Category: Industry Announcements

EDC Providing Life-Changing Opportunities

Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast Sponsors Certified Production Technician Program BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Ten weeks can change a life. Just ask Matt Cromwell. Like many young people, Cromwell did not have a clear career path after graduating high school. For a while, he tried flipping houses with his father, but the recession […]

Space Coast Engineering Firm Unveils CUAS Urban Mobile Detection Platform

Sentry View Systems Conducting Pre-Release Product Demonstration Next Week For Immediate Release 6/18/2020  Melbourne, Florida: On Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Sentry View Systems will demonstrate their Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) Urban Mobile Detection Platform at Groundswell Startups in Melbourne. Sentry View Systems is a prime contractor in the […]

Enterprise Florida to Award Trade Grants for Virtual Business Matchmaking

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (May 12, 2020) – Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) is launching a new trade grant program to help the state’s small and medium-sized companies continue doing business overseas even as international travel is restricted. The Virtual Business Matchmaking program will allow the state’s business community to reach new and existing customers overseas and keep moving forward. […]

Custom Industrial Products Turns out Material Lift in Record Time to Help Combat Coronavirus

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEView Press Release Melbourne, FL, April 21, 2020 – Custom Industrial Products (CIP) announces the production, shipment and installation in record time of a Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) Lift needed to streamline production of critically needed ventilators. The entire process from urgent phone call to installed operational lift took just 7 days as opposed […]

Build Your Manufacturing Supply Chain in Florida with Connex

The Manufacturers Association of Florida’s Space Coast (MASC) through its partnership with FloridaMakes and the federal government’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network can now offer MASC members a powerful new tool free of charge. Connex Florida is a statewide manufacturing supply chain, workforce and R&D connection solution offered for manufacturers, educational institutions, and those performing […]

Trinetics Group Manufactures Intubation Boxes for Healthcare Workers On the Frontlines of COVID-19

Melbourne, FL (April 14, 2020) – Trinetics Group, an American manufacturer and global leader in plastic welding and contract assembly, is helping healthcare workers on the frontlines of the Coronavirus pandemic by making Intubation Boxes. The Trinetics Group Intubation Box is an essential piece of hospital protective equipment being used when doing endotracheal intubations to protect […]

The Space Coast surge in high-tech startups

The Space Coast is known for high-tech goliaths and the talented workers who drive them forward. This talent is also creating a surge in high-tech startups, stimulating the Space Coast economy.  “When you have the high concentration of smart, talented people that we do on the Space Coast, they are going to innovate.”  The number […]

Space Coast lands on AdvisorSmith’s “Top Cities Where U.S. Manufacturing is Thriving”

The Space Coast placed number four on the top large U.S. cities where manufacturing is thriving. The list, compiled by AdvisorSmith, is based on four key economic factors: manufacturing output growth rate, manufacturing output per capita, manufacturing location quotient, and manufacturing employment growth rate. The Space Coast is the only Florida metropolitan statistical area (MSA) […]

From the EDC’s Department of Research: Brevard tops state in manufacturing job growth

The Space Coast’s manufacturing sector continues to strengthen. On May 31, 2019, Associated Industries of Florida, CareerSource Florida, Inc., the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Manufacturing & Logistics Council, and FloridaMakes hosted the second annual “Make More Manufacturing Summit” in Orlando, Florida.  During the “Make More Manufacturing Summit” it was announced that Brevard County […]