Polaris is one federal program that generates a solid payoff

SEEDING INNOVATION: When ATW Companies received a $15,000 grant from Polaris MEP in 2016, the Warwick-based firm was looking to enter two new markets. Examining a pistol magazine, one of the products the grant was looking to support, are, from left, Joel Allegrezza, Tracey MacNeal, chief strategy officer, and Elida Blazevic, assembly group leader. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERN
SEEDING INNOVATION: When ATW Companies received a $15,000 grant from Polaris MEP in 2016, the Warwick-based firm was looking to enter two new markets. Examining a pistol magazine, one of the products the grant was looking to support, are, from left, Joel Allegrezza, Tracey MacNeal, chief strategy officer, and Elida Blazevic, assembly group leader. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERN

It is quizzical that in President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal he has proposed eliminating the $124 million federal match for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, putting in grave jeopardy programs such as Polaris MEP in Rhode Island. Polaris, and other such programs across the nation, help manufacturers improve their competitive positions, whether through programs to

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