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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 […]

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Custom Industrial Products Launches New User-Friendly Website

Visit the new website at Customindprod.com. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Melbourne, FL January 21, 2021 – Custom Industrial Products, Inc. has launched and updated website. “Our primary objective was to create a design that provided value to our users, with a focus on easy navigation and with important information that is easy to access,” said, Tom […]

Manufacturing Adds 38,000 Jobs Despite Overall Employment Loss

The United States Census Bureau released its official employment situation report for December on January 8. The employment rate for manufacturing increased slightly from November, as it added 39,000 jobs in total last month compared to 35,000 in November. Durable goods manufacturing as a whole added 25,000 jobs. Motor vehicle and parts manufacturing added 6,700 people […]

Raider Outboards Provides Engines that Power the Military

“It’s all about getting our troops home,” says George Woodruff, the director and patriarch of Raider Outboards, a company he founded with his son Chris, a boat guy with an engineer’s skill set. To achieve that goal, Raider builds two fully submersible outboards, a 40- and a 50-hp, that run on gasoline, diesel and even […]

Palm Bay, FL ranks #16 on GlobalTrade Magazine’s Top 20 U.S. Cities For Manufacturing

Defense and semiconductors are big business in Palm Bay—so big that the manufacturing industry is growing faster there than in any other Florida city, according to Space Coast Daily. The 2018 AdvisorSmith study reported that manufacturing output per capita in Palm Bay was $7,494, which was about $450 higher than the national average. The Palm Bay […]

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 […]

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 […]

Melbourne Audio Manufacturer Geshelli Labs LLC Donates Masks, Meals to Assisted Living Workers

For Immediate ReleaseSherri BiscegliaGeshelli Labs LLC321-312-0155Sherri@geshelli.com Melbourne, FL –  April 28 – Last week, Melbourne based Geshelli Labs delivered personal protective equipment and a catered lunch to the staff of Grand Villa of Melbourne Assisted Living Facility. The small designer and manufacturer of audio components wanted to show appreciation for the workers’ dedication to keep […]

Critical PPE on its way to United Way, military families through EDC’s manufacturing resiliency team

The Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast’s (EDC) manufacturing resiliency team secured the donation of two thousand medical masks and two hundred KN95 masks, which were delivered today to the United Way of Brevard. The masks, donated by BCAF Trading, Inc. of Melbourne, are on their way to various non-profits throughout the Space Coast.  […]