In September 2020, MiBiz profiled West Michigan-based Avio-Tech Ltd. and the TAAF program in their online publication. As a result, the article titled Great Lakes trade center helps manufacturers compete with imports reached nearly 100,000 readers in West, Southwest and Central Michigan. Avio-Tech Company President Lee Thomas said he saw the GLTAAC program as a worthwhile venture. Read more about
Read moreIn July 2020, the Michigan Manufacturers Association profiled the TAAF program in their monthly MiMfg Magazine. As a result the article, titled Federal Program Helps Michigan Manufacturers Beat Import Competition, reached nearly 1,700 member companies across Michigan.
Read more“There are no downsides to this program, and that’s very unusual for me to say! I’m not easily sold. But this program is painless, and I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t be interested in it.” – Heather Meixel, CEO & President, Bamar Plastics In its 2020 Issue 1, Plastics Business Magazine (a MAPP publication), described the Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Another GLTAAC client just completed the TAAF program. Yoder Lumber Company is a major sawmill and lumber reseller located in northeast Ohio. They used their $75,000 of program co-funding over three years (firms in the program have up to 5 years to use the funding). Here is a brief summary of their experiences and success with the program. About Yoder
Read moreIn 2011, Roger Peck, Director of Sales & Marketing at Ferriot, Inc., (Akron, OH), was looking at declining sales in the firm’s core business. Ferriot, a custom injection molder, had successfully entered into a joint venture with a new customer in a new market – but, as that business was growing, its traditional business was continuing to decline. Many of
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