NH MEP: New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 15, 2009

For more information please contact:
Zenagui Brahim
NH MEP
Tel: (603) 226-3200

NH MEP DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTHEAST REGION OF ASSOCIATION FOR MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE

CONCORD, NH - Zenagui Brahim, director of operations for the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NH MEP) has recently been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Northeast Region of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME). As a member of the Board, he will serve as Vice President of Marketing. The AME is a non-profit professional organization, primarily involving manufacturers and recognized throughout North America, used to exchange knowledge, best practices, and techniques.

The AME was founded in 1985 and has grown over the years to more than 5,000 members. Their values include aligning with other organizations that share similar visions, maintaining a high-performance manufacturing presence, and insuring world-class products and services so manufacturers across the country can continue to prosper.

Brahim will serve on the Northeast Region Board. The Northeast Region of the AME includes the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

“These 5s events have been extremely productive. I’m very much looking forward to the next one! We have done a few Kaizens on our own and plan to do three or four more this year,” remarked Combs. “Approximately half of our 50 employees have participated in some Lean training so far and everyone is getting on the same page. We have had such great success with Lean events like the Time Wise® LE102 Basic Lean for Job Shops, and can’t thank the NH MEP enough for giving us such a good springboard.”

About NH MEP
The NH MEP is an affiliate of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The national MEP system is a network of manufacturing extension centers that provide business and technical assistance to smaller manufacturers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Through MEP, manufacturers have access to more than 2,000 manufacturing and business “coaches” whose job is to help firms make changes that lead to greater productivity, increased profits and enhanced global competitiveness. For more information, please visit www.nhmep.org, or phone 1-800-MEP-4MFG.

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