Nist spends less than $ 200 million a year on the MEP program, with most of the money transferred to countries and Puerto Rico in payment parties. Congress helpers tell Wired that they expect all other centers to lose their funds in the next year as subsequent inspections.
Depending on your country, the centers are served by universities, government agencies or independent non -profit organizations. The United States also assist to pay for the MEP program, but Congress helpers believe that in many states it would be hard – especially smaller – compensate for the loss of federal financing.
Carrie Hines, president and general director of the American Compact producer Coalition, who represents all state assistance centers, says that companies pay market rates for personalized consultations they offer. “This is not a leaflet,” he says. He adds that established consulting companies may not be able to assist these petite companies and even exist in some regions. “We fill this unique empty technical support, with shoes on the factory floor,” says Hines.
The Wyoming Center, known as production works, was one of the organizations that on Tuesday did not receive about $ 700,000, which he expected from Nist. Other states are Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, Nowy Mexico and Northern Dakota. “These 10 centers were blind,” says Hines.
Jodie Mjoen, CEO and president of North Dakota Center Impact Dakota claims that he began working with partners on finding fresh ways to support 21 current projects in 93 manufacturers. According to MJOEN, these companies are trying to fight tariffs and other regulations, implement more artificial intelligence and automation, and introduce fresh skills to their employees. “That’s what it is about,” he says. “Implementing innovative solved technological solutions” and maintaining the “American supply chain producing development and expansion”.
Sinsabaugh from Nowy Mexico MEP claims that the cuts “will have a real and lasting negative impact on the production ecosystem, both in our state and at national level.”
Centers officials in other states did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
US representative Sarah McBride, a democrat of Delaware, who also sits in the scientific committee, tells you that “Trump is a deepening opportunity from working Delaware families and I will fight with everything I have to reverse this reckless and cruel decision.”
Case studies published by NIST and state partners show that advisers associated with assist centers walk to enterprises, how to accept cyber security measures and build more resistant factory lines or simply get executive teams to adapt the company’s priorities. Popular brands presented Nist website They claim that they took advantage of the assist centers, including Dot, a pretzel snack manufacturer belonging to Hershey and Purina, a dog food department in Nestlé.
Aid centers connect companies with other resources. IN thing From Persech Industries, Riverton, a manufacturer of specialized printers based in Wyoming, which fought for finding employees qualified in soldering, the local MEP office combined him with a training company, which later began to offer a soldering program. The office helped the training company pay for it for state financing. Persech did not answer the request for comment.