Tag: Christian Cowan
In regulation, the small things add up fast
The pervasiveness of state-imposed regulations has been a topic of contention for years among the business community in Rhode Island.
“Manufacturing employers there are...
Five Questions With: Christian Cowan
With a June 15 deadline, Polaris MEP, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership for Rhode Island, is in search of technological consultants and other professionals to...
Sixteen applicants are vying for shares of $20M Rhode Island hopes...
Is the future of Rhode Island employment in microgreens? Or is it in super-fast, quantum computers, innovative new materials or promising cancer treatments?
How does...
Registration open for Bryant University World Trade Day May 23
SMITHFIELD – Technology in Global Trade is the theme of World Trade Day 2018 at Bryant University’s Chafee Center for International Business in Smithfield, according...
Healthy R.I. manufacturing industry driven by military defense, textiles
Since his start as Polaris MEP center director four years ago, Christian Cowan has watched the state’s manufacturing industry blossom. So much so, he...
Polaris MEP event helps R.I. manufacturers connect, prosper
Zack Sasa and Signature Cable Inc. in Cranston have been in business for 13 years, making cables and harnesses in batches of one, 10,...
Makers look to expand local supply chain
What is made in the Ocean State? Even some manufacturers, who make a living making products, are surprised by the diversity of local suppliers.
An...
Manufacturing and logistics report card doesn’t tell the whole story
While the recently released 2017 Manufacturing & Logistics Report Card for the United States gives Rhode Island a D+, it does not tell the...
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