FORGE Blog Make it Here: FORGE Connecticut Product Development Grant Awards and KUBTEC facility tour presented by M&T Bank Jan. 22, 2026 – On the ground floor, an expert team manufactured radiography systems. Upstairs in KUBTEC’s plant-filled, sunny offices, FORGE 2025 Fall Startup Showcase Event Recap Nov. 6, 2025 – Fall is one of our favorite seasons at FORGE because it means it’s time for another Facility Tour – Forging Futures: How Advance Welding and WNE Are Training the Next Generation of Welders Using Robotic Technology On April 17th, FORGE brought together state leaders, industry, and educators for a factory tour at Advance Welding in Springfield, FORGE 2025 Spring Startup Showcase: Celebrating 10 years of the FORGE Manufacturing Initiative Apr. 22, 2025 – FORGE’s Spring Startup Showcase celebrated some of the leading hardtech startups in our local innovation ecosystem, Gyre9 facility tour and the latest FORGE Product Development Grant winners – more examples of Connecticut’s advanced manufacturing power Apr. 8, 2025 – A custom Cybertruck and a Volkswagen Buzz sit on the lawn out front. Shelves of innovative The climate-saving power of localized supply chains by Paige Romanick, Strategic Projects Associate Supply chains are a significant source of CO2 emissions for consumer companies, comprising over Podcast: Made in America – Adam Rodrigues: Bringing Hard Tech Product Innovators and Manufacturing Together In our newest Made in America episode, Ari sits down with Adam Rodrigues, Vice President of FORGE, to discuss hard FORGE 2024 Impact Report Read on to celebrate everything our network of innovative companies, supply chain members, and ecosystem collaborators achieved in 2024. Together, Behind the scenes at FORGE by Sofia Bueso, FORGE Event Marketing Associate Each day at FORGE begins with the energy of the Green Line commute Best practices for scaling hardtech innovation David Thompson, Program Director The journey from prototype to mass production can be full of twists and turns. Following these Innovation all night: FORGE Innovation Nights Connecticut Nov. 21, 2024 – We spent the night with some of Connecticut’s brightest and most enterprising minds! FORGE teamed up 2024 Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up: a touchdown for local manufacturing For its fourth year, the annual Manufacturing Mash-Up moved to Gillette Stadium for even more manufacturing ecosystem networking, panels, grants, 1 2 3 … 7 Next »