chose our state because we are building a strong foundation to provide the business-friendly environment, R&D opportunities and skilled talent pipeline manufacturers need to grow, including advanced manufacturing talent.

The strategic investments we’re making in this industry make it easier to invest in research and development and source new staff. Through legislation, we have worked in partnership with the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association to propose expanding our existing programs to better fit the industry’s unique needs. We are also supporting our workforce—the future manufacturers—by investing in education: We have pledged millions

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PRESENTING SPONSOR Rhode Island is a state on the move. Our economy has more jobs than at any other time in memory. Thanks to the hard work and resilience of Rhode Islanders and our businesses, including manufacturers, we have reduced our unemployment rate to the lowest point in 16 years.

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CCRI’s Division of Workforce Partnerships is proud to be a Supporting Sponsor of the PBN “A Guide to Stuff” publication. The division builds strategic partnerships with Rhode Island’s industry leaders to ensure their workforce is ready for the economy of tomorrow. The college offers adaptable curriculums, in-demand programs and flexible schedules to meet the needs of employers and their employees. Learn more at ccri.edu/workforce.

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FROM THE EDITOR WELCOME to the inaugural edition of Stuff, or more formally, “A guide to Stuff made and built in Rhode Island.”

For manufacturers and builders, these are the best and worst of times. Best, because business is strong and future orders promise continued work.

Worst, because they can’t hire people fast enough to capitalize on the opportunities the strong economy is giving them, or in some cases, to replace baby boomers who are retiring.

This book shows that finding a position in these industry sectors has never been easier and not just because employers are looking to hire.

A series of workforce-development partnerships between the state, employers and educational institutions offer guidance and training to these good-paying jobs, ones that often start as soon as training is done.

One of the benefits of shining a light on careers started and products made here is that we also get to see just how many cool things the Ocean State produces.

Sure, the $2.8 billion submarines made by General Dynamics Electric Boat in North Kingstown are the pinnacle of manufactured goods, but there is another emblem of excellence made here, too.

The cover photo of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, made in Cumberland

by Tiffany & Co., is something that New Englanders have a pretty strong connection to, thanks to the five of them earned by the New England Patriots. And who knows, by the time the second edition of Stuff comes out, that number may have grown.

Mark S. Murphy Editor

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MAKING A CAREER Managing a ‘good’ problem............................................. 18 PROFILE: Derek Venticinque........................................... 25 P-TECH: A new and ongoing success story................ 26 PROFILE: Noel Bonilla ...................................................... 26 PROFILE: Lee Harrison....................................................... 27 PROFILE: Brandon Castenada......................................... 28 PROFILE: Roenik Vasquez................................................ 29 A guiding connection.......................................................... 29

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THE THINGS WE MAKE ABOUT US Fielding Manufacturing provides micro and miniature zinc diecast and plastic injection molded parts to support a wide array of technical industries. We pride ourselves on high precision tooling & machinery, tight-tolerance manufactured parts, repeatable quality at the highest standards, and flexible service to ensure the success of our customers. Fielding delivers high-quality, precision parts while continually improving our operations; from training and developing the technical expertise of our employees to investing in new technologies and automation, Fielding is always moving forward.

STUFF WE MAKE We manufacture hundreds of different micro and miniature sub-assembly parts for OEM manufacturers. All custom-component parts are first designed by our customers; then we design and build tooling and finally produce the parts to controlled specifications. Our parts are cast from zinc or molded in a variety of plastic materials and serve the following industries:  Electronics/Electrical  Automotive  Appliances & Hand Tools  Aerospace/Defense  Medical  Consumer Products  Telecommunication/Fiber Optics  Architectural Hardware

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COMPANY INFO Fielding Manufacturing President: Steven Fielding 780 Wellington Avenue Cranston, RI 02910 fieldingmfg.com/ 401-461-0400

COOL CUSTOMERS  Bemis  Stanley

 Ammo-Safe

Black & Decker

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 Legrand

 Bosworth

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As a small, family-owned manufacturing company entering its third generation, Fielding Manufacturing prides itself on a strong technical team that works together to solve any problem.

In addition to group training and problem-solving sessions throughout the year, employees advance their skills at external training classes/seminars covered by Fielding. We host impromptu social gatherings for team-building and personal celebrations – everyone looks forward to the company cookouts before each scheduled shutdown/vacation week in July and December.

Fielding continually has growth potential for motivated, self-driven individuals, eager to learn and solve technical problems. Being a small company allows us the flexibility to work on unique projects and develop new processes. With operations in diecasting, injection molding, tooling and secondary operations, we work together as a team and experience different technical processes and skills. Our employees aren’t constrained with a rigid career path – we work with them to discover their talents and interests, and match them with the department and role that they are most interested in. Fielding invests in training and offers a Gain-Sharing program which bonuses all employees, each quarter the company meets or exceeds performance goals on key metrics; Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, and Continuous Improvement. Consider joining a team that is going places in progressive manufacturing!

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GARY NICHOLS JR. Shipper/Receiver YEARS AT COMPANY 7 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I started my journey at Fielding 7 years ago as a machine operator.

During this time, I was given many opportunities to grow and gain valuable experience in many different areas of production. I quickly grew to becoming the lead of my department, collaborating with both the Production Supervisor and Manufacturing Engineer on improving quality, developing a more efficient process and establishing better overall workflow. I also had the opportunity to become an ISO Internal Auditor, which has given me a new perspective on how our business works from the time an order is placed, through the production floor, until the finished product leaves our building. This experience has greatly helped me in my new role as head of the Shipping & Receiving department.

This job requires a high level of organization and communication skills.

I value the daily satisfaction of shipping our customer quality product, on-time.

ABOUT THE JOB My main responsibility as the head of Shipping & Receiving is to collaborate with both Customer Service and the entire Production Team to ensure the prompt shipment of good, quality parts on-time to our customers. This job requires a high level of focus, self-drive and ambition to meet the daily needs of our customers.

Other responsibilities include loading and unloading all trucks, packaging and preparing product for shipment, and maintaining good, detailed records of anything leaving or entering our building.

UDON THAO Injection Molding Setup Technician YEARS AT COMPANY 2 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I loved my job from the beginning. Starting from the bottom and advancing to where I am now, I feel accomplished.

It is a learning experience week-in and week-out. Since developing my skills, I’ve come to appreciate the opportunities I have been given. I firmly believe that due to the systems in place, this company is the place to be.

I hope that my career develops and ends with Fielding. All the tools to succeed are in place and each department is ready to make it happen.

ABOUT THE JOB I perform a number of tasks throughout the week including: • Safely changing molds in injection molding machines • Supporting the floor to move parts and material to keep machines running • Operating machines, depending on changes to the schedule • Performing in-process quality inspections on running jobs • Processing jobs into specification at start-up and troubleshooting minor quality issues by adjusting the process Some of the skills I’ve developed that make me successful are: • Strong communication and understanding for the people I work with • Flexibility to respond to changes in the schedule • Focus to assess situations in a timely manner • Willingness and determination to learn and better myself, as well as to help others continually learn and develop

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RHODE ISLAND has been making things ever since Europeans arrived on the shores of Narragansett Bay. First it was boats, then textiles and finally jewelry. But how the Ocean State has been making those things has changed dramatically through the centuries.

Today the state is straddling its past and its present. So yes, those products that once defined Rhode Island are still being made here. But not nearly as many are being made, all while the path to becoming someone who makes them continues to evolve.

RICH IN HISTORY Pawtucket’s Slater Mill, established in the late 1700s, was the first U.S. factory to make cotton yarn using machines powered by water.

Host to the America’s Cup in Newport, Rhode Island is also a state known for its longtime legacy of boat building.

Aviation designer Igor Sikorsky, credited with designing the first helicopter in the late 1930s, first worked on a prototype at Goodwin-Bradley Co. in Providence. Henry Ford also was there

‘For every manufacturing job created, there are two ancillary jobs created.’

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as part of his work when building the Model T. By the 1960s, jewelry was a major commodity coming out of Providence – leading it to being called the Jewelry Capital of the World – peaking somewhere in the late 1970s and dwindling by the mid-1990s as less expensive manufacturers came online overseas.

Today, Rhode Island still manufactures jewelry and other things that sparkle, at Alex and Ani LLC in Cranston, JJ Weston (cufflinks) in Pawtucket and Tiffany & Co. in Cumberland.

Duparquet Copper Cookware of East Greenwich, originally founded in the 1850s, had a modern rebirth after the Great Depression. Hope Global has been making specialty textiles since its founding as Hope Webbing Co. in 1883.

Defense shipbuilding is huge, offered by companies such as North Kingstown’s General Dynamics Electric Boat, as is machine tooling; electronic and electric equipment and components; chemical manufacturing; and the making of rubber, plastics and fabricated metal products.

WHO MAKES THE STUFF? But there is a gap between the past and present, and it has to do with the people who make all that stuff. Truth is, there just aren’t as many people skilled, and it would seem interested, in

TH E B IG STORY making things anymore, some of them turned off by outdated ideas about what manufacturing today is about.

“The workplace is changing very dramatically, and skill sets of people need to change dramatically. That’s where companies are having trouble,” said Scott Jensen, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training.

The problem is reaching a peak as every day brings more baby boomer retirements, let alone needs that come with expanding businesses. In short, the jobs are there for the taking once applicants gain the correct training.

According to the National Association of Manufacturers, Rhode Island manufacturers employ about 8.5 percent of the state’s workforce. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that in the past decade – January 2008 to last January – Rhode Island has gone from 49,800 manufacturing employees to 41,400.

“We need to do a better job of preparing the workforce. We’re not alone, and it’s exciting, because it’s a competition. Whoever is able to innovate and be able to do a good job, the rewards are enormous,” said Jensen.

THE NEED IS GROWING But a lack of these advanced-skilled workers comes at the same time as industry is seeing growth locally, said Christian Cowan, center director for Polaris MEP, a division of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation that works with state manufacturers on growth, strategy and operations.

Goodwin-Bradley saw 35 percent growth rates in both 2016 and 2017. Other companies that Cowan works with are seeing extra orders coming in as well.

“They are having trouble meeting demand.

And that’s before the labor issue is even addressed,” said Cowan of companies he works with.

Overall economic strength, plus companies such as Electric Boat in North Kingstown being busier – in turn making smaller-parts makers in the state busier – drives activity.

It’s a network of business reliance that makes more manufacturing recruitment even more crucial.

“For every manufacturing job created, there are two ancillary jobs created,” said David Chenevert, executive director of the Rhode

Manufacturing and construction jobs account for nearly one of every seven private-sector jobs in Rhode Island.

SOURCE: R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Island Manufacturers Association. “This is

true nationwide,” he said, when companies need more plating, grinding or shipping work done, for example.

And it’s a whole new manufacturing market now, said Chenevert, as companies gradually learn new ways to do business.

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LEAVING A MARK Matt Newsham uses an engraving tool to put his name on a length of pipe during his training at the Westerly Education Center. Part of his training to be a pipe fitter at General Dynamics Electric Boat is to mark his work with his name so quality control can be maintained.

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OLD VS. NEW Certain manufacturing industries are headed for what Cowan said could be explosive growth, with the result that some Rhode Island companies have had to completely reassess their business models.

For example, he sees great opportunity on the horizon in the area of carbon composites, which can be used in place of materials such as steel in constructing buildings and manufacturing things such as buses. As the material’s use becomes more widespread, it will mean more business for the companies that make it.

A partnership including Polaris MEP, the Composite Alliance of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island is working to address building codes for carbon composites in infrastructure projects, which would help these manufacturers, said Cowan.

Providence-based Goodwin-Bradley uses carbon composite materials in its work making parts for the aerospace industry.

Weight, said Chris Goodwin, vice president and sales director, is likely the biggest benefit in comparing a metal aircraft and one made of composite. “Everything has to balance due to high fuel costs in aviation. The lighter it is, the cheaper it is to fly. And faster.”

And, 104 years since it began, Goodwin-Bradley still serves customers like Sikorsky, doing foundry work. But it has diversified its offerings over the years to include rubber molds, for example.

In 2015, the U.S. government counted 1,363 manufacturing firms in Rhode Island.

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Goodwin says his company is in an especially tight bind when it comes to the workforce shortage due to the challenging nature of the niche. Complex 3-D surfacing is a volatile area, he said, with no room for error. Jobs can, and do, come to them already behind schedule – for work that is difficult to rush.

For example, normal tolerance at Goodwin-Bradley is about five-thousandths of an inch (a human hair, dissected into three lengthwise, is one-thousandth of an inch thick, he said).

“If we were to get bad material, make a mistake in the CAD or CAM process, the cost of material alone is equal or more than our profit,” he said. “If you get it wrong, you have to eat the job. Then shell out more to redo it.”

An industry in the state that has been especially challenged when it comes to adapting and growing is the textile industry, Cowan said. Far from being able to pick up where it left off in terms of the past days of textile-making, he says it’s a whole new field.

“They’ve been forced to change, and where it’s not a large industry, it’s gotten more and more technical,” Cowan said.

Murdock Webbing Co. of Central Falls, which makes things such as pet restraints and fall restraints as well as highly technical items for the military, is a good example of a textile company making necessary radical adaptations, Cowan said. A newer technological textile company, Propel LLC of Pawtucket, founded in 2006, represents the future of the industry, through its development of technical fabrics and designs that include a submarine damage control suit.

THE HOUSE POLICY BUILT In terms of construction, John Marcantonio, CEO of the

Rhode Island Builders Association, sees a bright spot in

government leadership in recent years, especially with the General Assembly’s support of a housing-accelerator program similar to MassWorks in the Bay State.

Local regulations, he said, have had density for communities set too low, with 3- and 5-acre zoning, meaning a “massive collapse” in the numbers of units going up. With Rhode Island having some of the nation’s oldest housing stock, units here didn’t compare to other average units. Middleclass homes weren’t being constructed as often as luxury homes, he said. Costs were high.

“Towns view families as liabilities,” he said, himself a former North Smithfield town councilor. “Rhode Island looks at adding school-age children as a financial problem.”

There is much more awareness now about the importance of increasing density to help the economy overall, Marcantonio said.

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POLY POURING Noel Bonilla, an assistant supervisor in the compound department of Cranstonbased Mearthane Products Corp., pours polyurethane into molds for industrial rollers in preparation for curing in pressure ovens.

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Learn more about Bonilla’s career path on page 26.

Mearthane also makes the wheels for inline skates, a process that includes molding and then grinding them to the correct shape and size.

The average Rhode Island manufacturing compensation in 2016: $70,260 a year.

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we’ve made tremendous strides in helping reduce costs in the industry.”

Like housing subdivisions, not many bridge and road projects have gotten underway here in the not-too-distant past, either, said Jensen, of DLT. “Most other states invested heavily. We didn’t in Rhode Island,” although the RhodeWorks transportation infrastructure program is bringing more projects online every year.

SKILLED SOLUTIONS RIMA’s Chenevert said his main wish this year was to see

Real Jobs Rhode Island funded, which it was. A program

of the DLT, it reverse-engineers the process of finding talent by getting companies’ needs and then customizing training through partnerships.

“It’s how we network together and make the market as efficient as possible,” said Jensen. “There is no more ‘train and pray’ system. I can’t make jobs here at the labor department. But I can help the market provide what a hard-working company needs.”

Chenevert calls the program a great way to make young people aware of opportunities in manufacturing, perhaps as an alternate to college. Jensen said there are 17 Career Technical Education, or CTE, programs now in the state, so young people can get certified to work at Electric Boat,

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts average Rhode Island manufacturing compensation in 2016 at $70,260 a year. Both Jensen and Chenevert say parents should consider the opportunities manufacturing can offer to their children and discuss it as a potential career.

As far as dealing with the labor shortage now, Goodwin of Goodwin-Bradley and six other manufacturers have forged an alliance on their own, he said. Banding together represents a true sign of progress and change, he said, a stark contrast to earlier days in his family’s company.

“My great-grandfather, grandfather, father’s biggest concerns would be ‘You’re going to grow a competitor,’ ” by partnering, he said, but the group of manufacturers broker work for one another now.

“We are able to take on purchase orders now that would otherwise blow the doors off our businesses or bog down machines forever.”

Rewards from such proactive solutions around the technology and training challenges in manufacturing may be getting more common. NAM reports that 95.1 percent of manufacturers are upbeat about their businesses according to its Manufacturing Outlook Survey – the highest level in 20 years. Now all they need are the people to execute on the work they will gain.

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A BRIGHT START Michael Stuba is training for a job as a pipe fitter for General Dynamics Electric Boat at a Westerly Education Center program put on by the Community College of Rhode Island.

Managing a ‘good’ problem

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BY MARY LHOWE | Contributing Writer

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, manufacturing in Rhode Island is on a growth spurt of sales, productivity and plant modernization, and that’s led to one of those “good” problems. Similarly, new construction projects are showing up across the state, from bridge and road rebuilding to new business and residential projects in downtown Providence.

And in both cases, companies are scrambling to find workers to fill jobs on the Continued on page 24 factory floor and on the job site.

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AS, Electrical Technology Project Manager, enVision, Cumberland, RI Justin transferred to New England Institute of Technology from a more traditional college because he was seeking a stronger activelearning experience. “I wasn’t satisfied with the more academic teaching approach,” he says. “I had a friend at New England Tech who was spending a lot of time hands-on, so I decided to check it out. After visiting, I knew it was a good fit.”

Justin chose electrical technology as his major because his family ran a small electrical company. “I was familiar with the field, and I saw that the program at New England Tech would allow me to expand my knowledge into more technology-based solutions,” he says.

“Hands-on learning has always been the way I learn best. It makes the classroom setting more understandable, rather than just lectures and studying theory.”

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Brandon Castaneda, background, is a production planning manager at National Marker, a manufacturer of job safety and roadway signage, among other things. His job, and that of purchasing and logistics manager Andrew Ellison, foreground, involves significant information technology usage.

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The concept of supply chain management – usually associated with hard goods such as metals, chemicals and other raw materials – is moving into human resources offices. Companies are thinking of workers as a commodity requiring more and continuing investment.

Manufacturers and contractors are gearing up on all fronts to recruit workers and create a pipeline to talent for the future, including a fresh emphasis on partnerships among companies, trade associations, educators and government.

Companies are recruiting job applicants by every method in the playbook. They are doing new-worker training and incumbent-worker retraining, because factories are more automated, computerized and reliant on workers’ initiative than ever before.

They are hitting the road, visiting schools and community groups to describe contemporary manufacturing and construction jobs and workplaces to ever-younger audiences, even into high

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and middle schools. Manufacturers are opening factories to visitors to convince potential employees that these places are no longer dark, dirty, dangerous dens of low-paying jobs – an old image embedded in many Rhode Islanders’ minds, while builders are engaging interns to learn the ins and outs of the construction trades.

A WHOLE NEW ENVIRONMENT Rhode Island’s contemporary factories now are more likely to be bright, clean and filled with sophisticated, computer-guided machinery. Many are air-conditioned.

“We tell people, ‘We work hard, but we don’t sweat,’ ” said Michael Black, president and CEO of National Marker Co. in North Smithfield, which started out by making safety signs and has moved into sophisticated printing technologies.

Thirty years after the decline of Rhode Island manufacturing in the 1980s and 10 years out from the Great Recession that clobbered manufacturers across the nation, how did we get

‘There are more jobs than unemployed people in the country right now.’

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to a time when companies are scrambling for workers?

The state has about 1,600 manufacturing businesses, said David Chenevert, executive director of the Rhode Island Manufacturers Association. At 4.1 percent in July, unemployment in Rhode Island is low, and all employers are competing for labor.

“There are more jobs than unemployed people in the country right now,” said Wendy Mackie, CEO of the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association. “Getting people to work for you and retaining them is just going to be everyone’s problem.”

“It’s a supply challenge, probably not exclusive to manufacturing,” said Steven Kitchin, vice president of corporate education and training for New England Institute of Technology. “It is across the entire labor demand continuum and across industries.”

IN NEED OF A WORKFORCE Some workers dropped out of factory jobs during the contractions of the 2008 recession.

“When manufacturing companies were down and the whole country was having a bad time, [Rhode Island] lost a lot of workers,” said Cheryl Merchant, president and CEO of Hope Global.

Merchant and many others noted that Rhode Island manufacturers have an aging workforce.

“It’s not uncommon to have 40- or 50-year retirement parties,” Merchant said.

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Westerly Education Center, which does a lot

of training for new hires at General Dynamics Electric Boat, said the company has had 10 percent attrition a year in its workforce, mostly because of retirements.

A happier side of the struggle to find manufacturing workers is that manufacturing is on a strong growth trend in Rhode Island.

Statistics from the state

manufacturing across the country. Lots of offshore work is coming back. We are seeing expansion, investment and new equipment.”

Referring to

‘We tell people, “We work hard, but we don’t sweat.” ’

Swissline Precision LLC, a Cumberland

company he used to own, which is now run by his son, Chenevert said, “Orders are rising; quotes are incredible.

Sales in the last year are MICHAEL BLACK, up 10 percent from gross National Marker Co. sales of the previous year. president and CEO Manufacturers are very Department of Labor upbeat.” and Training show manThey aren’t the only ufacturing on a roller-coaster ride since before ones. The construction sector workforce hit an the recession. In December 2006 there were all-time high in Rhode Island in 2006, employ51,800 manufacturing jobs in Rhode Island. By ing 22,791 workers. By 2011 that number had December 2012, that number had dropped to fallen to 15,680. But in July it stood at 19,200, 39,500. In July 2018, the number of jobs stood with employers consistently calling for more at 41,200. In the past calendar year, July 2017 workers, here and across the United States. to July 2018, 800 jobs were added to the state’s WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES? manufacturing sector. And while that growth One line of attack at the problem has been rate was a modest 2 percent, it was still greater recruitment, via LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, job than the overall state job growth rate of 1.9 perfairs, career days at secondary and postsecondary cent for the 12-month period. schools, direct talks with high school guidance Chenevert said, “There’s a resurgence of

counselors and people in postsecondary technical schools such as New England Tech.

Some company chieftains and human resources people say high school students and young adults simply haven’t considered a career in manufacturing or construction, partly because of the emphasis in high schools in the recent past was to aim kids toward four-year college degrees.

But there are plenty of people who are not inclined or suited for four-year college programs, who like to work with their hands and solve technical problems, and who can be earning a wage in manufacturing and construction just a few years out of high school.

“When my kids were in high school, everything was oriented toward preparing them for college,” said Michelle Jacques, human resources manager at Tiffany & Co. in Cumberland. “In the last generation we lost sight of the trades, and we really have a lot of catching up to do.”

Jacques mentioned a young man in a general studies program at Community College of Rhode Island who showed up at Tiffany last summer for a strictly temporary job opportunity. He was smitten by the kind of work happening there. He changed his major to engineering; and he continues to work at Tiffany in an intern slot extended for him because of his enthusiasm.

Career builder

BY JAIME LOWE | Contributing Writer

DEREK VENTICINQUE started at TRAC Builders Inc. six months ago, when he came on board as a project manager. But in truth, he has been training for this job since he was a child.

His father was a site contractor. He started learning the trade when he was about 13, working in the family business through high school and college.

Still, a history buff, he attended the University of Rhode Island, earning a bachelor’s degree in history in 2007, intending to be a teacher.

But once he graduated, his focus shifted. “I started to realize I had a real passion for construction,” he said.

He originally started as a sales rep and estimator for Electro Standards Laboratories in Cranston. He worked there for about seven years, where he learned more about the commercial ­construction industry, eventually becoming a senior project manager.

After a stint at New England Construction, Venticinque started at TRAC. Currently he is managing a large-scale project in Worcester, Mass., a two-year, $19 million rehabilitation of the Pearl Elm Garage.

One of Venticinque’s favorite parts of his work is “you are involved in some intricate challenges on a daily basis. … When you’re looking at a set of blueprints, there’s always something different when it comes time to put the work in place. … It’s almost like building a puzzle.”

As for the future, he can see himself overseeing other project managers as a vice president of operations.

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‘[Construction] is what I know, and it’s what my passion is.’

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A new and P-TECH: ongoing success story THE Pathways in Technology

Early College High School initiative, or

P-TECH, is part of PrepareRI’s initiative.

This model integrates a four-year high school diploma, a two-year associate degree from the Community College of Rhode Island and a partnership with an aligned business partner. General Dynamics Electric Boat and the

Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance are among the partners participating in

Evelyn Romero and Ron Banner refit filter material positioned on the back wall of a spray paint booth in the construction lab at Westerly High School as part of a P-TECH construction career program.

this program, R.I. Education Commissioner Ken Wagner said.

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P-TECH’s benefit, Wagner said, is the student receives the education and skills needed for the workforce, while the business commits to giving the students a “first-in-line job” and a start to their careers.

“I think it’s a game-changing model to very explicitly align those three sectors in a way that benefits both the students and the employer,” Wagner said.

“It’s a gamechanging model.”

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It’s about learning

BY MARK S. MURPHY | Editor@PBN.com

Ask Noel Bonilla what is most fun about working at MPC and he says, “Everything!”

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NOEL BONILLA is an assistant supervisor in the compound department at Mearthane Products Corp., a manufacturer of industrial and consumer products that use polyurethane.

His path there was not a straight one.

He left school in the junior year of high school in the Dominican Republic and joined the army. After leaving the military he worked in a manufacturing plant. He arrived in the United States a little more than a decade ago when his American-citizen wife said the U.S. was going to be home.

After working briefly for a company that made lenses for eyeglasses, he found his way to Mearthane. His experience in the Dominican Republic, which involved using polypropylene fibers for textile production, gave him some understanding of working with the materials, but he says his supervisor was “very patient” as he made the transition to polyurethane.

“Molding polyurethane is science and art,” said MPC Director of Marketing Alejandro Martinez. “You must be able to identify problems quickly,” he added, or else the job will be ruined.

It is the personal connections that mean the most to Bonilla. He enjoys paying back his own experience by training new employees as a supervisor, and looks forward to continuing to learn and grow at MPC. Bonilla has participated in two training sessions involving the chemistry of the materials the company uses as well as taken English-language classes arranged by Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island at MPC.

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“You have to help people figure out what they are good at and how to apply it,” Jacques said.

Also, people often don’t realize how advanced manufacturing work has become. Many executives said visitors to their facilities are astonished by the working conditions.

Compared to decades ago, said Black of NMC, factory floors are now brighter, quieter, safer, more efficient, more computerized.

They are places where fewer employees produce a greater output and employees are more self-directed.

Merchant, of Hope Global, said, “The world of manufacturing is more than just the factory floor. It requires a huge variety of technical abilities. Manufacturing needs skills at all levels: dependable, hardworking people who aren’t trying to be the chief; skilled technicians; people with backgrounds in engineering and IT and accounting.”

Even when manufacturers find good potential employees, even educated and skilled employees, training is still needed for specific needs and proprietary processes. Mid-career training for incumbent – or existing – employees also is necessary.

MAKING IT HAPPEN An assortment of grants for training is

Manufacturing share of employment Rhode Island ranks fourth in New England for the percentage of its workforce that is employed in manufacturing.

State

% employed in manufacturing

Rhode Island

8.5%

N.H.

9.9%

Vt.

9.6%

Conn.

9.5%

Maine

8.3%

Mass.

7%

SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

available from the state DLT and the Governor’s Workforce Board. Three programs run by this board include Real Pathways RI, which uses partnerships to serve people with barriers to unemployment, including veterans, homeless people, and the long-term unemployed. Another is the

BY MARY LHOWE | Contributing Writer

AT AGE 26, Lee Harrison thinks of himself as the last generation that escaped having its attention hijacked by cellphones, computers and other digital devices. Instead, he chose to work with steel tools, engines and machinery.

“To be able to look at something mechanical, to take it apart and understand it and fix it, is just as important as the computerized stuff,” Harrison said. “My grandfather always said, ‘Before you throw something away, try to fix it.’ ” Harrison started working at manufacturing firms right out of high school. He didn’t see himself inhabiting an office cubicle or amassing college debt without knowing where college was taking him. And he liked working with his hands.

He is now five years into his third post-high-school job, doing assembly and repairs for VIBCO Vibrators, a Richmond company that manufactures pneumatic, hydraulic and electric vibrators for use in asphalt, concrete and other industries.

Harrison landed at VIBCO at age 22 and learned to do his job through personal instruction from an industry veteran. He took classes in CPR, OSHA rules, and a college-credit class at New England Institute of Technology in lean manufacturing. He got to see lean principles in action by touring a Toyota plant in Japan with VIBCO colleagues.

He and others manage their own work stations at VIBCO and take responsibility for creating a product from start to finish.

How about satisfaction? Once, a man drove his dump truck onto the property and Harrison spotted his own initials on the vibrator mechanism underneath. “It was working great, too,” he recalled.

Work Immersion program, which offers up to 50 percent wage reimbursement to companies that give temporary employment to certain college students and unemployed adults. Also, the Incumbent Worker Training Grants provide 50 percent wage reimbursement for approved continuing education programs for existing workers.

One state grant program that earns very high praise from companies is Real Jobs Rhode Island, created in 2015.

Real Jobs RI differs markedly from the old “training and praying” model, in which tech schools trained students and then tossed them into the job market, hoping they would find a slot for their skills. In contrast, Real Jobs RI starts by asking Ocean State companies to describe exactly the skills they need, and then designs training programs to fit the need. Training in this demand-driven model is often a combination of work in the classroom – at Rhode Island colleges and trade schools, as well as the unique public/private entity that is the Westerly Education Center – and on the factory floor.

Real Jobs RI is described as “collaborative, flexible and business-led.” The program awards training grants only to industry-based or regional partnerships. A partnership is defined as “collaborations of no fewer than five employers, two Continued on page 28

Satisfied and needed

‘I feel like a vital asset to the company. A lot of people are relying on me.’

LEE HARRISON

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‘There are shortages of workers in all areas of the [construction] trades.’

KRISTEN BRESCIA Rhode Island Construction Training Academy director of training

other strategic partners (such as a college, university, or nonprofit), and a lead entity.”

Real Jobs RI has provided $16 million in workforce development strategies since 2015, said the DLT. Since its inception, it has provided training money and support for 2,200 new hires; continuing education of 1,221 workers; and 144 high school and 45 college internships.

The state has three partnerships specific to manufacturing. One of them is Rhode Island Manufacturing Growth Collaborative. The lead applicant is Polaris MEP. Ten companies are named as employer partners. The strategic partners are RIMA, RIMTA, the IYRS School of Technology & Trades, Workforce Performance Solutions, University of Rhode Island and CCRI. Expressing a widespread admiration for the Real Jobs program, Mackie, of RIMTA, said, “Real Jobs RI is blazing trails in demand-driven workforce development. [DLT Director] Scott Jensen is a visionary. We are lucky to have him.”

ANOTHER TRADE PIPELINE Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. is a national trade group with chapters in the states. The Rhode Island chapter operates the Rhode Island Construction Training Academy, which has been running formal apprenticeship programs for 25 years.

Kristen Brescia, director of training for the academy,

BRANDON CASTANEDA

BY MARY LHOWE | Contributing Writer

AGE: 36

BRANDON CASTANEDA, production planning manager at National Marker Co., might be typical of the kind of talented but initially unfocused young people that Rhode Island manufacturers are trying to lasso. Now 36, he left the military at age 21 in 2003 and grabbed an entry job as a picker and packer at NMC just to score a little income while he pondered college or other options; he had no intention of staying with the company.

But as the months passed, Castaneda found that supervisors were noticing his diligence and giving him opportunities to move around the company, learn and advance.

Speaking of the CEO of the company, he said, “One of Mike [Black’s] passions is to improve people. Whether we work here six months or six years, he wants us to be the best we can be here, or elsewhere.”

Over time, Castaneda was promoted to screen printer, group leader, production manager assistant, and then to his present job, where he supervises 35 people. During that time, Castaneda’s education continued and included leadership training at Bryant University.

“More than other industries, there is a lot of room for growth” in manufacturing, Castaneda said. “Suddenly, there is a kind of boom happening in manufacturing again. There is a lot of opportunity to learn new skills.

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Marker Co.

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agrees construction firms in Rhode Island are in dire need of skilled workers in all disciplines. The trades taught at the academy include carpentry, craft laborer, electric, HVAC, painting, pipe fitting, roofing, sheet metal work and sprinkler fitting. “There are shortages of workers in all areas of the trades,” she said.

Training periods can range from two to five years, depending on the trade, Brescia said. The school enrolls 250 to 260 students a year. About 90 percent have been hired by a company and sent to the school for apprenticeship training.

Since about 2008, the school’s enrollment mirrored the ups and downs of construction activity in Rhode Island, Brescia said. In the 2009-10 school year, when the recession was squeezing the economy, enrollment in apprenticeships took a dive. She said enrollment has been picking up since 2014, as the need for skilled construction workers has been rising.

The state ABC chapter is focusing on reaching middle and high school students with the message that the construction industry offers training and lucrative jobs.

In an Aug. 27 interview with Fox Business, Michael Bellaman, the CEO of ABC, said the group has more than 800 partnerships nationwide that are offering training to 200,000 people right now.

Bellaman said someone leaving high school could go into training in these trades and earn $30,000 to $40,000 at a first job, moving up to pay of $65,000 to $70,000 within four years, with no college debt.

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“I found there was a world of opportunity for me as I continued to learn and train.”

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BY JAMES BESSETTE | Research@PBN.com

CONNECTING PEOPLE AND JOBS is always a challenge, but in the manufacturing and construction sectors in Rhode Island, the process has become especially challenging since the Great Recession.

As makers and builders lost business, they also lost people, some who found jobs elsewhere, some who just retired. And now that they need to add staff to fulfill growing business orders, finding the right Continued on page 30

BEYOND BOOK LEARNING The state’s Prepare Rhode Island initiative is connecting students with careers that aren’t academic in nature, including through the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH program. Here, Cole Chiaradio assembles a band saw at the manufacturing section of Westerly High School in a P-TECH program.

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A new direction, a career found

BY MARY LHOWE | Contributing Writer

ROENIK VASQUEZ AGE: 37 COMPANY: igus Inc. JOB TITLE: Receiving

clerk

EDUCATION: High

school, some college

“Keep learning new tasks, because the more you learn the more valuable you will be.”

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THE CHOICE OF A CAREER can happen early and stick for a lifetime. For the many people who change careers as life moves forward, though, a job in a manufacturing setting can be a fine fit.

That was the case of Roenik Vasquez, who grew up and worked in New York City before moving to Rhode Island about a year ago. For the past year, Vasquez also has been employed, first through an agency and later as a permanent staff member of igus Inc. in East Providence.

It is the North American production and distribution facility for igus GmbH in Germany, which manufactures engineered plastics and parts such as ball bearings, chains and cables.

As a receiving clerk in the igus Inc. warehouse, he runs product into and around the facility, which employs 246.

“The structure of this company has been impressive to me,” said Vasquez. “It is a very well-integrated c­ ompany in terms of how the employees communicate with management.”

Before coming to Rhode Island Vasquez worked in New York in an office building on the maintenance crew and as a concierge, as well as a taxicab driver.

Vasquez is uncertain about his future work trajectory, but he noted that igus Inc. is doing a major expansion of its building, which could open the door to future positions there.

For people thinking of entering a career in manufacturing in the state, Vasquez said, “Keep learning new tasks, because the more you learn the more valuable you will be.”

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@ RealJobsRI (401) 462-RJRI www.dlt.ri.gov/real jobs

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people is even more difficult. Call it the skills gap, one that is especially challenging when it comes to the next generation of workers.

To help close that gap, the state launched a new program last year, Prepare Rhode Island, which is a joint effort by the R.I. Department of Education, the Governor’s Workforce Board, the R.I. Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner and the R.I. Commerce Corp. In short, it is a new way to help the state’s youth find out what they need to know to land a position in today’s high-demand careers, from the trades to manufacturing as well as more academically oriented pathways.

“It’s an effort to get better results not only for our kids, families and communities, but also for our economy by better linking our higher education systems and our economic-development workforce development work,” R.I. Education Commissioner Ken Wagner said.

WHERE TO BEGIN The program starts way before high school, by introducing elementary and middle school students to different career opportunities through guided exploration with school counselors and faculty. As they advance in school, students can explore careers in more depth, often through internships.

For many students, this exploration will lead them to careers in manufacturing and construction through coursework at school. According to data from RIDE, 1,338 students in the 2016-17 academic year took courses in architecture/construction and manufacturing. Currently, 25 schools offer 37 programs specializing in education and training in those fields.

For example, students who take the Material Processing course at Ponaganset High School will learn how to use power tools to complete projects out of wood, plastic and metal, and calculate board feet, among other topics, according to the school’s course catalog.

The Residential Construction with Welding program at the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center, along with covering topics such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical and welding, also offers National Center for Construction Education & Research certification, 10 hours of Occupational Hazard and Safety Administration training, and requires training in financial literacy for graduation.

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Currently, 25 schools offer 37 programs specializing in education and training in those fields.

PrepareRI offers a significant opportunity for students with its internship program. According to the organization’s website, paid summer internships are offered to high school juniors in Rhode Island based on their “preparedness, skill and interest.”

Along with gaining experience and earning a wage, students would also build connections with professionals in the field. Students can find internships on an interactive map at PrepareRI website, prepare-ri.org/internships-students/, showing a list of companies and organizations offering a first step toward a possible career.

Eligibility requirements for the internship program are that students must be entering the 12th grade, a Rhode Island resident, be enrolled in a Rhode Island public school, be at least 16 years old by a certain date, be eligible to work in the United States and fill out an online application through the website.

Demand for the internship program is high. RIDE spokesperson Megan Geoghegan said PrepareRI received more than 600 applications for 100 internship openings in the program’s first year. The demand prompted the Governor’s Workforce Board to fund 62 additional internship openings, she said.

TH E TH I NGS WE MAKE For a small state, Rhode Island sure makes a great variety of Stuff.

& Co. | The Vince Lombardi Trophy................................................................................. 34 } Tiffany Beacon Design | 2018 Harry S. Truman Christmas Ornament............................................... 34 DEFENSE} General Dynamics Electric Boat | SSN Attack Submarine.................................................... 36 Evans Capacitor Co. | Capacitors................................................................................................. 36 FOOD} The Town Dock | Calamari............................................................................................................ 37 Daniele | Del Duca Prosciutto........................................................................................................ 37

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It’s not a coincidence, of course. Being the Ocean BOATING State, we have been connected to the rest of the INDUSTRIAL world from Colonial times, serving the needs of an CONSUMER evolving world for centuries, and continuing to innovate PRECISION our way into more PRECISIONINSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS industries all the time.

MATERIALS So when you check out all the Stuff made here, SPIRITS ask yourself: What is the next cool thing that will be made here?

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Blount Boats Inc. | Atlantic Pioneer crew transfer vessel........................................................ 38

Composites | Red Foiling Boat......................................................................................... 38 } Goetz KVH Industries Inc. | TracPhone LTE-1....................................................................................... 39 Zim Sailing | Collegiate FJ.............................................................................................................. 39

Group | Coolpro reservoir cover ..................................................................................... 40 } Cooley Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence | GLOBAL S Coordinate Measuring Machine.........40 Inc. | WaterRower Classic ...................................................................................... 41 } WaterRower The Original Bradford Soap Works Inc. | Clinique facial soap........................................... 41 Inc. | TMX All-In-One Data Acquisition System...................................................... 42 } AstroNova AVTECH Software Inc. | Room Alert 12E Environment Monitor............................................ 42 Plastics (America) Inc. | Flexible packaging for food.................................................. 43 } Toray The Plastics Group of America | Polifil polypropylene-based reinforced resins................ 43 Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. | Thomas Tew Rum Single Barrel Rum............. 44 } Newport Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island | Captain’s Daughter Imperial IPA.............................. 44

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JEWELRY/DESIGN THE STORY: For nearly two centuries Tiffany &

Co. has been making style-defining jewelry and landmark designs. And in Cumberland, they manufacture the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

The Vince Lombardi Trophy › The Vince Lombardi Trophy – presented each year to the NFL champion – is 22 inches high and is made of 7 pounds of sterling silver › A new trophy is made every year › In a meeting with the then-commissioner of the NFL in 1966, Tiffany & Co. Vice President Oscar Riedener sketched the trophy’s design on a cocktail napkin › The trophy was given to the Green Bay Packers for the first Super Bowl win on Jan. 15, 1967 › The New England Patriots have collected five Vince Lombardi Trophies › Each trophy takes about 90 man-hours to make, with workers using silversmithing techniques that include chasing, spinning and polishing › After the on-the-field presentation ceremony, the trophy is returned to Tiffany’s workshop in Cumberland, where the name of the winning team is hand-engraved

2018 Harry S. Truman Christmas Ornament THE STORY: Beacon Design is the decorative and retail division of ChemArt, based out of Lincoln.

ChemArt was founded in 1976.

Beacon Design makes the annual White House Historical Association Christmas ornament, something it has been doing since 1981. The nonprofit WHHA was founded by Jackie Kennedy to educate the public about the White House and support its restoration.

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› The ornament retails for about $20 › It is made at company’s Lincoln manufacturing facility › About 750,000 ornaments are made per year › Presidents are remembered concurrently; this year is President Harry S. Truman, while next year will be President Dwight D. Eisenhower › The company has a core staff of 85, and about 130-140 employees work to make the Christmas ornaments › It takes 17 steps to make it, and about 80-90 people; they produce thousands per day › No individual process is unique, said ChemArt President Dave Marquis. “It’s the combination of processes that make it unique.”

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DEFENSE › The first U.S. submarine – the Turtle – was built during the Revolutionary War in Saybrook, Conn., while the first nuclear submarine – the Nautilus – was commissioned in Groton, Conn., in 1954

Each Virginiaclass submarine costs $2.8 billion

› The company has over 17,000 employees, and it takes just about as many to make one unit › It takes a little over 60 months to make the submarine › Two Virginia-class submarines are completed each year › While major work is done at Quonset Point, in Newport News, Va., and Groton, components for the submarines are made in every state and overseas by a network of hundreds of suppliers

SSN Attack Submarine Nuclear SSBN - Ballistic Missile Submarine Nuclear

THE STORY: Modules for the SSBNs are made at Quonset

Point in North Kingstown and in Newport News, Va. The SSBN Virginia-class submarines are the strategic deterrent force of the U.S. Navy, providing first-strike capability and reconnaissance, if needed, globally via cruise missiles and special operations teams.

Tantalum is the main material in an Evans capacitor

Capacitors THE STORY: Evans Capacitor

Co. has been making capacitors – a device used for storing an electric charge – since 1990.

Its hybrid capacitors have established a niche for very high-power, high-reliability pieces with defense and aerospace applications, and its customers are across the globe.

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› Evans makes its capacitors in East Providence › About 50,000 capacitors are made per year › Each hand-assembled piece costs hundreds of dollars › Evans capacitors can be found in helicopters, radar arrays, lasers, military and commercial aircraft, satellites, large drills used in energy exploration and military communication systems

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› Thanks to being the most power-dense capacitors in the industry, Evans’ capacitors are significantly smaller and lighter than other technologies › Forty-five people work at Evans

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FOOD

Calamari THE STORY: Narragansett-headquartered

The Town Dock has been serving customers worldwide since 1980. It offers many product lines of frozen calamari and whole squid, and its flagship product is The Town Dock Rhode Island Calamari.

The squid is caught, cleaned, processed and packed into one of four variations of calamari: tubes and tentacles, tubes only, rings and tentacles, and rings only › Town Dock calamari and squid are primarily sold into foodservice channel, but they do have a consumer line of Town Dock-branded calamari found in retail › Town Dock sources squid from around the globe, including domestically from company- and independently owned fishing vessels › Rhode Island Calamari is made from the first and only squid fishery to be certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council › The Town Dock has 92 employees

Del Duca Prosciutto › The prosciutto won a Good Food Award in 2015 THE STORY: Daniele is

a Rhode Island-based, family-owned and -operated charcuterie that was founded in 1945. It is known worldwide for its Del Duca Prosciutto, which is prepared in Rhode Island.

› Del Duca Prosciutto is sold nationwide, as well as at Dave’s Marketplace › Sales of prosciutto have quintupled since 2010 › The prosciutto retails for about $25 per pound › The prosciutto cures for about one year › Daniele uses dozens of robotics in its factories

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› It takes about 50 workers 12 months to make a boat like the Atlantic Pioneer › CTV is designed to carry up to 12 tons of cargo in bow and 3 tons in stern

› Interior of deckhouse has small galley with seating, storage lockers, Wi-Fi and soundabsorbing decking › Atlantic Pioneer is first CTV built based on an exclusive 2011 licensing contract with South Boats to cover the U.S. offshore wind industry

Atlantic Pioneer

Crew transfer vessel for Block Island Wind Farm

USED FOR: The 21-meter aluminum vessel was built in 2016

at Blount’s Warren shipyard on a design by South Boats, which has built more than 81 CTVs in Europe. The boat connects to an offshore wind turbine using a special bow fendering system to allow crew to make the transition from boat to turbine structure even during significant wave heights.

“Everything we do is pretty custom,” said Goetz Composites President Chase Hogoboom, nothing more so than the Red Foiling Boat. “It requires many different skills to make the RFB,” said Hogoboom, and about 10 full-time employees to make one of them.

Red Foiling Boat › The RFB involved three years of R&D, and about nine months to build in Bristol › The RFB will be used mainly for marine transport by ferry operators › The first time the RFB was registered and driven was in 2017 › About one is made per year › Has the capacity to come up out of the water › Goetz has 47 employees

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TracPhone LTE-1 THE STORY BEHIND KVH: Starting from creating the first digital compass for sailboat racing in 1982, KVH Industries Inc. has evolved into a creator of mobile communications and guidance systems and services for the leisure, commercial and military/ government markets on both land and sea.

› The TracPhone LTE-1 enables boaters to stay connected through phones and Wi-Fi devices up to 20 miles off the U.S. coast › KVH employs 600-plus people worldwide and about 250 at its headquarters and satelliteproduct manufacturing facility in Middletown › The TracPhone LTE-1 is made in Middletown and was first produced for consumer sale in June 2018 › MSRP is $1,699 › The TracPhone LTE-1 can access two different cellphone carriers as opposed to just one as is typical

THE STORY: Bristol-based Zim Sailing was founded 10 years ago. It specializes in one-design sailboats, accessories and parts. The Collegiate FJ is primarily used for collegiate market and race teams, including Brown University’s team.

Collegiate FJ

(Flying Junior boat) › Collegiate FJ is made in Bristol › About 150 are made per year › Each Collegiate FJ costs $8,195, is made of fiberglass and polyester resin, and is 13 feet 3 inches long and weighs 230 pounds › Eighteen people work at Zim › A team of four people make each boat › Two-and-a-half to three FJs are made per week

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INDUSTRIAL THE STORY: Pawtucket-based Cooley Group is a

manufacturer of high-performance polymeric solutions that markets and distributes products in more than 50 countries on six continents. The Cooley Coolpro is a polypropylene geomembrane designed for some of the toughest conditions on Earth. This one is installed in drought-stricken Cape Town, South Africa.

Coolpro reservoir cover

› The underlying textile of the Coolpro was knitted in Cranston and then extruded with a polymer chemistry formulation in Pawtucket › Cooley’s first reservoir cover was installed in 1996 over the Bears Hill Reservoir in Victoria, Australia › One of Cooley’s Coolpro reservoir projects was installed in 2004 and is still protecting the Franzen Reservoir in Oregon › In 2018, Cooley will produce over 400 million square feet of geomembrane solutions › Cooley’s water protection and preservation solutions are sold to water authorities, power plant utilities, industrial companies and agriculture companies, among other users

200 employees work at Cooley, and it takes the entire team to design, develop and manufacture a reservoir project

› GLOBAL S production is in North Kingstown › The first GLOBAL S Chrome was produced in May 2017, but GLOBAL CMMs have been in the market for over 17 years

GLOBAL S Coordinate Measuring Machine THE BACK STORY: Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence is

the successor company to Brown & Sharpe, the longtime maker of precision tools and instruments. Today, precision is still at the heart of its work, and the products and services aim to fulfill other manufacturers’ needs in their processes. The GLOBAL S Coordinate Measuring Machines are primarily used for industrial measurement in manufacturing.

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› Hundreds of CMMs are manufactured annually › The GLOBAL S helps manufacturers optimize productivity › The system includes a granite and aluminum robotic structure, electronic control system, software and a variety of sensor technologies › In keeping with supporting precision, Hexagon uses lean manufacturing workflows in component machining, subassembly and final assembly, as well as in testing and calibration › All major automotive, aerospace and medical device manufacturers globally use the GLOBAL S

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CONSUMER WaterRower employs over 250 people globally, with the vast majority in Warren

THE STORY: All WaterRowers sold throughout the world are made at the company’s Warren manufacturing facility.

John Duke submitted the patent for the rower in December 1987 and the first rowers sold to the public were released in 1988. They are used at collegiate fitness and training centers, health care facilities and luxury hotels, but the largest share are produced for home use.

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› More than 1,000 units are built per week, with volume varying based on domestic and international demand › A polycarbonate tank is used with all rowing machines, while frames vary from wood to aluminum, stainless steel, and wood/ aluminum hybrids › Rowers range in price from $895 to $2,500 › The design aesthetic and water resistance, as well as being American made, are key to WaterRower’s marketing strategy › Upward of a dozen people are involved in the production of each machine, including woodworkers, welders, painters/ stainers and quality control staff

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Bradford Soap Works Inc. was founded in Rhode Island in 1876. It initially made industrial soaps used to scour wool for the textile industry and moved into consumer bar soaps in the 1960s.

Its 250 Rhode Island employees work in the Valley Queen Mill in West Warwick, which once was a Fruit-of-theLoom factory.

Clinique facial soap › Clinique facial soap retails for $14 at Macy’s › Bar soaps take 4-6 hours to make from scratch depending on formulation › Ingredients for Bradford products include honey, oatmeal, coffee grounds and essential oils › Bradford has 100 more employees at a manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ind., and a warehouse in Calexico, Calif.

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PRECISION INSTRUMENTS TMX All-In-One

Data Acquisition System THE STORY: West Warwick-based AstroNova

develops and applies data visualization technologies in products for industrial, packaging, aerospace and defense industry customers, with sales and service centers in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as in China, Europe, India and Southeast Asia.

The TMX is used to acquire, visualize, record, analyze and store data, and can be used in manufacturing and prototyping environments, as well as in the field.

150 are made in one year, and each one takes less than one week to assemble, test and ship through the effort of about 20 people

Room Alert 12E Environment Monitor

› The TMX was first developed in 2010 › Cost varies with number and complexity of modules and accessories needed › Not a consumer product in general, designed to be used in controlled environments as well as in the field by field test engineers, product developers and quality-control professionals › AstroNova employs 360 people worldwide

All software for Room Alert developed in Rhode Island

USED FOR: Room Alert monitors temperature,

humidity, power, smoke, water, motion and more, and notifies users via SMS and email to potentially damaging conditions. Since 30 percent of downtime and data loss is caused by environmental factors, the monitor can save companies from a lot of problems. › Components are made in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, final assembly is in Warren › AVTECH founded in 1988

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› Room Alert 12E costs $595 but Room Alert › Customers run from small businesses to products range in price from $145 to $945.

80 percent of the Fortune 1000, most state and federal agencies, and all branches of › AVTECH has just under 50 employees. the U.S. military › Used in 186 countries

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BACKGROUND: Toray Plastics (America) Inc. is the American subsidiary

of Japan-based Toray Industries Inc. Founded in 1985, TPA makes polypropylene and polyester film at its North Kingstown facility. The films are used as flexible packaging for food, as well as for packaging that allows medical supplies to be sterilized, among other industrial uses.

Flexible packaging for food

Toray produces 188 million pounds of film annually

› Dozens of food brands are packaged in Toray materials; customers appreciate the performance and value of the films and request anonymity because of the competitive edge Toray’s technologies offer them

› In addition to food packaging, Toray’s polypropylene and polyester films are used for solar control window films, to make transfer ribbon for digital printing, for wire and cable insulation, and in other specialty applications

› There are 566 employees at Toray’s Rhode Island site and 140 at its Virginia operations › Very simply, proprietary resin is melted until it becomes pliable and is then extruded through a die to form a thick sheet that is then stretched into a thin film in a large roll and cut into lengths and widths needed for each customer

In 2017 the company customcompounded more than 50 million pounds of resins

Polifil polypropylene-based reinforced resins THE STORY: The company was

founded in 1973 as a buyer and seller of scrap materials. In 1978 it began recycling, and then in 1980 it started custom-compounding reinforced thermoplastics, which it still does for industries as diverse as automotive, consumer housewares, furniture, lawn and garden products, health care, packaging, and pump, pool, spa and irrigation.

› All of TPG’s products are manufactured in Woonsocket › TPG’s ability to do custom compounding sets it apart in the field › There are currently more than 40 employees at TPG › Depending on the size of the order, production can take minutes to hours to days › The manufacturing process is on an assembly line basis and the company says it is too complex to explain PBN.com  A Guide to

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SPIRITS This rum is made from black strap molasses

Thomas Tew Rum Single Barrel Rum THE STORY: Newport Craft Distilling Co. began distilling craft spirits in 2006,

the first distillery in Rhode Island in 135 years. An outgrowth of the interests of the founders of Newport Craft Brewing Co., the distillery and the brewery have now merged into a single company. The distillery currently produces gin, amaro, moonshine, whiskey and the single barrel rum.

› Thomas Tew Rum Single Barrel Rum is made start to finish in Newport › It first came out in 2006 › About 80 barrels of this rum are made per year › Price is $30-$35 per bottle › Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. has about 20 employees, and it takes two to distill the rum › Including the aging process, it takes about five years to make one bottle

The first Captain’s Daughter Imperial IPA was made in October 2014

THE STORY: Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode

Island was founded in 2011 after years of home brewing led the husband and wife owners to want to do more. The brewery’s branding and names are all tied to the family or its location in Westerly. Captain’s Daughter is named after one of the owner’s daughters.

Captain’s Daughter Imperial IPA › There are 14 full-time employees at Grey Sail › About 5,000 barrels worth Of Captain's Daughter are made in a year, and each batch takes two weeks to make › It costs roughly $10-$13 for a four-pack

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› The recipe is “aggressively hopped,” says Grey Sail, with “a strong aroma and flavor of tropical and stone fruits” › Grey Sail has a staff of three dedicated to each step of the process, one person per step – brewing, transferring and cellaring

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MILITARY APPAREL Combative Training Helmet There are 98 steps to make the helmet by hand

› The Amerisewn Combative Training Helmet was designed and is manufactured in Cranston and is used by the U.S. military for combat training

THE STORY: Amerisewn, a division

of Desmark Industries that focuses on developing combat-training and protective gear for public safety and military personnel, has received nearly $100,000 in state Innovation Vouchers in support of its efforts. In the last two years it has roughly doubled its workforce to 42 to meet the growing demand for these types of products.

› The first one was made in 2014 › 1,200 are made in one year › It costs $900 per unit › Aside from its protective properties, the helmet is anti-microbial, adjustable for head size, can be wiped down, and the face shield opens for water breaks

The suit fits any woman or man from 5 feet 2 inches tall to 6 feet 4 inches tall

› The helmet is made of a combination of six foams, molded high-density polyethylene, three resins, three vinyls, and four other textile products › It usually takes a team of three to four people five hours to make each helmet

Submarine Damage Control Suit THE STORY: Propel LLC

› Known as a steam suit, the Damage Control Suit is protective gear for emergency responders to steam line ruptures aboard submarines, according to the U.S. Navy › Seventy percent of the inputs to the steam suit is made in Rhode Island › The first prototype of the steam suit was made in early 2016 › Production of the suit will start in 2019, with 500 units expected to be made › Each suit costs $4,500 › Propel has six employees

develops textile-driven technologies for demanding clients, including the U.S. military and fire service.

And while final assembly of all this women-owned enterprise’s products is not done in Rhode Island, Pawtucket is at the heart of the business.

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Manufacturing therapies based on proteins found in the human body is a complex and highly specialized activity. From process development and clinical manufacturing to full-scale therapeutic protein production, Amgen has built one of the industry’s largest and most reliable operations.

MANUFACTURING PROTEIN THERAPEUTICS Amgen’s 75-acre campus in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, is devoted to the manufacture of the protein therapeutic ENBREL and other drug substance products. It also manufactures products for clinical investigations that one day could be used to treat patients with grievous illness.

Amgen has invested more than $1.5 billion in its Rhode Island facility, adding more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing, utility, administrative and laboratory space to the campus.

The plant, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2005, houses one of the world’s largest mammalian protein manufacturing facilities.

In 2018, Amgen begins construction of its state-of-the-art next-generation biomanufacturing plant, the first of its kind in the United States and its most innovative to date.

The plant has been recognized as Providence Business News’ Best Places to Work more than eleven times since 2007, a testament to the dedication of its staff.

STUFF WE MAKE Staff at Amgen’s Rhode Island facility take pride in their commitment to delivering a reliable supply of Enbrel® (etanercept) along with other drug substance products to patients. The manufacturing plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Amgen is a strong supporter of the communities in which its staff members work and live.

Since 2004, Amgen and the Amgen Foundation have committed over $4.8 million to support science education, health and medicine, and community programs in Rhode Island. Recent recipients include: • American Heart Association • Arthritis Foundation New England • AS220 • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State • College Crusade • Crossroads Rhode Island • Family Services of Rhode Island • Hasbro

• Operation Stand Down • Providence Children’s Museum • Rhode Island Community Food Bank • Rhode Island Mentoring • Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership • Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School • Ronald McDonald House • SMILE

CAREER BENEFITS/OPPORTUNITIES At Amgen, our mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. This sense of shared purpose has allowed us to become one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies as we continue to launch new medicines at unprecedented rates and reach millions of patients worldwide.

We collaborate with world-class talent, utilize the industry’s largest toolkit of modalities, and leverage industry-leading partnerships and state-of-the-art technology to develop new processes and products that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

As a values-based organization, we aim to make a positive impact on the world. From investments in education to inspire future generations of scientists, to rewarding our colleagues with robust family-centered and inclusive benefits for all, we believe in making a difference in the lives of our patients, staff and communities.

That’s why we ensure our world-class teams are well-equipped to maximize their potential. Are you ready to make a difference? Discover what opportunities await you at Amgen.

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COMPANY INFO Amgen - Rhode Island 40 Technology Way West Greenwich, RI 02817 Robert A. Bradway, Chairman and CEO Tia Bush, Vice President of Operations, Amgen Rhode Island www.amgen.com. facebook.com/ amgencareers/ linkedin.com/ company/amgen/ youtube.com/user/Amgen twitter.com/Amgen

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ABOUT US Associated Builders and Contractors of Rhode Island (ABC) represents merit shop construction and industry related companies across Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ABC helps our members develop people, win work, deliver work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities where our member companies work. Our mission is to create an environment that provides merit shop contractors equal opportunity to bid on and perform all projects.

STUFF WE MAKE

COMPANY INFO Associated Builders and Contractors of Rhode Island

Members of ABC build and provide professional services that support the construction industry. Our member companies offer construction management, design, telecommunication systems, security systems, equipment leasing and rental, electrical, site excavating, facility remediation, hazardous waste handling, masonry, framing, waterproofing, roofing, sheet metal, insulation, painting, pipefitting, sprinkler fitting, hardware, piping, windows, doors, HVAC, plumbing, insurance, legal, advertising, marketing, accounting, payroll, temporary help services, computer, fleet management, leasing, and fringe benefit management services.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABC Rhode Island hosts events throughout the year including educational, social, and golf to name a few. ABC is a charitable partner of Adoption Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Food Bank.

President: Maureen Grillo

COOL CUSTOMERS

Maureen@abcri.org

ABC Member companies are busy building everywhere. Here are just a few examples! < Pepperidge Farm Silo & Automation Project built by Notch Mechanical Constructors

401-305-3510 249 Roosevelt Ave. Pawtucket, RI 02860

< Seasons Corner Market built by Cornerstone Design/Build Services

ABCRI.org Employees: 4 Founded: 1990

< North Randolph Fire Station built by J.J. Cardosi

< Waterfire Arts Center built by Trac Builders Inc.

< University Orthopedics at Kettle Point, excavating

by William Anthony Excavating, Inc.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES With a career in construction the opportunities are limitless. Each person that enters the industry is on a path to earning a competitive salary, learning a new skill and building America with their own hands.

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JEFF WARD Master Electrician and Company President YEARS AT COMPANY 2 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I find myself to be quite fortunate to be in such an incredible field as an electrician. This trade is constantly changing with the advancements of technology and equipment along with the individual needs of customers and society as a whole. Electricians play a vital role in our towns infrastructure locally and nationally. Whether it's remodeling or new construction of a home or commercial building, fitting out a production floor assembly line, or pooling together to rebuild after Mother Nature deals out her worst, the opportunities in this line of work are endless with its infinite niches of specialized and non-specialized work. The day to day challenges keep me sharp with every new task as I'm put to the test with designing, planning and executing an explicit plan to get the job done, turning over a full and complete install to the customer.

ABOUT THE JOB Some requirements I feel are paramount in being an electrician would be first and foremost, a valid driver's license. This would be the most important as I find myself traveling a lot.

I'm licensed in multiple states which adds to the amount of road time substantially. Next would be reliability. I need to be able to perform my job every day; rain, snow, hot or cold. I believe having strong mathematical, reading and problem solving skills are invaluable as well as a sound and thorough theory foundation. These skills are what I feel most employers look for.

THE CAREER PATH To plan your path as an electrician, one would start as an apprentice. Rhode Island's electrical apprenticeship program is four (4) years. During this time the apprentice will acquire on the job training along with classroom education through the state approved school Rhode Island Construction Training Academy (RICTA). At the end of the apprenticeship, he/she will be able to apply to test for a Journeyman license. Once a license is obtained it will open up the door to many possibilities such as Project Manager, business owner, inspector or teacher.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN $80,000 - $100,000

JOURNEYMAN $45,000 - $70,000 APPRENTICE $26,000 - $40,000

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CONTACT RICTA TODAY! Director of Training: Kristen Brescia Kristen@ricta.org 401-305-3510 249 Roosevelt Ave. Pawtucket, RI 02860

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES RICTA also offers apprenticeship training in carpentry, craft laborer, HVAC, commercial painting, pipefitting, roofing, sheet metal and sprinkler fitting.

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ABOUT US AVTECH is the leading manufacturer of proactive environment monitoring products for critical facilities and assets. Our Room Alert products are in use in 186 out of 196 countries, monitoring temperature, humidity, flood, power, smoke and much more for over 80% of the Fortune 1000, most state and federal agencies, and all branches of the US military. AVTECH was named the 2018 RI Exporter of the Year by the SBA for their international sales efforts.

STUFF WE MAKE  Room

Alert 32E environment monitor

 Room

Alert 12E/12ER environment monitor

 Room

Alert 4E/4ER environment monitor

 Room

Alert 3E environment monitor

 Room

Alert 3 Wi-Fi environment monitor

 Temperature  Power

& Humidity Sensors

Sensors

 Flood/Water

Leak Sensors

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Annual gift wrapping and giving drives, local charitable cause participation including the Bodacious Bee to benefit the Bristol Warren Education Foundation, 21 FrienDS and the annual Ride for Freedom.

COOL CUSTOMERS  Amazon

COMPANY INFO AVTECH Software, Inc. CEO: Michael Sigourney 16 Cutler Street, Cutler Mill Warren, RI 02885 AVTECH.com 401-628-1600 linkedin.com/company/ avtech-software-inc./ twitter.com/ AVTECHSoftware youtube.com/user/ AVTECHVideoChannel/feed

 Boeing

 AT&T

 Comcast

 FedEx

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS With a start-up feel and attitude even after 30 years in business, AVTECH provides each member of our team with the unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our future. We recognize that we rely on every individual who works here - whatever their position, department or function - for continued success of the innovative products and services that keep our valued customers coming back to us year after year.

As a part of our outstanding team, AVTECH employees enjoy the perk of a casual work environment at our distinctive office space in the beautifully-restored 19thcentury Cutler Mill. Originally built in 1868, this 68,000 square foot mill was meticulously renovated to house AVTECH's ever-growing high-tech business in a spacious, comfortable environment full of vintage character. AVTECH also covers 100% of the cost of health and dental for our employees and their dependents.

Health insurance

Disability insurance

Paid vacation time

Dental insurance

401(k)

Paid sick time

Life insurance

Bonuses

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ABOUT US Did you know that 1,507 small to medium-sized Rhode Island businesses export, accounting for 88% of the goods that leave the state? Is your business one of them?

Bryant University’s Chafee Center for International Business works directly with businesses, primarily manufacturers, to promote economic growth through new opportunities in international markets. Through global market research, corporate training, and strategic consulting, the Chafee Center helps companies get their products and services to more customers in more places around the world.

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COMPANY INFO Bryant University John H. Chafee Center for International Business

The Chafee Center provides the following programs and services:  Customized Business Development Plans  Seminars & Workshops  Financial assistance grant to help small businesses expand their exports  Customized Market Research  Export readiness assessment  Foreign Trade Missions with individualized matchmaking services  International Trade Shows  Food Export USA

Director: Raymond W. Fogarty

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Chafee Center provides timely and relevant training programs throughout the year. Its signature event, World Trade Day, is held each May and is the region's largest international business conference. More than 500 attendees gather to hear from expert keynote speakers, participate in workshops, and network with colleagues to create new business opportunities.

COOL CUSTOMERS “Richline continues to be proud to be associated with the Bryant University Carolyn Rafaelian International Business Practicum and MBA Graduate School Practicum programs. Our highest gratitude is for the opportunity this program provides to work with quality students, faculty and Chafee Center professional staff, from the delineation of responsibilities to the presentation of the results.“ MARK HANNA Chief Marketing Officer, Richline Group, A Berkshire Hathaway Company

“The (Chafee Center) International Professional Series was a great way to submerse yourself in the ever changing world of international business. The interaction with the speakers at the event allow you to potentially build your team framework that you will need to be successful in the inner workings of international business affairs.”

MARK CHASE

Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917 bryant.edu/academics/ departments-institutescenters-and-provost/ john-h-chafee-centerinternational-business 401-232-6407 facebook.com/ChafeeCenter linkedin.com/in/chafeecenterri/ twitter.com/ChafeeCenter Employees: 7 Founded: 1988

Supply Chain Manager, Mearthane Products Corp.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/ BENEFITS Why export?  Access to more customers 95% of the world's population lives outside the U.S.  Expand and diversify revenue streams  Increase sales  Retain a competitive advantage

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EnviroFlex® | Stadium Wrap | London 2012 Olympic Stadium

93 Years of Innovation & Global Collaboration

COMPANY INFO Cooley Group Corporate Headquarters: 50 Esten Avenue Pawtucket, RI 02860 401-724-9000 Human Resources: Deb Bedrosian bedrosiand@ cooleygroup.com linkedin@Cooley-group twitter@Cooley_Group facebook@Cooley-group

ABOUT US For over 90 years, Cooley Group has manufactured some of the world’s highest-profile environmental protection solutions from water, fuel and chemical containment to military equipment, outdoor advertising and roofing products.

Cooley Group has manufacturing facilities in Cranston and Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Lancaster, South Carolina. Our line operators, technicians and scientists work together to design and manufacture custom membranes under conditions of mass production for over 5,000 different products. We manufacture textiles and polymer coated products specially designed not only to suit our customer needs, but also to protect the environment. Most notably, Cooley Group is committed to take back every product it makes at the end of its useful life to be reprocessed back into a new Cooley product solution.

Our R&D and Operations teams collaborate to determine the ideal combination of fibers and polymer chemistry required for each customized product. For example, at the behest of the US Military, Cooley Group (alongside our partner at Wing Inflatables) specially developed a fully collapsible inflatable boat material that is strong, long-lasting and impervious to rips and tears.

Alongside R&D and Operations, our Sales Team works with customers across the globe to develop product solutions that suit our customers’ unique requirements. For example, on any given morning one sales team member could be on the phone with a customer discussing fuel storage tanks employed in ice fields in Siberia, while their teammate is on the phone with another customer discussing material requirements for the roof on the U.S. Bank Stadium (host to Super Bowl LII). No other textile company in the world works across so many product divisions including engineered membranes, building products, commercial graphics and technical textiles.

For more information on the operations of Cooley Group, reach out to our HQ or follow us on social. We would be happy to share our story!

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COOLEY’S ETHOS A tireless commitment to environmental sustainability, social responsibility & economic prosperity.

Cooley cares about more than just state-of-the-art product development and manufacturing.

Cooley is committed to our Rhode Island and South Carolina communities, partnering with local charities and politicians to make our neighborhoods more prosperous places for everyone.

“Everyone at Cooley has an important role to play. When we hired Rahul out of college, we worked with him to set measured goals. Rahul was up for the challenge and we’ve rewarded him accordingly every step of the way.”

-- David Lunati, Executive Vice President

MENTORSHIP AT COOLEY A conversation with David Lunati & Rahul Wadhwani Rahul Wadhwani joined Cooley Group from Bryant University with a degree in Global Supply Chain Management. With each new project and initiative he undertakes, Rahul is noticed and rewarded for his personal and professional growth. As David Lunati, Executive Vice President (and Rahul’s mentor) likes to say, “Always look to hire people that are smarter than you.

Surround yourself with teammates who are honest and hardworking and watch them thrive.”

David takes his responsibility as manager and team-leader to heart. Rahul experienced David’s support, transparency, and mentorship first-hand. For example, in Rahul’s own words, “When I came in for my interview at Cooley, I spent over an hour with David talking one-on-one.

He took the time to paint a picture of what my role would be and how it could evolve over time. He asked me my goals and then said that in 3 years he could see me achieving those goals at Cooley if I trusted him, trusted the process and worked hard. After my interview, I was overwhelmed and impressed; no one had ever taken the time to talk me through my career potential before. Cooley has shown me repeatedly that they are committed to my success.”

At a company as diverse as Cooley Group, there are a lot of possible roles and responsibilities a new employee could have at the firm. Regardless of whether you are interested in sales, customer service, operations, or R&D, Cooley Group treats all new employees with dignity, respect and encouragement. As David commented, “Contemporary zeitgeist tends to paint millennials with a broad brush, but at Cooley we want to crash that stereotype. Each new employee, regardless of age or prior experience, comes into Cooley as an individual and will be treated in accordance with their unique goals and skills.”

When asked what keeps Rahul excited about coming to work each day, he said, “I love knowing that my contribution to a certain project or sale is indispensable, whether it’s helping logistically with the installation of a water reservoir in South Africa or the process of developing a new fuel tank for a U.S. Military base. It’s cool to be able to say I had a hand in helping resolve a water crisis in Cape Town or managing a recycling initiative to ensure our billboard materials don’t end up in landfills.”

If our ethos, culture and products intrigue you, reach out to our team! We welcome discussions of your interests and career aspirations. We will connect with you one-onone to see if, like Rahul, Cooley Group is the ideal place to start your career in global business and manufacturing.

CoolThane® | Inflatable Boat | U.S. Military Combat Raiding Craft

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ABOUT US DEWETRON is a manufacturer of precision Test & Measurement systems designed to record from one to thousands of vastly different signal sources gaplessly and in perfect sync, at one location or distributed across locations up to 100 meters apart.

DEWETRON’s strength lies in customized solutions, based on “modular logic”, that are quickly adaptable to the changing needs of the test environment and sophisticated technology of the Aerospace, Energy, and Automotive industries.

MODULAR was a part of DEWETRON’s philosophy long before it became an industry standard.

STUFF WE MAKE  Mixed

Signal Power Analyzers (DEWE2-PA7) Measurement Systems (DEWE2-A4)  Distributed Measurement Systems (TRIONet)  Test Bench Measurement Systems (DEWE2-M13)  Amplified Modules with A/D converter (TRION)  OXYGEN Software  OXYGEN Power Software  OXYGEN Automotive Software  Portable

COMPANY INFO Dewetron, Inc. CEO: Klaus Quint 2850 South County Trail East Greenwich, RI 02818

DEWETRON has given tours of the new East Greenwich facility to Senator Reed, Congressman Langevin, Mayor Fung, as well as to New England Tech and URI Faculty.

We are pleased to have a North Kingstown High School student interning with our Public Relations Department.

In past years we have sponsored the South Kingstown Little League and Youth Soccer

dewetron.com

Association teams.

401-284-3750

COOL CUSTOMERS

facebook.com/ dewetron.gmbh/

 NASA

 US

 Walt

 Boeing

Disney World

Military (all branches)

 BMW

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS

linkedin.com/company/ dewetron/

With two calibration laboratories, service, repair and assembly workshops on site there are a multitude of Engineering, Calibration Service Technician opportunities at the East Greenwich facility.

twitter.com/dewetron

Our national sales team is supported by Application Engineers who conduct training and demonstration workshops, webinars and on-line customer support. Travel opportunities to customer sites and trade shows are abundant.

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When a single product is valued at $60,000, proper packing and shipping is critical. Our Logistics and Shipping department offers job opportunities in inventory control, scheduling, receiving, packing and arrangement of international transportation.

Old fashioned customer care is our mantra – real people behind the logo, real voices on the phone. A DEWETRON Customer Care Representative answers order and shipping questions and acts as the liaison between our Calibration and Service Engineers and the customer. Our customer care team also includes representatives who manage calibration and annual maintenance contracts and scheduling for our customers.

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Disability insurance

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Dental insurance

401(k)

Flexible work hours

Flexible spending account

Paid vacation time

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COREY CLARK Customer Support Engineer YEARS AT COMPANY 5 PERSONAL THOUGHTS The Support Engineer is the person who provides end-users/customers with quick, insightful, and accurate answers to their hardware, software and application questions. There are times when the Support Engineer will also need to communicate with other departments within the Dewetron USA location and across the Atlantic Ocean, with our Dewetron headquarters in Graz, Austria. This team-oriented approach is critical to providing the customer with timely and correct answers to their questions.

Clear and concise communication with the customers and colleagues is one of the most important aspects to being a successful Support Engineer. The job is not all about memorizing statistics, data sheets, or processes; the job is also about building a friendly, professional, and lasting relationship with colleagues and customers so that they can trust you, your advice, and Dewetron well into the future.

ABOUT THE JOB Customer Support Engineers are product experts and serve as liaisons to customers. Successful Support Engineers take ownership of the customer issues and follow the issue through to resolution and post resolution check in. The path to resolution requires research, diagnostics, trouble shooting and issue escalation when necessary. Skilled Support Engineers are quickly able to understand customer problems by asking a series of targeted questions. It's all about communication.

A thorough and deep understanding of the product hardware, software and the customer's application(s) is essential as is prompt and accurate feedback. Support Engineers may be involved with several open cases at one time making refined organization and documentation skills a job requirement.

Patience, perseverance and the thrill of problem solving are essential.

CAREER PATH DEWETRON's East Greenwich facility is currently interested in Support Engineer Interns and Jr. Level Support Engineers. These positions will evolve into Customer Support Engineers and Sr. Customer Support Engineers. Sr. level Customer Support Engineers are often sent to customer sites for pre-sales demonstrations and post sales application training.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and education.

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ABOUT US Fielding Manufacturing provides micro and miniature zinc diecast and plastic injection molded parts to support a wide array of technical industries. We pride ourselves on high precision tooling & machinery, tight-tolerance manufactured parts, repeatable quality at the highest standards, and flexible service to ensure the success of our customers. Fielding delivers high-quality, precision parts while continually improving our operations; from training and developing the technical expertise of our employees to investing in new technologies and automation, Fielding is always moving forward.

STUFF WE MAKE We manufacture hundreds of different micro and miniature sub-assembly parts for OEM manufacturers. All custom-component parts are first designed by our customers; then we design and build tooling and finally produce the parts to controlled specifications. Our parts are cast from zinc or molded in a variety of plastic materials and serve the following industries:  Electronics/Electrical  Automotive  Appliances & Hand Tools  Aerospace/Defense  Medical  Consumer Products  Telecommunication/Fiber Optics  Architectural Hardware

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

COMPANY INFO Fielding Manufacturing President: Steven Fielding 780 Wellington Avenue Cranston, RI 02910 fieldingmfg.com/ 401-461-0400

Founded: 1962

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COOL CUSTOMERS  Bemis

 Ammo-Safe

 Stanley

 Motorola

Black & Decker  Legrand  Hubble  Eaton  Stant USA  Sargent Manufacturing  Vibco

 Bosworth  3M

Corporation

 Stoneridge  Corning

Telecommunications Medical/Bard  LISI Aerospace  BD

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hundreds more – we are diverse!)

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As a small, family-owned manufacturing company entering its third generation, Fielding Manufacturing prides itself on a strong technical team that works together to solve any problem.

In addition to group training and problem-solving sessions throughout the year, employees advance their skills at external training classes/seminars covered by Fielding. We host impromptu social gatherings for team-building and personal celebrations – everyone looks forward to the company cookouts before each scheduled shutdown/vacation week in July and December.

Fielding continually has growth potential for motivated, self-driven individuals, eager to learn and solve technical problems. Being a small company allows us the flexibility to work on unique projects and develop new processes. With operations in diecasting, injection molding, tooling and secondary operations, we work together as a team and experience different technical processes and skills. Our employees aren’t constrained with a rigid career path – we work with them to discover their talents and interests, and match them with the department and role that they are most interested in. Fielding invests in training and offers a Gain-Sharing program which bonuses all employees, each quarter the company meets or exceeds performance goals on key metrics; Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, and Continuous Improvement. Consider joining a team that is going places in progressive manufacturing!

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Disability insurance

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401(k)

Internships

Bonuses

Gain-Sharing Bonus Program

GARY NICHOLS JR. Shipper/Receiver YEARS AT COMPANY 7 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I started my journey at Fielding 7 years ago as a machine operator.

During this time, I was given many opportunities to grow and gain valuable experience in many different areas of production. I quickly grew to becoming the lead of my department, collaborating with both the Production Supervisor and Manufacturing Engineer on improving quality, developing a more efficient process and establishing better overall workflow. I also had the opportunity to become an ISO Internal Auditor, which has given me a new perspective on how our business works from the time an order is placed, through the production floor, until the finished product leaves our building. This experience has greatly helped me in my new role as head of the Shipping & Receiving department.

This job requires a high level of organization and communication skills.

I value the daily satisfaction of shipping our customer quality product, on-time.

ABOUT THE JOB My main responsibility as the head of Shipping & Receiving is to collaborate with both Customer Service and the entire Production Team to ensure the prompt shipment of good, quality parts on-time to our customers. This job requires a high level of focus, self-drive and ambition to meet the daily needs of our customers.

Other responsibilities include loading and unloading all trucks, packaging and preparing product for shipment, and maintaining good, detailed records of anything leaving or entering our building.

UDON THAO Injection Molding Setup Technician YEARS AT COMPANY 2 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I loved my job from the beginning. Starting from the bottom and advancing to where I am now, I feel accomplished.

It is a learning experience week-in and week-out. Since developing my skills, I’ve come to appreciate the opportunities I have been given. I firmly believe that due to the systems in place, this company is the place to be.

I hope that my career develops and ends with Fielding. All the tools to succeed are in place and each department is ready to make it happen.

ABOUT THE JOB I perform a number of tasks throughout the week including: • Safely changing molds in injection molding machines • Supporting the floor to move parts and material to keep machines running • Operating machines, depending on changes to the schedule • Performing in-process quality inspections on running jobs • Processing jobs into specification at start-up and troubleshooting minor quality issues by adjusting the process Some of the skills I’ve developed that make me successful are: • Strong communication and understanding for the people I work with • Flexibility to respond to changes in the schedule • Focus to assess situations in a timely manner • Willingness and determination to learn and better myself, as well as to help others continually learn and develop PBN.com  A Guide to

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ABOUT US We provide plumbing, heating, cooling, drain cleaning and electrical services for homes and businesses throughout New England. With over 250 employees and 165 trucks, our size allows us to be there when our customers need us most. Our mission ... through our world-class customer service, our dedication to excellence, and our random acts of kindness, we will exceed your expectations ... every day.

TOP 10 REASONS TO JOIN THE GEM FAMILY: 1. Make a difference

2. Be part of a local family business 3. Grow in your career with development and training 4. Benefit from a terrific leadership team that invests in our people 5. Have opportunities for advancement 6. Be involved in our local community (a core part of our mission) 7. Enjoy a safe and friendly work environment 8. Make random acts of kindness 9. Benefit from competitive pay and benefits 10. Have fun at work - we hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll join us!

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COMPANY INFO GEM Plumbing & Heating Services, LLC President, Home Services: Larry Gemma One Wellington Road Lincoln, RI 02865 askgem.com 401-867-5309 facebook.com/GemOnTime/ linkedin.com/company/ gem-plumbing-&-heating/ youtube.com/user/ gemplumbingheating

As a member of our team, you will play an essential role in our company. You will show a spirit of innovation, opportunity, and excellence. To recognize the hard work of our employees, we plan special outings for our employees and their families, including trips to PawSox games, Bruins games, and Roger Williams Zoo. We also offer tickets to Patriots and Red Sox games throughout the season. It is important to Gem to give back to our community; thus we are actively involved in the McAuley House and Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation initiatives.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS At Gem, we provide career opportunities to master your craft, earn a steady living, and make a real difference in the lives of our customers and our community every single day. Gem is committed to customer satisfaction and our team members play an important role by showing a spirit of innovation, opportunity and excellence. We have open jobs for plumbers, HVAC technicians, electricians, customer support representatives, and more. As a member of our team, you will play an essential role in our company. You will show a spirit of innovation, opportunity, and excellence. We invest in you, giving you state-of-the-art equipment and advanced processes that save you time. We offer a competitive edge, including great salaries, comprehensive benefits.

Not to mention our innovative training and development programs are designed to give you the skills and experience for success.

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JOSEPH ANTER HVAC Technician YEARS AT COMPANY 6 WHAT ARE YOUR JOB DUTIES? My main responsibility is to Install, maintain and repair Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning equipment for my customers. I help make sure the temperature and air quality in buildings and homes is controlled. On a regular basis, I advise customers on how to prevent future problems and properly maintain equipment.

ABOUT THE JOB WHAT DOES THIS JOB AND WORKING AT THIS COMPANY MEAN TO YOU? This place is great! The people that I have meant here have been the difference and have made it worth it. There’s a feeling of appreciation, a lot of people that want to see you succeed. Because when I started here I didn’t know how to turn a wrench, couldn’t use a drill but there was a lot of patience with the guys that trained me all throughout my career. Because I was willing to work and had the drive and motivation to learn wanted to do better, I’ve been able to succeed and make a career for myself.

REQUIREMENTS: GEM will help you during complete our apprentice program with on the job training opportunities while you attend trade school. Our apprentice program is a paid training program that typically lasts between 2-4 years. This opportunity will allow you to work towards obtaining your license as required by state regulations. GEM is

“Joe is one of our best technicians because of his growth in the company.

there for you every step of the way

Because of his thirst for

to ensure you have all the necessary

knowledge and willingness

training and experience to become a

to improve his skills, he has

journeyman.

made himself a long lasting career at Gem and in the HVAC industry.”

JOSEPH ANDRADE Vice President, Home and Commercial Services

HR CONTACT Sarah Nattress

THE CAREER PATH

MASTER $32+

LICENSED JOURNEYMAN $22-32 APPRENTICE $13-22

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401-867-5309 snattress@gemplumbing.com

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ABOUT US Gloria Duchin, Inc. is a woman-owned, WBENC certified company that began in 1979, manufacturing a line of seasonal ornaments and accessories. As the company evolved, they expanded the focus in design by pioneering a trend and marketing forecast program to stay on the leading edge of home décor. The collection grew to include jewelry, personalized designs and customizable engraving. Today, Gloria Duchin is a worldwide brand with over 100 million copyrighted ornaments in circulation, all designed and made in the USA.

STUFF WE MAKE  Christmas

Ornaments  Kindness Tokens  Jewelry  Celebrity Collaborative Accessories

 Garden

Décor Dishes  Visor Clips  Trinket

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT We at Gloria Duchin, Inc. believe we can shape a better world. We have been granted the pleasure to co-design products for great organizations like Adopt-a-Pet, Fatigues to Fabulous, the National Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the American Heart Association. As part of the community, we also support the Wounded Warriors and Ronald McDonald House – Providence.

COOL CUSTOMERS  CVS

 QVC

 Smithsonian

Museum Stores

 Things

Remembered

 Walmart

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS

COMPANY INFO Gloria Duchin, Inc. CEO: Robyn G. Smalletz 201 Narragansett Park Drive East Providence, RI 02916 gloriaduchin.com 401-438-5400 facebook.com/ gloriaduchinkeepsakes linkedin.com/in/ robyn-smalletz-362398b twitter.com/GloriaDuchin

As our company evolves with automation and robotics in the factory and new, advanced software platforms for our internal systems, we look forward to bringing new team members on board to help support our growing initiatives In 2015, CEO Robyn G. Smalletz received the Women in Technology and Manufacturing award from the Providence Business News and remains committed to transforming an old economy business with new economy applications.

Gloria Duchin, Inc., encourages tenure, new hires, open door policies, and active learning. We are committed to developing our team’s talents, skills, and ideas to foster their reach and build experience.

Employees: 25

Health insurance

Disability insurance

Paid vacation time

Founded: 1979

Dental insurance

IRA

Paid sick time

Life insurance

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ABOUT US Groov-Pin is a leading manufacturer of engineered fasteners and components for connection and control. We have been supplying the manufacturing industry since 1926 with products including Grooved Pins, Tap-Lok® Threaded Inserts, Speedserts®, and Barb-Serts®. GroovPin's subsidiary, Precision Turned Components (PTC), manufactures custom turned connectors, fittings, and other complex components for critical industries including Aerospace, Military, Fluid and Gas Control, Medical, and Telecommunications.

We are an ISO:9001 and AS9100 certified company with manufacturing facilities in Rhode Island and Georgia.

STUFF WE MAKE  Solid

Pins

 Threaded

– Grooved – Knurled – Plain

Inserts – Self-tapping – Thread-forming – Key-locked – Mold-in – Press-in

Turned Components – Compression limiters – Bushings – Coupling nuts – Connector bodies – Ferrules – Custom to print

CEO: Scot A. Jones 331 Farnum Pike Smithfield, RI 02917

facebook.com/groovpin linkedin.com/company/ groov-pin-corporation twitter.com/GroovPinCorp youtube.com/user/ pinsandinserts Employees: 95

COOL CUSTOMERS  Caterpillar

Groov-Pin Corporation

401-232-3377

Groov-Pin was named one of the healthiest employers in Rhode Island in 2018. We regularly host events for employees including Fruity Fridays, Lunch and Learns, summer cookouts, health and wealth seminars, and one-on-one financial advice. We also have multiple competitive walking challenges throughout the year where employees can participate to win prizes like vacation time, gift cards, sweatshirts, and more.

 Boeing

COMPANY INFO

groov-pin.com

 Precision

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

 BMW

GROOV-PIN

 Lockheed

Martin

 SpaceX

Founded: 1926

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS Groov-Pin offers two career paths; digital manufacturing and mechanical manufacturing, depending on individual interest and qualifications. We run Davenports, New Britains, Gildemeisters, Brown & Sharpes, CNC Swiss (Tsugamis), and Miyano vertical machining centers as well as custom Grooved Pin machines.

Groov-Pin employees can develop stable, long-term careers in a family-owned manufacturing business with a strong focus on employee engagement. We offer medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits for full-time employees and regularly host health and wellness events. At Groov-Pin, we strive for a collaborative, open environment where employees can develop their talents. At our shop, if you have a good idea of how to improve something, we encourage you to run with it. If this type of work and environment sound interesting to you, visit www.groov-pin.com/careers.

Health insurance

Disability insurance

Paid sick time

Dental insurance

401(k)

Wellness program

Flexible spending account

Bonuses

Tuition program

Life insurance

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ABOUT US Founded in 1883 as Hope Webbing Company in Pawtucket, RI, USA, Hope Global has become a worldwide manufacturer employing more than 1750 Team members. Building our reputation on high-quality products and components and innovative manufacturing solutions, we recognized early on that agility was key to our success – and that of our customers. We serve customers in the Automotive, Government, Industrial and Apparel industries. Partnering with customers is central to our philosophy and their success. Working hand in hand with engineering and design teams, we specialize in the creation of high-quality, customized products from idea to completion, and do so on-time, on-spec and on the money.

STUFF WE MAKE  Apparel

COMPANY INFO Hope Global CEO: Cheryl A. Merchant 50 Martin Street Cumberland, RI 02864 hopeglobal.com 401-753-7800 facebook.com/Hope-Global linkedin.com/company/ hope-global twitter.com/HopeGlobal youtube/hopeglobal Employees: 1,750 Founded: 1883

Cords

 Electrical

Sleeving

 Armrests

 Headrests

 Automotive

 Industrial

Cargo & Convenience Nets  Automotive Floor Mats  Beaded Profiles  Bootlace  Buffing Pads  Carpet Strip  Center Consoles  Cord Assemblies

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Cords Seat Attachment Fastening System  Roller Blinds  Shock Cords  Shoelaces  Straps  Tunnel Tie Drawstrings  Wind Deflectors  Wire Carrier  Patented

Braids Panels  Knee Bolsters  Loop Knits  Mesh Storage Pockets  Military Laces  Military Parachute Cord  Non-Woven Drawstrings  Instrument

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT At Hope Global, we subscribe to a philosophy of corporate stewardship based simply on gratitude. Grateful for our success and indebted to those who make it possible, we take our social responsibility seriously in a widening number of spheres; for our communities, our team members and our environment.

We call it “acting globally.”

COOL CUSTOMERS  Timberland  General

Motors Motor Company  Cooper Standard  Fiat Chrysler Automotive  Ford

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS At Hope Global, we take our mission of discovering top talent and serving our associates seriously. We know people thrive when they can do what they love. That’s why we’re out to hire and retain the best, brightest and most passionate individuals. Hope Global’s goal is to keep our employees fulfilled, happy and continually learning. Hope provides a wide variety of careers from entry level positions, for those just entering the job market, to highly skilled technicians, engineers, managers and executives.

Health insurance

401(k)

Wellness program

Dental insurance

Bonuses

Tuition program

Flexible spending account

Paid vacation time

Internships

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JEFFREY AGONIA Director of Engineering, Quality & Excellence YEARS AT COMPANY 7 SALARY 95,000 PERSONAL THOUGHTS When I graduated from Roger Williams with my Engineering degree, I went to work initially at a large corporation. I aspired to be a Director someday and thought that it would take me a very long time to achieve my goal. I moved to Hope Global as a Sales Engineer. I learned everything I could and was promoted to Product Engineer. In a smaller company, you are required to wear several ”hats.” The vast experience helped me become a better engineer and led to my promotion as the Product Engineering Manager and then to the Director of Product Development. In all of my positions with Hope, I learned everything I could about the products, people, and customers. Now as the Director of Engineering, Quality, and Excellence I still intend to focus on learning everything I can. Learning is a continuous process. I am excited about my next chapter.

ABOUT THE JOB I will oversee the Engineering and Quality departments as well as the development, evaluation, commercialization of Hope Global products. My key role is to interact with various internal departments as well as customers and suppliers to ensure the highest quality products are produced on-time every time.

THE CAREER PATH I graduated from Roger Williams University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Utilized Hope's employee tuition assistance program, I earned my Masters in Business Administration from Bryant University. My career began at Hope as a Sales Engineer, and was subsequently promoted to Product Engineer, Product Engineering Manager, and Director of Product Development. I currently am the Director of Engineering, Quality & Excellence.

HR CONTACT Connie Vitorino 401-753-7800 cvitorino@hopeglobal.com

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ABOUT US National Marker Company has been serving the safety industry since 1934 as a leading manufacturer and supplier of visual safety communication products. We are a select group of highly skilled associates committed to the success of one another and the stakeholders we serve. We treat each other with respect, and we are successful because we expect innovation and unlimited growth. We encourage risk taking and we strive to exceed customer expectations. We have been the voted the Manufacturer of the Year, as well as the Green Manufacturer of the Year. We have also been voted one of the Best Places to Work for the last two years.

STUFF WE MAKE  Safety

Signs

 Banners

 Tags

 Construction

 Labels

 Street

 Tapes

 Acrylic

 5S

 Label

Signs

Signs Dispensers  Lockout Kits

Boards

Printers Pavement

 Outdoor

Signs  Everything

is Customizable!!

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

COMPANY INFO National Marker Company CEO: Michael Black 100 Providence Pike North Smithfield, RI 02986 nationalmarker.com 401-762-9700 facebook.com/ nationalmarker/

NMC is very active in the local community. We are committed to giving back on a daily basis.

For the past 3 years we have been the #1 fundraiser for The Autism Project's annual Imagine Walk. In addition, we do quarterly blood drives for the RI Blood Bank, food and gift drives for the holidays, and are big supporters of local youth sports. We even have supported the local police department to assist with the new K9 unit. As a company that works hard together, we also celebrate together with company lunches, picnics, and holiday celebrations.

COOL CUSTOMERS  LaGuardia

 Ken's

Salad Dressing

 Hasbro

 Fathead

linkedin.com/company/ national-marker-company/

 US

 Amazon

youtube.com/user/ NationalMarker

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS

Employees: 80 Founded: 1934

Coast Guard  Swim Across America

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 State

of Wyoming Park  Boston Marathon  Miller

NMC is experiencing exceptional growth and with that comes new opportunities for our associates. We are investing in technology to improve our processes and training for all our associates, bringing in best practices of 5S and lean manufacturing. All associates are crosstrained to provide opportunity and allow for an agile workforce. We work out of a state of the art, computer run manufacturing facility including an air conditioned plant.

Health insurance

Paid vacation time

Internships

Dental insurance

Paid sick time

Vision Plan

Life insurance

Dependent care reimbursement account

Health Reimbursement

401(k)

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Health Savings

DEREK FALARDEAU Digital Marketing Manager YEARS AT COMPANY 5 PERSONAL THOUGHTS When looking at National Marker Company there are two main reasons why I enjoy my time here, will continue my career here, and would recommend jobseekers here.

The first one being the people. I have never worked anywhere where the owner and the employees have this amount of passion, drive, and willingness to succeed every day. It makes it that much easier to come to work when you know the people you work with want you to succeed as much as they want themselves to.

The second reason is the opportunities. The executive team and managers do an awesome job at realizing the potential in people and giving them the opportunities to grow within the company. My personal journey started out on the manufacturing floor, moved to the marketing department and now is focused on the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s digital marketing and e-commerce channels.

ABOUT THE JOB Currently I am the Digital Marketing Manager here at NMC. There are many aspects of this job including continuous development and maintenance on our company website, overseeing all ecommerce channels, and helping our thousands of distributors accurately sell and market our products on their own websites. Being a small company, however, I also help in all aspects of marketing including tradeshows, trainings, and product development.

Continuous education is a must in this role. The customers buying habits and search engines algorithms are constantly changing causing us to continuously shift the way we market or even display our products online. If you fall behind the trends you become irrelevant.

On any day, this job could require me to upload our 16,000 products onto a distributors website or spend an afternoon collaborating with Amazon on how to increase our sales for future growth.

THE CAREER PATH I started my career here at NMC as a Digital Print Specialist. During this time, I had acquired a degree in Graphic Design and applied for an open position. I moved into that position shortly after. In that position, I slowly gained responsibility of our website and product data. The responsibilities evolved greatly to the point that I moved out of designing full time and into the current position I am in.

HR CONTACT Marianne Pepin 800-453-2727 mpepin@nationalmarker.com

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COMPANY INFO Oil Heat Institute Inc.

Executive Director: Roberta J. Fagan 55 John Clarke Road A24 Middletown, RI 02842 warmth4ri.com/ 401-619-4553

The Oil Heat Institute Inc. of Rhode Island is a member driven trade association representing heating oil dealers and consumers. Our organization advocates, promotes and educates on the advances of our intelligent heating oil and equipment technologies to better serve Rhode Island energy consumers. Rhode Island is on the cutting edge of renewable energy - and heating oil is part of that renewable portfolio. Not only do we have a regional biodiesel producer - Newport Biodiesel; but we also have a mandate on the books requiring a blend of 5% biodiesel in every gallon of ultra low sulfur heating oil (BIOHEAT®) in Rhode Island. Rhode Island consumers are already actively helping to reduce green house gas emissions by using our biodiesel mandated, pre-blended heating oilBIOHEAT®. This advanced "intelligent" heating oil burns cleaner, attributing to less soot in the combustion chamber, higher efficiency heating, and reduced number of service calls which all equal greater savings for our customers!

STUFF WE MAKE  Technical

education in the HVAC mechanical trades, CDL licensing  Scholarships for individuals pursuing a career in the mechanical trades and/or CDL licensing  Continuing education for Managers, Technicians, CDL holders and Customer Service Representatives  Southern New England Energy Conference and NORA Technical Session in Newport RI, September 24th-25th. https://sneec.weebly.com/

facebook.com/ OilHeatInstituteInc/

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

linkedin.com/in/ roberta-fagan-28a27b38/

The Rhode Island Oil Heat Charitable Foundation is the charitable arm of OHI. Funds raised for the foundation are intended to provide scholarships for individuals pursing a career in the HVAC mechanical trades. The OHI Annual Wine Tasting, Lobster Bake and Executive Director Roberta Fagan participating in the New York City Marathon are the fund raising mechanism to continue the mission of the foundation.

Employees: 2 Founded: 1960

COOL CUSTOMERS The Oil Heat Institute Executive Board:  President - Suzanne Melo - (Star Group LP)  Vice President - Kenneth Bousquet (Bousquet Oil/Consumers Propane)  Karin Fleming - Secretary - (T.H. Malloy & Sons)  Jenn Johnson - Treasurer - (McKee Brothers, Inc.)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS Career opportunities with many RI based companies in:  Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration - (HVAC/R)  Commercial Drivers License with HAZMAT/TANKER endorsement  Customer Service Representatives

From left to right: Roberta J. Fagan, Senator Jack Reed, Jamie K.W. Lohr, Guardian Fuels and Energy.

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ABOUT US Taco Comfort Solutions, a third-generation, familyowned multinational company based in Cranston, RI, engineers and manufactures high-efficiency indoor heating, cooling, and air quality comfort systems for residential and commercial buildings. An Americanbased company with a global reach, Taco has sales and manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Hong Kong.

STUFF WE MAKE  Hydronic

 Zone

 Commercial

circulators pumps  Variable frequency drives  Mixing valves  Zone valves  Bypass valves  Air separators

 Switching

valve controls relays  Boiler reset  Hot water recirculation  Leak detection  Shell & tube heat exchangers  Plate & frame heat exchangers

 Brazed

plate heat exchangers  Expansion tanks  Buffer tanks  Multi-purpose tanks  Systems training  Technical support

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Discounted tickets to PPAC shows, local family entertainment, and sporting events Summer camps for school-aged children of employees Service Awards Recognition Banquet Employee Appreciation Day Participation in the Greenway Challenge Safety Performance Recognition Program Christmas Tree Decorating Party for Taco employee children and grandchildren

Renaissance Hotel  Meeting Street School  Gem Plumbing  Advanced Comfort Systems, Inc.

Taco Comfort Solutions Executive Chairman of the Board & Owner: John Hazen White, Jr. 1160 Cranston Street Cranston, RI 02920 tacocomfort.com/ 401-942-8000 facebook.com/TacoHVAC linkedin.com/company/ taco-inctwitter.com/TacoComfort youtube.com/TacoHVACtv

CUSTOMERS  Providence

COMPANY INFO

 Thousands

of homeowners and building owners throughout New England who are enjoying high-efficiency indoor heating and cooling

Employees: 900 Founded: 1920

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS Tuition Reimbursement Program Internships Job shadowing/cross training Leadership education/workshops Computer training classes

Support of leadership roles within volunteer organizations Business writing classes Financial education workshops Employee Assistance Program

Health insurance

401k

Dental insurance

Bonuses

Flexible spending account

Paid vacation time Paid sick time

Life insurance

Dependent care reimbursement account Wellness program Tuition program Internships

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COMPANY INFO Tiffany & Co. CEO: Alessandro Bogliolo 300 Maple Ridge Drive Cumberland, RI 02864 tiffany.com 401-288-0100 facebook.com/Tiffany/ linkedin.com/company/ tiffany-and-co/ twitter.com/TiffanyAndCo Employees: 13,000 Founded: 1837

In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany founded his company in New York City where his store was soon acclaimed as the palace of jewels for its exceptional gemstones. Since then, TIFFANY & CO. has become synonymous with elegance, innovative design, fine craftsmanship and creative excellence.

Our facility in Cumberland, RI employs over 650 employees to support our manufacturing expertise covering the entire workflow ranging from bench jewelers to polishers to engineers. Employees partner to take designs and concepts through the development phase and into production while remaining focused on quality and the importance of on-time delivery to meet our customers’ demands.

STUFF WE MAKE For over 180 years, Tiffany and Co. has been creating objects of enduring beauty from the finest precious metals and gemstones on earth. Along with our trademark engagement ring, the Solitaire Diamond Ring, some of our collections include; Tiffany Paper Flowers, Tiffany HardWear, Tiffany T, Tiffany Keys and Return to Tiffany. Unique to our Rhode Island facility, our Hollowware department plays host to master silversmiths who craft the NFL’s Vince Lombardi Trophy as well as trophies for other sports leagues including the NBA, MLB and PGA.

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Each year employees unwind over catered barbeque at our annual summer cookout. In the winter we celebrate one another and our collective achievements at our holiday party, last year it was held at Twin River Casino. We like to give back to the local community here as well. We hold multiple food, clothing and school supply drives each year. Our summer interns host a charitable event with the proceeds going to a local non-profit. This year we raised money for Save The Bay in Narragansett.

COOL CUSTOMERS From President Lincoln presenting his wife with a Tiffany Pearl necklace to producing the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the NFL since the first Super Bowl, Tiffany has been cherished for generations and worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Angelina Jolie, and countless more red carpet clientele.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS Tiffany offers our employees the resources they need to be successful in an environment that recognizes and rewards creativity, innovation and dedication. We take great pride in helping each of our employees design an exciting future within our enduring tradition of excellence. At Tiffany & Co. an inspired career is life’s best accessory. Our manufacturing facility hires craftspeople as stone setters, jewelers, polishers, and silversmiths as well as CNC machinists, engineers and production planners. Please visit our website http://tiffany.com/careers for a full list of current openings.

Health insurance

401(k)

Dependent care reimbursement account

Dental insurance

Bonuses

Wellness program

Flexible spending account

Paid vacation time

Tuition program

Life insurance

Paid sick time

Internships

Disability insurance

Flexible work hours

Other benefits offered: Paid parental and caregiver leave, product discounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Charity/Volunteer Matching Program, Profit Sharing, Defined Contribution Retirement Benefit (DCRB)

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MINDY CAKIRER Craftsperson, New Products YEARS AT COMPANY 8 PERSONAL THOUGHTS Coming from a fine art and design background, it was very natural to gravitate towards a jewelry manufacturer. I have always strived to push my boundaries in craftsmanship and enjoy the challenges in duplicating high-end quality by hand. With the growth of technology in the field, it is fascinating to witness the blending of new manufacturing techniques with such a time-honored trade as jewelry metalsmithing. Instead of becoming irrelevant, the craft dictates what is needed from technology.

In working together, bringing new ideas to fruition with ease is now possible. What was once thought impossible is now feasible. The world for the jeweler is expanding instead of disappearing.

ABOUT THE JOB As a craftsperson in product development, one must have complete command of the craft from model making to finished product. They must also understand all manufacturing processes to work seamlessly with engineers, CAD and CAM developers. The jeweler’s input is vital in determining production techniques, technical aspects, initial labor estimates and manufacturability. Our cell is responsible for determining the best process for manufacturing a piece and creating documentation for implementation in all of the manufacturing sites. Being experts in all aspects of production, our team is also utilized for training initiatives.

THE CAREER PATH Working amongst a talented team fosters endless growth and development with each new problem we solve together. I am continually improving my hand skill set and developing better ways to introduce beautiful pieces more seamlessly to manufacturing.

Past Positions: Production Jeweler | Lead Trainer | Production Test Run Craftsperson Education: Rhode Island School of Design – BFA Industrial Design

ANDREW DASILVA Supervisor, Manufacturing Technology YEARS AT COMPANY 5 PERSONAL THOUGHTS I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands, taking things apart and putting them back together. I have a genuine interest in how things are made, how things work. The manufacturing sector aligns with that interest. Working with automation and the latest technologies has fed that affinity as my current and past roles have allowed me to explore and develop technical skills and knowledge. Outside of machining, seeing how processes flow throughout an operation aligns with my interest in how a business is built and sustained. Adapting to the newest innovative technology is a must to be competitive and understanding that helps career development and opportunities not only in manufacturing, but also the big picture in a company’s success.

ABOUT THE JOB Currently, in my role I oversee CNC programmers for both production support and new product manufacturing. Working up from Manufacturing Engineer and CNC programmer, my experience has allowed me to understand the technical challenges that arise in new product development and prototyping. As a supervisor, my role has given me the opportunity to develop soft skills and blend that with my technical expertise and experience. We have an initiative on automation technology and equipment and as a supervisor it is not only my job to project manage the new product that is introduced to this cell but also my duty to develop and cultivate the personnel to sustain and continuously improve the department. I look forward to the evolution of my career growth in taking on larger projects and being able to manage both the project itself and the workforce that supports it.

THE CAREER PATH I anticipate this position to further sharpen my technical understanding as well as prepare me to manage and direct larger teams and initiatives. I am pursuing an MBA in preparation for future career opportunities. My degree in Engineering has been applicable thus far to technical and mechanical challenges and I look to translate my current experience into bigger opportunities.

Past Positions: Project Engineer | Manufacturing Engineer (career path could have also been R&D engineer, automation or robotics) | CNC Programmer | Manufacturing Technology Supervisor (next career step could be manufacturing or engineering manager) Education: St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, RI) | University of Rhode Island – Mechanical Engineering | University of Rhode Island – MBA (Currently pursuing) PBN.com  A Guide to

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ABOUT US Toray Plastics (America), Inc., is a subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc., headquartered in Japan, and the world leader in high-performance films, synthetic fibers and textiles, carbon fibers, plastics, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

The company was founded in 1985 and consists of the Torayfan® Polypropylene Film and Lumirror® Polyester Film Divisions, located in North Kingstown, and the Toraypef® Olefin Foams Division, located in Virginia. We are committed to contributing to the Rhode Island community and society through the creation of new value with innovative ideas, technologies, and products.

STUFF WE MAKE We make polypropylene and polyester films, stuff that you may have never heard of but is a part of everyday life. Toray films are used to create packaging that helps keep food fresh and allows medical supplies to be sterilized. They’re also used for solar control window films, to make transfer ribbon for digital printing and for wire and cable insulation, and in other specialty applications. The foam sheets we manufacture in Virginia let dashboards and car door panels feel soft and luxurious.

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Toray offers a generous health care plan and a variety of wellness benefits, including an on-site gym that is also available at no charge to the local National Guard and the North Kingstown police, fire, and school recreation departments. We give scholarships and internships to URI students, participate in Workforce RI, and engage in myriad community fundraising events.

COMPANY INFO Toray Plastics (America), Inc., President and CEO: Michael Brandmeier Headquarters: 50 Belver Avenue North Kingstown, RI 02852 toraytpa.com/ 800-453-6866 linkedin.com/company/ toray-plastics-america/

COOL CUSTOMERS Our customers are very cool and request anonymity because of the competitive edge Toray’s film technologies offer them. However, we can tell you that they manufacture some of the world’s most-recognized brands, from the chips, snacks, and cookies you love, to the helium balloons that make celebrations extra special.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS Toray is a world-class manufacturer that knows its employees are the heart and soul of its operations. Toray employees support our mission and drive business, working hard and safely every day to ensure that customers’ project goals are met or exceeded, and that the company maintains its leadership position in its core markets. Toray’s training and career-advancement programs have been recognized as the best among those of Rhode Island manufacturers by the Providence Business News. “All manufacturers understand that their success depends on the skills and motivation of their workforce, but few invest in their workers the way that Toray Plastics (America) does,” says Mark S. Murphy, Editor, PBN. Toray’s workforce-development efforts engage employees at all levels, from support staff to technical and professional workers, and include a variety of internal and external education programs. The company actively promotes from within, cultivates progressive career tracks, and offers a distinguished tuition-assistance program.

Employees: 706

Health insurance

401(k)

Wellness program

Founded: 1985

Dental insurance

Bonuses

Tuition program

Flexible spending account

Paid vacation time

Internships

Life insurance

Paid time off

Pet insurance

Disability insurance

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ABOUT US Symmetrix Composite Tooling leads the way in the design and build of composite tooling for the marine, aerospace, architecture, alternative energy, and transportation industries. Symmetrix’s Bristol, RI, headquarters is a 40,000 sq. ft. facility purpose-built for CNC digital fabrication. It features our large-format CMS Poseidon 5-Axis Machining Center, climate-controlled spray booth, and steel fabrication/carpentry shops. Here, and at our second location in Nevada, we create high-performing FRP production tooling, patterns and plugs, prototypes, 360-degree tooling, and composite tooling for the world’s most innovative designs.

STUFF WE MAKE All tooling is custom-built to meet our clients' specifications. Past projects include:  World’s

COMPANY INFO Symmetrix Composite Tooling President: John Barnitt 115B Broadcommon Road Bristol, RI 02809 symmetrixcomposites.com 401-396-5522 facebook.com/ symmetrixcomposites/ linkedin.com/company/ symmetrix-composites/ Employees: 59 Founded: 2010

Largest Surfboard – Plugs for 42’ surfboard, certified by Guinness World Records Electric Bus – Master pattern for composite bus body  Sabre 66 Yacht – FRP production molds for hull and deck  Hinckley Bermuda 50 Yacht – FRP production molds for hull and deck  Wind Turbine – FRP molds for spar and blades built by TPI Composites  Valkyrie Systems Aerospace Drone – 360° tooling for prototype  Puma Open 70 Yacht – Mold for hull  Decorative Wall Panels – Direct-to-mold tooling for FRP panels built by Kreysler & Assoc. for building by Zaha Hadid Architects  Proterra

EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT We support college students participating in the Formula SAE competition, including the teams from Auburn and McGill Universities. We also enjoy giving tours to community groups, including the local Boy Scouts. And we take time each quarter to celebrate recent hard work and successes with casual social gatherings for the entire Symmetrix team.

COOL CUSTOMERS  SpaceX

 Sabre/Back

Cove Yachts  Factory Five Racing  Grady-White Boats  Terrafugia

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/BENEFITS At Symmetrix Composite Tooling, our goal is to offer an interesting, challenging, and satisfying career to all employees. Toward this end, we offer the opportunity for professional advancement and growth through the Symmetrix Apprenticeship program. This customized training program offers a clear path forward in mastering the skills needed to be successful in the field of composite tooling fabrication. The training progresses over four levels, with specific goals and criteria outlined for each level. The higher levels include paid off-site training in both job skills and leadership. And, as you master each level, compensation and responsibility is increased. The program takes approximately three to five years to complete and is offered in five disciplines: CNC Operations, Pattern Making, Epoxy Laminating, Finishing, FRP Mold Making. If you’re willing to learn new skills, have a positive attitude, and are serious about a career in composite tooling, we’d like to meet you.

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OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS This list of manufacturers in Rhode Island was provided by Polaris MEP and has not been vetted by Providence Business News. If you have any corrections or revisions to information on the list, please let PBN know at research@PBN.com, as well as Polaris at info@polarismep.org.

ADHESIVES

Amerisewn, Cranston Distinctive Embedments Inc., Providence Garbolino, Providence Ivory Ella, Westerly Krissie Products Inc., Portsmouth Liquid Blue, Lincoln Peko Creations Inc., Pawtucket RTS Embroidery & Promotional Solutions, Johnston Safety Flag Co., Central Falls SquadLocker, Warwick Wild Things, Middletown Works By Miller Works Inc., Bristol

North Atlantic Rigid Corp., Portsmouth North Shore Composites, Bristol Oaklawn Marine Canvas, North Kingstown Ocean Link Inc., Portsmouth Pettengill Enterprises Inc., Middletown Point Jude Boats, South Kingstown Promet Marine Services Corp. Inc., Providence Quarter Moon Inc., Portsmouth Rig Rite Inc., Warwick Ronstan, Portsmouth Salt Pond Marine Railway Inc., South Kingstown Shore Cloth, Newport SparCraft, Portsmouth Stream Stay Systems Inc., Bristol Stur Dee Boat Co., Tiverton The Hinckley Co., Portsmouth The Rigging Co., Portsmouth West Shore Boat Co., Warwick

AUTO

BUILDING MATERIALS

Covalence Adhesives, Bristol Dryvit Systems Inc., West Warwick Mereco Technologies Group Co., West Warwick Northeast Adhesives Sales & Distribution Co., Smithfield

APPAREL

Auto Rust Technicians, Cranston Crit BMX Products, Cranston Dana Manufacturing Inc., Providence M & T Manufacturing, South Kingstown Motion Industries Inc., Warwick Rebuilders Automotive Supply, Coventry RI Drive Shaft & Supply, Warwick SD Concept Engineering Inc., East Providence Tasca Automotive Group, Cranston

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Amgen Inc., West Greenwich EpiVax Inc., Providence Laser Marking Services Inc., Providence Laser Performance, Portsmouth ProThera Biologics Inc., East Providence Slater Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Providence The BioProcess Institute, North Kingstown

BOATBUILDING

Albin Manufacturing Inc., Portsmouth Brewer Street Boat Works Ltd., Newport Bristol Boat Co., Bristol Caitos Auto & Boat Top Co., East Providence Cedar Bay Boat Shop Inc., Tiverton Freedom Yachts, Portsmouth Kinder Industries, Bristol Nautorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Swan, Newport New England Boatworks Inc., Portsmouth

Quick Fitting, East Providence Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Bristol

CHEMICALS

Aborn Window Shade Manufacturing Co., Providence Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Warwick Arlon Engineered Laminates, East Providence Bardon Industries Inc., East Greenwich Blackstone Valley Prestain, Burrillville Branch River Plastics Inc., Smithfield C N C International Limited Partnership, Woonsocket Cal Chemical Corp., Coventry Canonicus Epoxy Plus Inc., Pawtucket Carroll Coatings Co., Providence Chemtex Inc., Cumberland Clariant Corp., Coventry Cris Enameling and Epoxy, North Providence Development Associates Inc., North Kingstown DeWolf Chemical, East Providence East Coast Laminating Co., Cumberland Electrochemical Devices Inc., Lincoln Foam Tech Symmetry Products, Lincoln Full Measure Industries, Bristol Gelart Inc., North Kingstown General Polymer Inc., Central Falls Horton Chemicals, Warwick International Specialties Inc., Bristol J M T Epoxy, Providence

John R. Hess & Co., Cranston Jsin Industries Ltd., Warwick Laminating Specialties Inc., Warren Lenox Chemical Co., Providence LNA Laser Technology, Pawtucket Magco Plastics Inc., Cumberland Magic Embedments Inc., Pawtucket Mainline Paint Manufacturing Co., Pawtucket microPEP, East Providence New England Reagent Laboratory Inc., East Providence Optical Polymers Laboratory Corp., Pawtucket Organic Dyes & Pigments LLC, East Providence Paris Enameling Inc., Warwick Precision Engineered Products LLC, East Providence Polychem Corp., Cranston Polyurethane Molding Industries Inc., Woonsocket Quality Spraying & Stenciling, Providence R P Morrison Co., North Kingstown Rhodes Technologies, Coventry RI Chemical Corp., Providence Scope Display & Box Co., Cranston Senergy Inc., Cranston Shredded Foam Products, Providence Spectra Systems Corp., Providence Spectral Chemical Co., Warwick Sweat-Tite Products Inc., Cranston Technic Inc., Cranston Technical Industries Inc., South Kingstown The Chemical Co., Jamestown The Homestead, North Smithfield Verichem Laboratories, Providence Victory Enameling Co., Providence W T W Inc., Providence

COATED PRODUCTS

Commo Sealing Products, Warwick DASKO Label, East Providence I D Brands, Providence IMPCO Inc., East Providence International Etching Inc., Providence J & M Spraying, Cranston Response Technologies, East Providence Spectrum Coating Laboratories Inc., Providence

COMPOSITES

Clear Carbon and Components, Bristol Core Composites, Bristol Fast Forward Composites, Bristol Fiberglass Fabricators Inc., Smithfield Goetz Marine Tech Inc., Bristol Resolute Racing Shells, Bristol Rig Pro Newport, Portsmouth

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CONSUMER GOODS

A. T. Cross Co., Providence Accent Display Corp., Providence Beacon Design by ChemArt, Lincoln Bradford Soap Works, West Warwick

By Design Inc., Providence Cakesafe, South Kingstown Cape Cod Staging & Equipment Co., Cranston Collectors Case Inc., East Providence Colony Casket Inc., Providence Crafts Inc., South Kingstown D & D Cabinets Inc., Cranston Diversified Distribution, Woonsocket Easy Aces Inc., Cumberland Elmwood Cabinet Co., Cranston Garland Writing Instruments, Coventry Gel Lights Inc., Woonsocket Hayward Pool Products, North Kingstown Herff-Jones LLC, Warwick Ideal Colors, Pawtucket Jamestown Distributors, Bristol Joseph Denhoff Associates, North Kingstown Oakwood Products Co., South Kingstown Ould Colony Artisans, Providence Overhead Door Garage Headquarters, Warwick Pure Haven Essentials, Johnston Reynolds Stamp & Stencil Works, Warwick Riker Art Glass, East Providence RockMill Countertops, East Providence Romac Inc., Providence Sport Systems Inc., Woonsocket Summer Infant Products Inc., Woonsocket Superb, Cranston Tidings Inc., Westerly Tri State Window & Door, Pawtucket WaterRower, Warren Zeal Sports Inc., Providence

DEFENSE

General Dynamics Electric Boat, North Kingstown Givens Marine Survival Co., Tiverton International Insignia Corp., Providence Raytheon Co., Portsmouth Continued on next page

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American Surplus Inc., East Providence Cal-Greg Electronics, Warwick Claflin Co., Warwick G T Safety Products Division Inc., Pawtucket INSCO Group, Lincoln Maritime Information Systems, Warren NORAD, North Kingstown Norton Supply Co., Providence Vincent Porcaro Inc., Providence

ELECTRICAL

Alexander Starr & Kersey, North Kingstown Antaya Technologies Corp., Warwick BTech Acoustics LLC, Barrington Consultant Internet Products, Smithfield DCNE, Cranston E A Marcoux & Son Inc., Woonsocket NECSAS Corp., Tiverton Numark Industries LLC, Cumberland Ocean State Signal Co., Smithfield Plantations Heat Treating Corp., North Providence Poly-Flex Circuits Inc., Cranston RI Wiring Services Inc., South Kingstown The Okonite Co., Cumberland The WattStopper, Warwick Voltserver, East Greenwich

ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING Office Recycling Solutions, East Greenwich

ELECTRONICS

Advanced Engineering & Electronics, Middletown Advanced Interconnections, West Warwick Aldo Tech Corp., Warwick American Ecotech, Warren AMETEK SCP Inc., Westerly Andon Electronics Corp., Lincoln Applied Radar, North Kingstown AstroNova, West Warwick AVTECH Software Inc., Warren Bevco Inc., Bristol Cherry Semiconductor Corp., East Greenwich Chip Coolers Inc., Warwick Comtorgage Corp., North Smithfield Coto Technology, North Kingstown Crest Manufacturing Co., Lincoln Day-O-Lite Manufacturing Co., Warwick Dewetron Inc., South Kingstown Eartec Co., Narragansett Edwin H. Benz Co., Providence Electro Standards Laboratory Inc., Cranston Emissive Energy, North Kingstown ETCO Inc., Warwick Evans Capacitor Co., East Providence

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Everett Charles Technologies LLC, Warwick FarSounder Inc., Warwick Federal Electronics Inc., Cranston Fine Line Graphics Inc., Smithfield Hanna Instruments, Woonsocket Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown High Output, Providence International Manufacturing Services Inc., Portsmouth Interplex Engineered Products, East Providence K V H Industries Inc., Middletown Leviton Manufacturing, Warwick Lumetta Inc., Warwick Mansion Lite Manufacturing Co., Woonsocket Mule Emergency Lighting Inc., Providence NEPTCO, Pawtucket Northeast Manufacturing Inc., Portsmouth Northeast Motion Inc., Smithfield Northeast Sealing Inc., Tiverton Ocean State Thermonics, Providence Orbit Motion Systems, Bristol Precision Art Coordinators Inc., East Providence Promptus Communications, Portsmouth Ramtel Corp., Johnston RITEC Inc., Warwick Rockville Enterprises Inc., Hopkinton Schneider Electric, South Kingstown Schroff Technologies Inc., North Kingstown SEA CORP, Middletown SEACON Phoenix LLC, Hopkinton Self-Service Networks, Middletown Sheldahl Inc., North Kingstown Signature Cable Inc., Cranston Southern New England Computer, North Smithfield Sproutel Inc., Providence SSM Corp., Johnston Staffall Inc., Cranston Taurus Electronics, North Smithfield Teka Interconnection Systems, Warwick Tyco Electronics Identification, East Providence Tyco Flow Control, Cranston Ultra Scientific Inc., North Kingstown Vantage Lighting, East Providence Veterans Assembled Electronics, Newport Vishay Electrofilms Inc., Warwick VR Industries, Warwick Wenco Molding Inc., Providence Xmark Labs LLC, Warren Your Heaven Audio LLC, Providence Yushin America Inc., Cranston

FOOD & BEVERAGE

A B Munroe Dairy Inc., East Providence American Mussel Harvesters Inc., North Kingstown

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Anita’s Cheesecake Co., Providence Blount Fine Foods, Warren Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Bunge Oils, Pawtucket C K C Inc., Providence Cala Fruit Distributors, Pawtucket Calise & Sons Bakery Inc., Lincoln Canadian Scallop, East Greenwich Captain’s Catch Inc., North Providence Carter’s Seafood, Portsmouth Catanzaro Food Products, Pawtucket Cavanagh Co., Smithfield Central Falls Provision Co., Central Falls Chi Kitchen, Pawtucket Choklit Mold Ltd., Lincoln Christiansen’s Dairy Co., North Providence Coastal Sausage Co., Providence Colfax Inc., Pawtucket Connetti Enterprises Inc., Smithfield Crest Craft of RI, Providence Crown Flavor Laboratories Inc., Warwick Crugnale Bakery, Providence CSC Seafood Inc., Tiverton Dave’s Coffee Syrup, Charlestown Deep Sea Fish of Rhode Island, Narragansett Deep Sea Lobster, Narragansett Del’s Lemonade, Cranston Drum Rock Specialty Co., Warwick Dupras Bakery Co., Woonsocket E. B. Thomsen Inc., East Providence East Bay Crab & Lobster, Warren East Bay Ice Co., East Providence Eastern Food Industries Inc., East Greenwich Eastland Food Products Inc., Cranston Edesia Inc., North Kingstown Empire Bottling Works Inc., Bristol Excellent Coffee Co., Pawtucket Finlay Extracts + Ingredients USA Inc., North Kingstown Foolproof Brewing Co., Pawtucket Galloway’s Seafood Inc., Pawtucket Gerbs Allergen Friendly Foods, Johnston Gilbert’s Seafood Co., Barrington Go Veggie, North Kingstown Gray’s Ice Cream Inc., Tiverton Greencore Group USA, North Kingstown Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island, Westerly Hartley’s Pork Pies of Rhode Island, Lincoln Herb’s Shell Fish, Bristol Homestead Baking Co., East Providence Hope & Main, Warren Innovative Sourcing Group, Pawtucket International Marine Industries Inc., Newport Joam’s Seafood, Warren

Kenyon Corn Meal Co., South Kingstown Krispee Products Co., East Providence Lincoln Packing Co., Cranston Lotus Foods Inc., Cranston Luna Pharmaceuticals Inc. DBA/ Premama, Providence Mesa Fresca, Warren Naga Food Products Inc., Providence NCG Inc., Narragansett Nettie’s Kettle Corn, North Providence New England Syrup Co., Smithfield Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co., Newport Newport Vineyards & Winery LLC, Middletown Nick’s Fish Market, Bristol Northern Lobster Seafood, Johnston Omega Sea Inc., Newport Paiva’s Shellfish & Fish Market, Cranston Pasta Patch Inc., East Greenwich Pat’s Pastured, East Greenwich Pet Food Experts, Cumberland Pier Fish and Ice Plant, Narragansett Pocasset Seafoods Inc., Providence Point Judith Lobster, Narragansett Point Trap Co., Little Compton Porino’s, West Warwick Portion Meat Associates Inc., Providence Profeminelle, Providence Quality Beef Co., Providence R & D Seafood Inc., Woonsocket Rhode Island Spirits LLC., Pawtucket RI Fruit And Syrup Co., Smithfield RI Mushroom Co., South Kingstown RI Organics, Narragansett RI Provision Co., Johnston Rome Packing Co., East Providence Salois Sanitary Dairy Inc., Pawtucket Scialo Brothers Bakery, Providence Sea Fresh USA Inc., North Kingstown Sea Trek Enterprises Inc., East Greenwich Seabest Seafood Inc., Warwick Seafood Resources Ltd., East Providence Seamaid Seafoods Ltd., Coventry Slater Center for Ocean Technology, Narragansett South Pier Fish Co., South Kingstown South Stream Seafoods Inc., Warwick Spartan Lobster Traps, Narragansett Sunset Cafe, Bristol Superior Bakery Inc., Cranston Sweenor’s Chocolates Inc., South Kingstown Tailwaggers Inc., Smithfield The Narragansett Lobster, Narragansett The Town Dock, Narragansett Tucker Seafood, North Kingstown Twin Shellfish LLC, Warwick United Packing Inc., Providence Vega Food Industries Inc., Cranston Vera’s Seafood Market, West Warwick

OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS Virginia & Spanish Peanut Co., Providence Walrus and Carpenter Oysters, Narragansett Warwick Ice Cream Co., Warwick Westcott Baking Co., West Warwick Westfield Foods, Smithfield Wildtree Inc., Lincoln Wilfred’s Seafood Inc., Woonsocket Yacht Club Bottling Works Inc., North Providence

FURNITURE

Bristol Cushions Inc., Bristol Chardon Designs, Providence Cole Cabinet Co., Cranston Curtain Wall, Cranston Custom Craft Inc., West Warwick Custom Design Inc., North Kingstown Focal Upright Furniture, North Kingstown Hwang Bishop Designs, Warren Jacqueline Dyer Inc., Providence Jaswell Worldwide Inc., Smithfield JCM Design & Display Inc., Cranston Julius Bloom & Son Furniture Co., Providence Kenney Manufacturing, Warwick Lorimer Workshop, Providence Maro Display Inc., North Kingstown Morgan’s Woodwork Shop Inc., Richmond O&G Studio, Warren Oblique Studio LLC, Providence Orion RED, Smithfield Peter Pots Pottery, South Kingstown Providence Countertop Inc., East Providence Quality Office Interiors Inc., Providence Rego Displays Inc., Johnston Rhody Rug Inc., Lincoln Seaside Casual Furniture, Coventry Stanley’s Upholstering Co., Tiverton Steven Plaud Inc., Tiverton Sunlight Venetian Blind Co., Coventry T & C Woodworking Inc., Pawtucket The Ball & Claw, North Kingstown The Cranston Mirror Co., Cranston The Elliott Group, Providence Walter Allen Co., East Providence Bowder Glass Products, Johnston

GLASS

Easy Glyde Industries Inc., Cranston Glass America, North Smithfield KB Surfaces, Johnston Malone Studio Inc., Portsmouth Planet Garden Statuary, Cumberland Rhode Island Glass Co., Providence Thames Glass, Newport Weinberg Glass Co., Pawtucket

HEAT TREATING / BRAZING Coldmasters Temperature Control, Providence Metallurgical Solutions Inc., Providence

RI Heat Treating Co., Providence

JEWELRY

A & F Plating, Providence A G & G Inc., Johnston A J’s Job Shop Inc., Providence Aetna Manufacturing Co., Providence Aldrich Manufacturing Co., Cranston AL-E Jewelry, Pawtucket Alex and Ani LLC, Cranston Alexander Jewelry Co., Providence Allison Reed, East Providence Alman Products Inc., Johnston Amen Soldering Inc., Providence American Ring Co., East Providence Andrew Spingarn Co., Pawtucket Anthony’s Jewelry, North Providence APAC Tool Inc., North Providence Aramis Fashions Inc., Providence Arden Jewelry Manufacturing Co., Johnston Arian Jewelry Inc., Providence Armbrust International, Providence Armet Raleigh Manufacturing Inc., Providence Aro-Sac Inc., North Providence Arts Diamond Cutting & Engraving Inc., Pawtucket Avanti Jewelry Inc., Cranston Barlow Designs Inc., East Providence Bazar Manufacturing Co., Cranston Belmar Inc., Johnston Boan Corp, Smithfield Bojar Co., Providence Brava Manufacturing Inc., Providence Brown & Mills Corp., Providence Bugbee & Niles Co., Providence C & J Jewelry Co., Providence Calco Manufacturing Co., Providence Camille Jewelry Co., North Providence Capper Jewelry Co., Johnston Carla Corp., East Providence Cellini Inc., Warwick Cerrito Jewelry Ltd., Johnston Charisma Manufacturing, Central Falls Chris Craft Jewelry, Johnston Chronomatic Inc., East Greenwich Cinerama Jewelry Inc., Cranston Colibri Group, Providence Co-Lo Jewelry Contracting Inc., Warwick Colors Unlimited Inc., Providence Conley Casting Supply Corp., Warwick Contract Specialties Inc., Providence Cordell Manufacturing Co., Cranston Cory Tool & Findings Co., Providence Cranston Casting Co., Cranston Creative Jewelry Inc., Providence Crimzon Rose, West Warwick Crownmark Corp., East Providence Crystaline North America Inc., Cranston Crystalite Corp., Smithfield D & J Jewelry Contractors, Providence Dalo Tool & Findings Co., Johnston

Dama Jewelry Manufacturing Inc., Johnston Dane Manufacturing Co., West Warwick Danecraft, Providence Dansal Corp., Providence Darlene Jewelry Manufacturing, Pawtucket Deco Jewelry Inc., East Providence Dee Jewelry Manufacturing Co., Cranston Deltah Inc., East Providence Demmler Manufacturing Co., East Greenwich Destiny International Ltd., Cranston Dina Inc., Johnston Don-Lin Jewelry Co. Inc., Providence Doris Jewelry Co., West Warwick Dot Jewelry Inc., Lincoln Drew Easton Co., Providence E & M Polishing Co., Providence East Coast Jewelry Inc., Scituate East Providence Jewelry Co., East Providence Ed-Cor Inc., Warwick Either Ore Jewelers Inc., Johnston Elizabeth Industries Inc., Cranston Erica Zap Designs, Newport Esposito Jewelry Inc., Providence F.A.F. Inc., Smithfield Fashion Jewelry Manufacturing Co., Providence Fernando Originals, North Providence Firstline Products Inc., Warwick Fort Inc., East Providence Future Case Corp., Johnston Gemtek Enterprises Inc., Cranston Gennaro Inc., Cranston Gentry Inc., East Providence George F. Berkander Inc., Providence Geric Inc., Providence Gilt Edge Designs Inc., Warwick Glenncraft Corp., Providence Gloria Duchin Inc., East Providence Hamilton Tool Inc., Providence Hanover Creations Inc., Pawtucket Harter Manufacturing Co., Cranston Harvey & Otis Inc., Johnston Hi Lite Manufacturing Co., Smithfield Hi Lite Quality Products Inc., West Warwick Hogan & Bolas Inc., North Providence Hord Crystal Corp., Pawtucket Insight International Inc., Johnston Island Designs Jewelry Inc., Narragansett J & M Jewelry, Providence J B Design Inc., Cranston Jal Creations Inc., Providence Jamer Creations Inc., Johnston James Allen Co., Warwick Jan-Craft Inc., Cranston JBP Ltd., Warwick Jed Industries Inc., Cranston Jelinek Products Design, North Smithfield Jennic Creations Inc., Johnston

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Jeremiah Inc., Providence Jeri-Lou Creations Inc., Johnston Jet Epoxy, Providence Jewelers Refining Service Inc., Providence Jiani Inc., Providence JJI International Inc., Cranston Jonean Jewelry Co., North Providence Jonette Jewelry Co., East Providence Josef Creations Inc., Providence Joshua Michaels Ltd., Cranston JPE Inc., Providence Judee Presents Inc., Johnston K Kora Co., North Providence Karen Kreations, Providence Ken Mar Inc., Pawtucket Kennedy Inc., North Kingstown Kerissa Creations Inc., Smithfield Kings Crest, Lincoln Kirks Folly, Providence Klitzner Industries Inc., Cranston Knight Manufacturing Co., Providence Kristen Creations Inc., East Providence L & D Industries Inc., Coventry L D C Inc., Providence Lady Ann Creations Inc., Providence Lady Carol/Image, Woonsocket LDC Inc., East Providence Lee Accessories Ltd., North Providence Liberatore Enterprises Inc., Cranston L’Image Inc., North Providence Lincoln Findings Inc., Providence Liz-Ann Jewelry Inc., Johnston Lo Ra Jewelry Co., Providence Lorac Co., Providence Loren Inc., Warwick Louis Gordon Co., Providence Luca & Danni, Cranston Luna Creations Inc., Providence M C S Jewelry Novelties, Providence MACX Inc., Warren Mag Jewelry Co., Cranston Main Jewelry Inc., Providence Mainelli Tool & Die Inc., Providence Martin-L Jewelers, Warwick Matrix Casting Inc., North Providence Mel-Co-Ed Inc., Pawtucket Metal Dynamics Inc., Cranston Miller Manufacturing Co., East Providence Modern Jewelry Manufacturing Inc., Cranston Myriad Industries, Providence National Chain Co., Warwick National Ring Traveler Co., Pawtucket Nationwide Casting Co., Providence Nats Jewelry Co., Providence New England Associated Industries Inc., Providence Nicone Inc., Central Falls Nor-Bil Industries Inc., Smithfield Norma Jean Designs, Warwick Continued on next page

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OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS O’Connell Manufacturing Co., Providence Omega-Boca Corp., West Warwick Otto H. Mueller Inc., Exeter P & J Jewelry, Providence Para Creations, Cranston Paul R. Borrelli & Co., North Providence Platte Ltd., Foster Precision Etchings & Findings Inc., Warwick Premier Product Resourcing Inc., Warwick Prideland Inc., Providence Prototype Design Inc., South Kingstown Q C Enterprises Inc., Johnston R & A Jewelry, Providence R & B Enterprises Inc., Cranston R & E Creations Inc., South Kingstown R & L Enterprises Inc., Providence R & R Jewelry Inc., Cranston R & R Polishing Co., Cranston R Pette Co., Cranston Racecar Jewelry Co., Pawtucket Rays Jewelry, Johnston Regina Manufacturing Co., Pawtucket Remarque Ltd. Inc., North Providence Renclif Inc., Providence Rhode Island Manufacturing Inc., Providence Richmond Sales Inc., Pawtucket RMS Contract Finishing Inc., Providence Ro-An Jewelry Inc., Johnston Robert Baxter Assoc. Inc., Warwick Robert Corio Designs, Johnston Rodell Manufacturing Co., Cranston Roland & Whytock Co., Providence Rolet Jewelry Co., Providence Rolyn Inc., Cranston Samuel J. Polishing Co., Johnston Samuel Moore, Providence Saxon International Jewelry Co., Warwick Schick Manufacturing Corp., Providence Scola Enterprises Inc., North Providence Silverfield Manufacturing Co., Johnston Simco Jewelry, Providence Spectrum Creations Ltd., Providence Stupell Industries Ltd. Inc., Johnston Style Accessories Inc., Providence Stylecraft Inc., Cranston Suburban Jewelry Inc., Charlestown Swarovski Crystal Components, Cranston Syl-Den Polishing Co., Johnston Tahoe Jewelry Inc., East Providence Tanya Creations Inc., East Providence Tatutina Inc., Pawtucket The Clayton Co., Providence The Jeweline Co., Cranston Theresa Creations Inc., Providence Three Golden Apples, Newport Tiffany & Co., Cumberland

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Token Creations, Cranston Tomco Jewelry Co., Providence Tona Inc., Johnston Tonico Inc., Providence Tooling Corp. of America, Smithfield Torino Creation Inc., Cranston Two Hands Inc., Providence Two’s Co., Cranston Ubio Inc., Warwick Uncas/Vargas Manufacturing, Providence Unit Tool Co., Warwick Urschel Tool Corp., Cranston Val Originals Inc., Cranston Vamco Industries Inc., Providence Vanity Jewelry Inc., North Providence Venue Inc., Warwick Victory Pearl Inc., Cranston Village Goldsmith, Cranston Vincent Clad Metal Corp., Warwick Volare Creations Inc., North Providence W.R. Cobb Co., East Providence Warwick Hanger Co., Westerly

LIGHTING

PMC Lighting, Warwick Renova Lighting Systems Inc., Portsmouth Road Light Inc., Smithfield

LUBRICANTS

R B Howes & Co., Coventry

MACHINERY

A.T. Wall Co., Warwick Aelectronic Bonding Inc., Cranston Aero Space Engineering Inc., Smithfield Agar Machining & Welding Inc., Pawtucket Air Filter Systems Inc., Providence AKL FlexoTech USA LP, Providence Alcott Manufacturing Corp., East Providence Allesco Industries Inc., Cranston Alliance Gaging Solutions, Burrillville Alpha Metal-Works Inc., Johnston Alviti Tool & Die Inc., Johnston AMC Design and Manufacturing, Cranston American Biophysics Corp., East Greenwich American Insulated Wire Corp./A Leviton Company, Cranston American Tool Co., Lincoln Amtrol Inc., West Warwick Applied Machine Technology Inc., Warren Applitek Technologies Corp., Providence Aquas Group, East Providence Artic Tool & Engineering Co. LLC, Warwick Atlantek, Narragansett Automation Technologies Corp., Cranston B & E Machine Co., North Kingstown B.L.G. Enterprises, Burrillville

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Bergstrom Co., Providence Berker Machine & Gear Co., Johnston Blackhawk Machine Products Inc., Smithfield BMCO Industries Inc., Cranston Boydco Inc., East Providence BSC Industries, Providence BSM Pump Corp., North Kingstown Bullard Abrasives Inc., Lincoln C & W Co., Providence CAM Machine Corp., Bristol Central Tools Inc., Cranston Chase Machine & Engineering Inc., West Warwick Cheetham Machinery Corp., Bristol Clarke Industrial Engineering, North Kingstown Cornerstone Prototype Development LLC, Pawtucket Covofinish Inc., Scituate D & B Machining, Cumberland D. Simpson Inc., Smithfield Dean Machine Co., Cranston Droitcour Co., Warwick Eagle Picher-Yardney Techncial Products Inc., East Greenwich Eagle Tool Inc., Providence East Bay Manufacturers Inc., Bristol Eppley Laboratory Inc., Newport Fitzwater Engineering Corp., Scituate Frank J. Newman and Son Inc., Johnston G R S Precision Products Co., Warwick G&G Technologies Inc., Coventry Galaxy Fasteners Inc., East Greenwich Gold Industrial Machinery Inc., Pawtucket Goodwin Bradley Co., Providence Gowdey Reed Co., Central Falls Goyette Machine Assoc. Inc., Lincoln Graftek Systems, West Warwick Gripnail Corp., East Providence Guill Tool & Engineering Co., West Warwick H B Precision, Smithfield HM Solution, Providence Huestis Machine Corp., Bristol Hyland Equipment Co., East Greewich Independent Quality Labs Inc., Hopkinton IPEC Inc., Providence J & M Diamond Tool Inc., East Providence J M Engineering, Tiverton Jade Manufacturing Co., Warwick Kimball Machine Co., Providence Klearflex Engineering, Warwick L & L Cam & Machine Co., Smithfield Langelier Co., Cranston Laser-Grader Manufacturing, Smithfield LaserStar Technologies, East Providence Lavigne Manufacturing Inc., Cranston Lawson Hemphill Inc., Central Falls Leah Inc., Pawtucket Linx Ltd., Middletown

Little Rhody Machine Repair Inc., Coventry London Pewter Ltd., West Greenwich Lucas-Milhaupt, Warwick Lynch Machinery Co., East Providence Lynx Diamond Tooling, Smithfield M Digregorio & Co., Smithfield M F Engineering Co., Bristol M G B Machine Inc., Bristol Machinery Maintenance Co., Providence Machinex Co., Smithfield Mahr Inc., Providence Malco Saw Co., Cranston Manufacturing Machine Corp., Pawtucket Manz USA Inc., North Kingstown Mark Precision Industries Inc., Providence Mars Manufacturing Co., Woonsocket Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., Westerly McLellan Page Inc., West Greenwich Metfab Technologies Inc., Warwick Modine Manufacturing Co., South Kingstown Mono Die Cutting Co., East Providence Moody Machine Products Inc., Providence Morris & Broms LLC, Cranston Neptune-Benson LLC, Coventry New England Packaging, Lincoln New England Union Co., West Warwick Newport Tool & Die Inc., Middletown Nicolson Cutter Grinding & Supply, East Providence Nitrotap Ltd., Warren Nordson EFD LLC, East Providence O A R Tool & Die Inc., Providence O J Hanratty Machine Inc., Coventry O’Brien Design Associates Inc., Providence Ocean State Machine Co., Pawtucket Oliver Barrette Millwrights Inc., Providence Omar Manufacturing Inc., Central Falls Parkinson Technologies Inc., Woonsocket Peerless Industrial Group, Portsmouth Phaneuf Machine Engineering Co., North Smithfield Philip Machine Co., Pawtucket Pinnacle Systems Inc., Cranston Porter Machine Inc., West Greenwich Precise Products Co., Lincoln Precision Screw and Machinery Parts Inc., West Greenwich Pricon Corp., Johnston Primary Flow Signal Inc., Cranston Pro Machining Services Inc., East Greenwich Production Machine Sales & Service, Cranston Production Products Inc., East Providence

OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS Providence Casting Co., North Providence Providence Machine & Tool Works, Warwick R & R Machine Industries Inc., North Smithfield Rhode Island Precision, Providence RI Carbide Tool Co., Smithfield RI Centerless Inc., Johnston RI Metpro Inc., Warwick Richmond Graphic Products Inc., Smithfield Ridco Casting Co., Pawtucket Rocky Brook Associates Inc., Narragansett Rol-Flo Engineering Inc., Westerly Rosco Manufacturing LLC, Providence Sandberg Machine, Glocester Serec Co., Providence Stackbin Corp., Lincoln Stearns Tool Co., Providence Supfina Machine Co., North Kingstown Swan Design, Providence Swissline Precision Manufacturing Inc., Cumberland TAB Enterprises Inc., Pawtucket Tabco Casting Corp., Pawtucket Taco Comfort Solutions Inc., Cranston Tavdi Co., East Providence Technical Machining Services Inc., Lincoln Tercat Tool & Die Co., Providence The Bosworth Co., East Providence The Print Mount Co., Smithfield Thurston Manufacturing Co., Smithfield Traskos Manufacturing Inc., Westerly T-Tech Machine Inc., Warwick US Extruders, Westerly VIBCO Vibrators Inc., Richmond Viessmann Manufacturing Co. U.S. Inc., Warwick Walco Electric Co., Providence Wardwell Braiding Machine Co., Central Falls Warwick Industrial Fasteners Inc., Warwick White Machine Inc., North Kingstown William Collins Co., Central Falls Zodiac Tool & Cutter Grinding Inc., Pawtucket

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

Accu RX Inc., Johnston Aidance Skin Care, Woonsocket Alcor Scientific, Smithfield Bio-Detek Inc., Pawtucket Cara Inc., Warwick Care Technology LLC, Lincoln Colonial Machine & Tool, Coventry Confluent Medical Technologies, Warwick Contech Medical Inc., Providence Cosmed of Rhode Island Inc., Lincoln Crown Optical Co., Smithfield Davol Inc., Warwick

Denison Pharmaceuticals Inc., Lincoln EaglePicher Technologies LLC, East Greenwich East Providence Orthodontic Lab, East Providence High Purity NE, Smithfield Honeywell Safety Products, Smithfield HTP Meds LLC (Divison of Hi-Tech Profiles), Hopkinton Instantron Co., East Providence Kaye Research Laboratories, East Providence LFI Inc., Smithfield Luna Pharmaceuticals Inc., Providence Materials Science Associates, Coventry McLeod Optical Co., Warwick Meller Optics Inc., Providence New England Orthopedics, Warwick Newport Dental Prosthetics Ltd., Middletown Northeast Orthotics & Prosthetics, Providence Nunnery Orthotic & Prosthetic Technologies, North Kingstown Orthopedic Services of RI Inc., Cumberland Popper Percision Instruments, Lincoln Precision Craft Dental Laboratory, Smithfield Precision Electrolysis, Barrington Primco II Inc., Providence Research Instruments Corp., Barrington RGP Inc., Bristol Rhode Island Limb, Cranston S2S Surgical LLC, East Greenwich Scot-Tussin Pharmacal Co., Cranston Sperian Protection, Smithfield Standard Dental Lab Supply Co., Cranston Tasco Corp., East Providence Tytex Inc., Lincoln Unetix Inc., North Kingstown Vitae Industries Inc., Providence Vital Diagnostics Inc., Lincoln Ximedica, Providence

METAL COATING

American International Tool Inc., Cranston Castique Inc., Warwick Difruscia Industries Inc., Cranston Electrolizing, Providence Fireplace Fronts LLC, Warwick J & A Enameling Co., Providence Layco Enameling Inc., West Warwick ME-92, Providence Medicote, Bristol S & M Enameling Co., Providence Teknicote, East Providence

METAL FABRICATION

Acorn Manufacturing Inc., West Warwick Advanced Die Technology Inc., Barrington

AIM Joraco Inc., Smithfield Alloy Fastener Co., Cranston Alloy Soldering & Welding Inc., Cranston Anvil International, North Kingstown Aries Inc., Providence ATW Cos., Warwick B & B Cylinder Head Inc., West Warwick Bak Precision Industries, Cranston Bel Air Finishing Supply Corp., North Kingstown Bennett Tool Co., Providence Benson Mountain Co., Burrillville Brada Manufacturing Inc., Warwick Bristol Metal Co., Bristol Built Rite Aluminum Products, Providence BZ Engineering Corp., Lincoln C & C Engineering Inc., Providence Cadence Inc., Cranston Callico Metals Inc., Providence Capitol Tool & Findings Co., Providence Carbide Products, East Providence Castex Industries Inc., Providence Cast-Rite Inc., Johnston Cathedral Art Metal Co., Providence Continental Arms Co., Cranston Cook Hammer Co., Warwick D & S Screw Products Co., Smithfield D F E Inc., Central Falls Darmet Corp., Providence Delta Therm Engineering Corp., Providence Denman & Davis, North Smithfield Desmark Industries Inc., Cranston Die Tech Industries Ltd., Providence DiNobile Hub & Die Co., Warwick Doric Metal Products Inc., Cranston Durant Tool Co., Warwick E E Weller Co., Providence E G & G Sealol, Warwick E.S. Products Inc., Bristol Eagle America Inc., Warwick Eagle Pattern & Casting Co., Cranston Eagle Screen Co., Pawtucket Eastern Wire Products Co., Providence Eli Engineering Co., Coventry Elmco Tool Co., Bristol Emblem & Badge Inc., Providence Engelhard Corp, Warwick Engineering Tool Co., Scituate Engineering Welding & Fabricating Co., North Kingstown Environmental Projects Associates Inc., Woonsocket EP Industries Inc., Cranston Esmond Manufacturing, Cranston Evans Technology, East Providence Farber Industrial Fabricating Inc., Pawtucket Fasano Corp. Inc., Cranston Fashion Soldering Co., North Providence Forcino Fabricating, Providence

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Fountain Head Technologies Inc., Smithfield Frank Morrow Co., Providence Frank’s Plating, Providence G Mennucci & Son, Pawtucket Gannon and Scott Inc., Cranston General Cable Corp., Lincoln Getchell & Son Inc., Smithfield Greenville Engineering Co., Smithfield Greystone Inc., Lincoln Grinnell Corp., North Kingstown H V Holland Inc., Jamestown H. J. Astle Co., East Providence HallMark Metals Corp., Cranston Hammart Inc., Central Falls Handles Unlimited Inc., North Kingstown Hawkins Machine Co., Coventry Heatron Inc., Warwick Henry A. Evers Corp., Providence Hindley Manufacturing Co., Cumberland Hi-Tech Inc., Johnston Hook Fast Specialties Inc., Providence Ideal Windlass Co., East Greenwich Industrial & Commercial Finishing Inc., Johnston J J Traskos Manufacturing Inc., Westerly J L Anthony & Co., Providence J M Cooper & Co., Middletown Jahn’s Metal Craft, Cumberland K O Steel Construction Inc., Scituate Kano Metal Stampings Inc., Coventry Kelley Metal Corp., East Providence Kelly Welding & Fabricating Co., North Kingstown Kessler’s Sheet Metal Co., Providence Kilday Soldering Co., Warwick L & M Torsion Spring Co., North Providence L I Tool & Die Inc., Pawtucket L M Hovey & Sons Inc., Providence Leonard Valve Co., Cranston Lone Star Manufacturing Ltd., Glocester Lorac/Union Tool Co., Providence Lusco Manufacturing Co., Providence M & M Welding & Fabricating Co., Coventry M Earl Adams Co., Johnston Maley Laser Processing Inc., Warwick Malsch Brothers Inc., Cranston Martins Soldering, Johnston Metric Display Corp., Providence Microweld Co., East Providence Midland Seamless Gutter Inc., Warwick MLS Screw Machine Corp., East Providence Mobileweld Inc., South Kingstown Mono Steel Rule Die Co., East Providence Munroe Tool Co., Coventry National Corp., Lincoln Continued on next page

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OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS Neuco Rack Co., Providence New England Microweld, Johnston New England Precision Products, Providence Nightingale Metals Inc., Lincoln Nino’s Mold Making, Providence Nooney Controls Corp., North Kingstown Northeast Metal Fabricators Co., Cumberland Ocean State Metals, Providence Pelletier Welding & Fabrication, Warwick Pentair Technical Products, Warwick Piatek Machine Co., Pawtucket PolyWorks Inc., North Smithfield Precision Metals Inc., Pawtucket Precision Turned Components, Smithfield Pyro Metal Finishing, Woonsocket Quantum Manufacturing, Providence Quick Fab Inc., Middletown R. A. Collins Co., Providence Radiant Heat Inc., Coventry Rapidie Corp., Warren RI Welding & Fabricating Co., Providence RIBCO Manufacturing Inc., Providence Richard D. Johnson & Son Inc., Hopkinton RIDE Engineering Inc., West Greenwich R-One Alloys, Providence Ryone Manufacturing Co., Providence S & B Tool Inc., Cranston Sabre Products Co., Providence Sandstrom Carbide Products Corp., Warwick Scientific Alloys Inc., Westerly Scolaro Tool Co., Bristol Scott Brass Inc., Cranston Silva William, Johnston Superior Window & Weatherization Inc., Providence Sutherland Sheet Metal & Welding Co., Woonsocket T I N Metals Corp., Cranston Tate Manufacturing Co., Providence Technical Materials Inc., Lincoln The Lightship Group LLC, North Kingstown The Metalworks Corp., Tiverton The Steel Yard, Providence Theodore L. Gagnon Co., East Providence Thrifty Sign & Awning, Warwick Touchstone Metals Inc., Providence Tourbillon Trailers, Scituate Tri-Bro Tool Co., Cranston Truex Inc., Pawtucket Tubodyne Co., East Providence U G Nason’s Inc., Middletown Unique Metal Works Inc., Pawtucket Universal Engineering Products Co., Johnston Volk Manufacturing Co., Warwick Warren Electric Corp., Warren

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Wellington Manufacturing Inc., Providence Welmold Tool & Die Inc., Warwick West Warwick Screw Products Co., West Warwick West Warwick Welding Co., West Warwick Whetstone Workshop, East Providence Whittet-Higgins Co., Central Falls

Technodic Inc., Providence Time Plating Inc., Cranston Tri Jay Co., Johnston Ultra Metal Finishing Co., Providence Uneeda Plating Co., Providence Unique Plating Co., Johnston United Plating Co., Cranston Universal Plating, Providence

METAL PLATING

Apogee Precision Parts, Warwick Atamian Manufacturing Corp., Providence C. Sjoberg & Son Inc., Cranston Charles Curti and Sons Engraving Inc., Providence Conlon Division of Anchor Manufacturing Group Inc., Middletown Crown Stamp & Die Co., Providence D & S Metal Stamping Co., Smithfield Demaich Industries Inc., Johnston Ferguson Perforating Inc., Providence International Stamping Inc., Warwick Ira Green Inc., Providence Mason Can Co., East Providence Patton-MacGuyer Inc., Providence Quality Stampings Inc., Providence Tedco Inc., Cranston Valley Metal Stampings, Providence W. E. Jackson & Co., Johnston

A&H Duffy Polishing and Finishing Corp., Providence Accent Plating Co., Pawtucket Allied Metal Finishing Co., Providence Angelo DiMaria Inc., Providence Annex Plating Inc., North Providence Anton Enterprise Inc., Cranston Apex Plating Inc., Providence Austin Hard Chrome & Plating Inc., Providence Calco Plating Co., Johnston Crown Polishing & Plating Co., Providence D & D Chrome Plating Inc., Providence Daco Metal Finishing Inc., Johnston Dunc’s Plating Co., Providence Eagle Plating Co., Providence Evans Plating Corp., North Providence G & A Plating & Polishing Co., Cranston G Tanury Plating Co., Johnston Gabriele Industries Inc., North Providence Gem Plating Co., North Providence General Plating Co., Providence Global Plating Co., Cranston Ideal Plating Polishing Co., Providence Induplate Inc., North Providence International Chromium Plating Co., Providence J. Arakelian Inc., Johnston Jet Electro Finishing, Barrington Levin Plating Inc., Pawtucket Libby’s Enterprises Inc., Cranston Liberty Plating Co., Central Falls Lutone Plating Co., Providence MCM Technologies, Providence Monarch Metal Finishing Co., Providence New Annex Plating Inc., North Providence Nu-Lustre Finishing Corp., Providence Opti Finishing Technologies Inc., Providence Providence Electroplating Works Inc., Johnston Providence Metallizing Co., Pawtucket Spectrum Thermal Processing, Cranston Summit Manufacturing Corp., Pawtucket Surface Coatings, Providence Systematics Inc., Bristol Tanury Industries, Lincoln

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METAL STAMPING

METALS

A & R Centerless Grinding Inc., Cranston Allan Thurber Corp., Providence American Iron Metal, Cranston American Steel & Aluminum, Cumberland ArtVac Corp., Lincoln Central Sheet Metal Inc., Pawtucket Century Sheet Metal Inc., East Providence Citerion Metals, Smithfield Clement Machine Tool Co., East Providence Clo Shure of RI Inc., Warwick Colonial Knife Co., Warwick Continental Bronze Co., Pawtucket Contract Fusion Inc., East Providence CopperWeld Bimetallics Metallon, Pawtucket Coventry Carbide Tool Inc., Coventry Crystal Tool & Die, Pawtucket Cut-Rite Steel Rule Dies Inc., Providence D & W Tool & Findings Co., Pawtucket Eastern Screw Co., Cranston EMI Rhode Island, Cranston Formex Inc., East Greenwich Groov-Pin Corp., Smithfield Gutter Helmet, Woonsocket Ideal Metal Products Co., Warwick J C Gorham Inc., Providence Made Rite Aluminum Window Co., Cranston Marine Metal Fabricators, Barrington Millard Wire Co., Warwick

Mutual Cornell Environmental, Providence NovaTech Inc., Smithfield Oster Pewter, North Kingstown P & C Quality Turned Components Inc., Smithfield P N Patrick Co., West Warwick Pease & Curren Inc., Warwick Perfecto Iron Works, Providence Phenix Tool Inc., Cranston Pilgrim Screw Corp., Providence Precision Polishing & Ornamentals Inc., Pawtucket Premier Manufacturing Co., Providence Prince Enameling Inc., Johnston Pruefer Metalworks Inc., Warwick Quality Thermoforming Inc., West Warwick R C Steele Co., Warwick Reade Advanced Materials, East Providence Silver Lake Iron Works Inc., Cranston Sparro Machine Products Inc., Westerly Sterling Offset Negative Co., Providence T W L Co., Warwick Thomas Engineering, Coventry Tracey Gear & Precision Shaft, Pawtucket

NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

Ashaway Cement Products Inc., Richmond

NUTRACEUTICAL

Lang Naturals Inc., Newport

PACKAGING

Admiral Packaging Inc., Providence Benjamin Box, Providence Bradley Press Inc., Smithfield Bullard Pickering Co., Cranston C & S Packing Co. Inc., Providence Candy Molds N More, Lincoln Capco Plastics Inc., Providence Cartridge World, East Greenwich Contempo Card Co., Providence Crown Cut Packaging Inc., Pawtucket Cutler Display & Packaging, Johnston Felrap International, Providence First Card Co., East Providence Gem Label & Tape Co., Pawtucket Hope Bindery & Box Co., Pawtucket Hope-Buffington Packaging Group, Central Falls Imperial Packaging Corp., Pawtucket Impulse Packaging Inc., East Providence International Packaging Corp., Pawtucket Jay Packaging Group, Warwick Key Container Corp., Pawtucket LJM Packaging Co., North Kingstown Miller Corrugated Box Co., East Providence

OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS Numaco Packaging LLC, East Providence O2J Inc. Packaging, Pawtucket Packaging & More Inc., Central Falls Packaging 2.0 Inc., Providence Packaging Graphics Inc., Pawtucket PCL Fixtures, East Providence Portfoliobox Inc., Warren Silgan Dispensing Systems, North Smithfield Taylor Box Co., Warren

PAPER

Atlantic Paper & Supply, Pawtucket Continental Envelope Co., East Providence Diecraft Inc., Lincoln Ecological Fibers Inc., Pawtucket Green Brothers Inc., East Providence GTS Flexible Materials Inc., Warwick Metlon Corp., Cranston Multi Wall Packaging, East Providence Observer Publications Inc., Smithfield Rand-Whitney Container LLC, Pawtucket Semper Exeter Paper, Pawtucket The Van Buren Corp., Cranston

PLASTICS

A & J Polishing Inc., Providence ACN-Providence LLC, Smithfield AMC Exclusives, Central Falls AM-Source LLC, East Providence Anco Tool & Die Co., East Providence Applied Plastics Technology Inc., Bristol Arkwright Inc., Cranston Aspects Inc., Warren ATP Manufacturing Inc., Smithfield Blow Molded Specialties, Pawtucket Continental Plastics Co., Lincoln Cool Polymers Inc., Warwick CPC Inc., West Warwick Crystal Thermoplastics Inc., Cumberland DeWAL Industries Inc., Narragansett Dorette Inc., Pawtucket Dytex Chemical Co., Central Falls Eastern Manufacturing Co., North Providence Eco Global Manufacturing, Providence Elm Polishing Co., Johnston Epoxies Etc., Cranston Formost Rubber & Supply Corp., Providence Greene Plastics Corp., Hopkinton H F Hanscom & Co., Warren Hope Plastics Inc., East Providence Hope Valley Industries Inc., North Kingstown igus Inc., East Providence International Poly Cycle, East Providence Iselann Moss Industries Inc., Cranston J & M Custom Mold Inc., Smithfield Jade Engineered Plastics Inc., Bristol

Kjb Plastics Inc., Warwick Landmart Epoxy Co., Providence Mars Custom Plastics, Providence Master Cast Ltd., Pawtucket Matrix Inc., East Providence Mearthane Products Corp., Cranston Mi-Ca Tool Co., Providence Morris Transparent Box Co., East Providence Nelipak Thermoformed Products, Cranston Perry Blackburne Inc., N. Providence Plastic Development Inc., Pawtucket Plasticast Inc., Providence Plastics Group of America, Woonsocket Plastics Plus Inc., Cumberland Platinum Recognition LLC, North Providence Premier Plastic Products Inc., Providence Prism Inc., Pawtucket Rem Polishing Inc., Johnston RI Cellophane Co., Providence Rihani Plastics Inc., Cranston Robert DeQuattro, East Providence Rollcraft Co., Cumberland Shenasa, Cumberland Spirare Surfboards, Providence Standard Film Products, East Providence Tech Industries Inc., Woonsocket Teknor Apex Co., Pawtucket Thames River Tube Co., Hopkinton The Beadery, Hopkinton Toray Plastics (America) Inc., North Kingstown Tory Inc., Woonsocket Transcontinental Polymers, Woonsocket Triton Products, Bristol US Extruders, Westerly Vac-Forming Unlimited Inc., Central Falls VIP Epoxy, Johnston Visual Creations, Pawtucket Wal-Kar Engraving Co., Providence Westfall Manufacturing Co., Bristol Windsor Polishing Co., Providence Wright Industrial Products, Cumberland

PRECIOUS METALS

Advanced Chemical Co., Warwick Cimini & Associates, Westerly GSM Metals, Cranston

PRIMARY METALS

A J Oster Co., Warwick Atlas Casting Co., East Providence Auburn Bronze Mould Co., Cranston Bari Cast Products, Pawtucket Bobcat Manufacturing Corp., Johnston C A Brown Inc., Cranston City Foundry Co., East Providence Creative Bronze Inc., West Warwick Creative Castings Inc., Pawtucket

Cumberland Foundry Co., Cumberland Evans Findings Co., East Providence Fielding Manufacturing, Cranston First Casting Inc., Johnston Foundry Brokers, Warwick Friends Foundry Inc., Woonsocket Geib Refining Corp., Warwick L D B Tool & Findings Inc., Cranston Marlee Casting Co., Providence Master Mold & Casting Co., Providence Materials Sampling Technologies, North Smithfield Michael Healy Designs, Lincoln Miniature Casting Corp., Cranston Narragansett Gray Iron Foundry Inc., Smithfield Natale and Sons Casting, Cranston Parker Aluminum Foundry Inc., Woonsocket Paul King Foundry Inc., Johnston R D Products Co., Providence RVS and Co., Johnston Salvadore Tool & Findings Inc., Providence SeaCast/AIC, East Greenwich Snow Findings Co., West Warwick Tribute Awards, Lincoln UltraFine Powder Technology Inc., Woonsocket Umicore, Providence W T Wilson Inc., Pawtucket

PRINTING

136 Express Printing & Copy Center Inc., Bristol A Perfect Printing LLC, Smithfield Acorn Printing Inc., Providence American Speedy Printing Center, Woonsocket Ayotte Printing Inc., Woonsocket B&M Printing, Trophies & Signs, Cumberland Barrington Print & Copy, Cranston Barrington Printing, Cranston BCT New England, East Providence Bruce Envelope Co., Pawtucket Cardinal Printing Inc., Scituate Carroll Press Publishers, Cranston Classic Signs & Classic T Shirts Plus, Coventry Cogens Printing Services, Providence Colorfast LLC, Providence Commercial Screen Print Corp., Cranston Concept Link Ltd., Providence Copy Print Co., Cranston Copy World, Providence Crosstown Press, Cranston D & D Printing, Providence D E S Offset Inc., Providence Dennis Printing Co., Pawtucket Don May Of Wakefield Inc., South Kingstown Duncan Signs & Screen Printing Inc., Newport DWRI Letterpress, Providence E A Johnson Co., East Providence

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East Coast Printing, Providence Fleet Printing & Copying Inc., Providence George H. Dean Inc., Warwick Globe Printing Co., Pawtucket Graphic Solutions Inc., Providence Halladay Inc., East Providence Hamilton Printing Co., Portsmouth Hopkins Press, North Providence Imprint Industrial Service Co., Smithfield In-House Graphics Inc., Warwick International Graphics Corp, Providence J B Foley Printing Co., Providence J K Press Inc. D/B/A Bliss Press, Woonsocket Jamestown Publishers Inc., Providence Just Right Printing Co., Lincoln Key-Tech Inc., Pawtucket King Printing Co., Providence Kravitz Printing Co., Cumberland Laserworks of RI Inc., Cumberland Lincoln Graphics Inc., Pawtucket Little Rhody Press Inc., Warwick Manisses Communications Group Inc., Providence Markey & Asplund Inc., Foster Maslen Inc., Pawtucket Mercury Print and Mailing, Pawtucket Meridian Printing Inc., East Greenwich Minuteman Press of Providence, Providence MOO Inc., Lincoln Moyer Bell Ltd., South Kingstown Narragansett Business Forms, Providence Narragansett Litho Ltd., North Kingstown National Embroidery Services, Portsmouth New England Printing & Graphics, Lincoln North Star Express, Providence Ondine Publishing Co., Pawtucket ParsonsKellogg, East Providence Print Source, South Kingstown Print World Inc., North Kingstown PrintCraft Inc., Warwick Printers Service & Supply Inc., Providence Printing Industry of Rhode Island, Providence Privacy Journal, Providence Proprint Inc., Johnston Providence Journal Co., Providence Providence Label & Tag Co., Providence Quality Label Co., Providence Rapid Printing Inc., North Providence Regine Printing Co., Providence RI Label Works Inc., West Warwick Riverside Printers Inc., East Providence Schofield Printing, Pawtucket Continued on next page

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OCEAN STATE MANUFACTURERS Sco-Mar Inc., Providence Scroll Printing Inc., Providence Sheahan Printing Corp., Woonsocket Stamp One Inc., Providence Standard Offset Printers, Providence Style Line Industries Inc., Providence Tap Printing Inc., Warren Technoprint Inc., Providence The Allied Group, Cranston The Horn Print Shop, Warwick Tiffany Printing Co., Coventry Twobolt, Pawtucket Village Printing Center Inc., Smithfield Visitor Printing Co., Providence Ward’s Printing Co., Newport

PRINTING AND RELATED SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

A & H Manufacturing, Johnston A B S Printing, West Warwick AP Navitus, East Providence Artistic Label Co., Warwick Cool Air Creations Inc., Smithfield Cranston Print Works Co., Cranston Matlet Group LLC, Pawtucket Mercury Print & Mail Co., Pawtucket Rag And Bone Bindery Ltd., Pawtucket

SHIPBUILDING

Aramid Rigging Inc., Portsmouth Blount Boats, Warren Goetz Composites, Bristol Hunt Yachts, Portsmouth Jasper & Bailey Sailmakers, Newport Narragansett Shipwrights Inc., Newport Newport Shipyard, Newport SENESCO, North Kingstown Stanley’s Boat Yard Inc., Barrington Vangard Sailboats, Portsmouth

SIGN MANUFACTURING

Allmark International, Smithfield B Sign Graphics Inc., Cranston Centredale Sign Co., Johnston Cerio Model Making & Design Inc., Coventry Clarke Signs, Bristol Dexter Sign Co., East Providence Dion Sign & Service Inc., Central Falls Displays By Garo Inc., Lincoln Envision Pop, Cumberland Flair Industries LLC, Providence Hub Federal Sign Inc., Providence Mandeville Sign Inc., Lincoln National Marker Co., North Smithfield Nepco Products Co., East Providence SES America Inc., Warwick The Classic Group Inc., Pawtucket ACS Industries Inc., Lincoln

TEXTILES

American Cord & Webbing Co., Woonsocket Anacko Cordage Co., Narragansett

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Ashaway Line & Twine Manufacturing Co., Hopkinton AV Production Studio, Providence Black Dog Corp., Portsmouth Blowfish Embroidery, Middletown Bouckaert Industrial Textiles, Woonsocket Bradford Printing & Finishing LLC, Westerly Braided Products Co., East Providence Bren Corp., Johnston Bristol Products, Bristol Bruin Plastics Co., Burrillville Buffinton Box Co., East Providence Cesar Studio Inc., Cranston Charbert Fabric, Narragansett CleanScape Inc., Providence Coated Technical Solutions, Newport Colonial Mills Inc., Pawtucket Concordia Manufacturing Co., Coventry Conneaut Industries Inc., West Greenwich Conrad-Jarvis Corp., Pawtucket Contrak Draperies Manufacturing Inc., North Providence Cooley Group, Pawtucket Coverluxe Inc., Woonsocket Darlington Fabrics Corp., Westerly Dartex Coatings Inc., North Smithfield Decorators Sewing Shoppe Inc., Johnston Dogwarm Ltd., Smithfield Dorado Processing Inc., Woonsocket Doyle Sailmakers Rhode Island, Portsmouth East Coast Embroidery Inc., East Providence Eileen’s Separating Inc., West Warwick F & A Awning Inc., Lincoln Flock Tex Inc., Woonsocket Frank B. Struzik Inc., Woonsocket Frontier Manufacturing Inc., Coventry General Gold/Mr. Carding Co., Providence George C. Moore Co., Westerly Graphic Perspective, South Kingstown Grimes Box Co., East Greenwich Griswold Textile Print Inc., Westerly Hanora Spinning, Woonsocket Hope Global Co., Cumberland Hope Valley Dyeing Corp., West Warwick International Fibres Inc., Woonsocket Johnston & Blackwood Sailmakers Inc., East Greenwich Joseph C. La Fond Co., Lincoln K & W Webbing, Central Falls Kay Dee Designs Inc., Hopkinton Kenyon Consumer Products, South Kingstown Kenyon Industries, Richmond L & M Lace Co., Coventry L F Pease Co., East Providence Lasalle Harness Co., Scituate Leavers Lace Co., West Greenwich

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Leedon Webbing Co., Central Falls Lirakis Safety Harness Inc., Newport Liz Collins, Providence Marion Manufacturing Co., Providence Miller And Me Inc., Bristol Millwork One, Cranston Morrison Thread Co, Woonsocket Murdock Webbing Co., Central Falls National Velour Corp., Warwick Neocorp Inc., Pawtucket New England Fashions Inc., Cranston New England Paper Tube Co., Pawtucket New York Accessory Group Inc., Warren North East Knitting Inc., Pawtucket North Sails, Portsmouth Northern Industries Inc., Coventry Northwest Woolen Mills/Hyman Brickle & Son Inc., Woonsocket NU-Knitting Mills Inc., Woonsocket Palisades Ltd., South Kingstown Patriot Textiles Inc., Pawtucket Pomegranate Inc., Providence Premier Fashions Inc., Smithfield Prime Graphics, Providence Propel LLC, Pawtucket Providence Braid Co., Pawtucket Providence Yarn Co., Pawtucket Rhode Island Textile Co., Cumberland S & S Fabric Products, Portsmouth Sobstad Northeast, Jamestown Stretch Products Inc., Pawtucket T. W. Evans Cordage Co., Cranston Tastex Corp., Central Falls TEAM Inc., Woonsocket Texcel Industries Inc., Cumberland The Brickle Group, Woonsocket Trans-Tex Inc., Providence U S Sportswear, Providence Up Country Inc., East Providence Valley Throwing Co., Cumberland Vogue Industries L. P., Central Falls William M. Jette & Sons, Providence Zewik LLC, Providence Crisloid Inc., Providence

TRANSPORTATION

Anchorage Inc./The Dyer Boats, Warren Applied Subsea Technologies, Providence East Coast Fire & Rescue, Glocester Fulford Manufacturing, East Providence Givens Buoy Life Raft Co., Portsmouth Honeywell Sensing & Control, Woonsocket Leisure Craft, Jamestown Magnetic Seal Corp., Warren

WHOLESALE

Bumper Boats Inc., Newport F. W. Webb Co., Warwick

WOOD PRODUCTS

Anchor Insulation Co., Pawtucket Arnold Lumber Co., South Kingstown Atlas Pallet Inc., Burrillville BB&S Treated Lumber of New England, North Kingstown C Nelle Inc., Exeter C R Scott Marine, Portsmouth Capital Woodworks Inc., Pawtucket CAS America, East Greenwich Columbus Door Co., Warwick Crompton Woodworking Inc., West Warwick Custom Cut Wood, Smithfield Custom Wood Products Inc., Burrillville D & V Woodworking & Lumber Corp., Johnston D S Nelson Co., Newport Davin & Kesler, Exeter Design Fabricators Inc., Cranston Designed Ventures Inc., North Smithfield Designs In Wood, Portsmouth Doors & Other Building Supplies Inc., Warwick Eagan & Smith Manufacturing Co., North Providence Elco Products Co., Cranston Greene Industries Inc., East Greenwich Hardwood Design Inc., Exeter Herrick & White Ltd., Cumberland Jutras Woodworking Inc., Smithfield Keddee Woodworkers, Scituate Millbrook Reel Inc., Pawtucket Modulus Furniture, Pawtucket North East Structures Inc., North Smithfield North Road Wood Shop, Foster Providence Casket Co., Lincoln Reeb Millwork, Smithfield RI Picture Frame, Warwick Riverdale Window & Door Corp., Smithfield Shape Wood Design Inc., Cranston Tech-Wood Inc., Middletown Turnquist Lumber Co., Foster U.S. Acoustical Wood Products, East Greenwich Van And Co., Pawtucket Van Vooren’s Canterbury Gallery Inc., North Smithfield Victor Picture Frame Co., Johnston W L Fuller Inc., Warwick Washington Park Woodworking, Providence Waters Woodworking Inc., Providence

OTHER

C A C/Zoller, Pawtucket McGill Hose & Coupling Inc., East Providence P M Bindery Services Inc., Providence PrecisionSource, Smithfield Solielle Design Studio, Providence Specialty Publications Inc., Cranston Style Accessories Inc., Providence

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