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- Category: COVID-19
- Category: Event Recap
- ClimateHaven and FORGE Rocket Pitch Event Recap
- FORGE 2024 Spring Startup Showcase Event Recap
- Fikst Product Development Facility Tour
- Connecting with Economic Development Opportunities for Hardware Startups
- Fall Startup Showcase 2023 Recap
- 2023 Manufacturing Mash-Up: “A real home run”
- ClimateHaven Green Drinks Event Recap
- Hardtech Holyoke Recap
- FORGE Connecticut Launch Party and Startup Pitch Contest Recap
- Spring Startup Showcase 2023 Event Recap
- How to Get FDA Approval for Your Startup in 6 Steps
- FORGE Holds Panel Discussion on Patents and Intellectual Property
- Event Recap: State of Manufacturing in Western Massachusetts 2023
- UMass Lowell iHub Hosts Celebration of Manufacturing
- Mash-Up Took Manufacturers Out to the Ballpark
- Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up Memories
- Agtech Rocket Roundtable: 3 Takeaways
- Event Recap: Rocket Roundtable for Ruggedization Solutions
- PEKO Masterclass From Prototype to Production: Event Recap
- FORGE Manufacturing and Innovation Showcase 2019: Event Recap
- Rocket Roundtable: Event Recap
- Mintz Masterclass Patents 101: Event Recap
- Mechanical Design Challenge: Event Recap
- FORGE Manufacturing and Innovation Showcase 2020: Event Recap
- Category: feature
- Category: FORGE Blog
- Bridging the gap: From prototype to production for medical device startups
- FORGE wins Startup Boston 2024 Community Award
- FORGE 2023 Impact Report
- 2022 Impact Report
- Manufacturer Perspectives: Why You Should Work With Innovators
- Startup Perspectives: Why You Should Manufacture Locally
- 2020 Impact Report
- Massachusetts’ Unique Advantage for Recovery: Innovation & Manufacturing
- Category: Supplier Highlight
- Category: Tools of the Trade
- Market Validation: You are Designing a Product No One Will Buy
- Techno-Economic Analysis: A Tool for Lean Startups
- New Product Introduction: Does your Supplier Excel at NPI?
- Top 10 Reasons Why Product Development Projects Fail
- How to Select a Contract Manufacturer: a 9-Point Checklist
- 7 HR Tips for Sustainable Tech Startups
- Invention Versus Engineering
- Understanding Quality Certifications for Injection Molders
- How Contract Manufacturing Companies Fit in the Supply Chain
- Tech Tip: Most Common Causes of Contactor Chatter and Noise
- 5 Factors to Consider Before Scaling Up Your Process-Driven Sustainable Technology
- How to Hire a Product Development Team
- Why Would Your Business Want a Banking Relationship?
- PDaaS and Consultants as a Low-Cost Alternative to Hiring
- A Guide to the Different Tool Steels for Injection Molds
- The Core Competencies of a Contract Manufacturer
- Reduce Total Cost of Ownership with Contract Manufacturing
- 3 Critical Steps for Commercializing International Technologies for the US Market
- Documenting a Product for Production — A Key to Quality
- What Types of US Small Business Administration Loans Are There?
- How to Deal with Supply Chain Shortages
- The Many Industries that Benefit from Plastics
- Designing Multi-Material Products
- The Importance of Document Reviews
- Biggest Innovations In Plastic 2022
- Identifying a Contract Manufacturer
- Sourcing the Right Components for Prototyping
- The Right Design
- 5 Lessons on FDA Approval
- Taking the Next Step: Release-to-Manufacturing Requirements
- The Importance of Testing and Certification in Product Development
Authors
Events
- State of Manufacturing in Western Massachusetts 2024
- NOVO Precision Facility Tour by FORGE: Going from Product Development to Manufacturing
- Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up
- Marketing Fundamentals for Physical Product Innovators
- FORGE Manufacturing Meetup: Exploring CleanTech Resources in Massachusetts
- FORGE Manufacturing Readiness Workshops
- Western Mass Economy: Wins for 2023 and Opportunities for 2024!
- M2D2 IMPACT Cycle 7 Accelerator Pitch-Off
- FORGE Spring Startup Showcase
- FORGE Manufacturing Meetup: Manufacturing Pitfalls
- Meridian Industrial Group Factory Tour
- FORGE Manufacturing Meetup: How to Design to Minimize Cost
- Pearse Bertram+ Facility Tour by FORGE: Streamline Contract Manufacturing
- FORGE CT Factory Tour of PRESCO Engineering and Partecle
- Prototype To Manufacturing Journey
- Connecting with Economic Development Opportunities for Hardware Startups
- FORGE Fall Startup Showcase
- FORGE Manufacturing Readiness Workshop
- Legal Considerations for Hardtech - Making Your IP Appealing to Investors
- FORGE Manufacturing Meetup
- Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up
- HARDTECH HOLYOKE
- FORGE MANUFACTURING MEETUP
- Test an older event
- OLD - Practical Design ideas to minimize EM and RF Interference in your prototype
- Key Documents Needed for a Successful Transition to Manufacturing
- Key Documents Needed for a Successful Transition to Manufacturing
- Practical Design ideas to minimize EM and RF Interference in your prototype
- FORGE Manufacturing Readiness Workshop
- test event
- Spring Startup Showcase
Do Not Use Past Events Archives
- How to Get FDA Approval for Your Startup in 6 Steps
- Spring Startup Showcase 2023 Event Recap
- Rocket Roundtable
- The Value of Strategic Investors: Hypertherm Ventures Lunch and Learn
- Rocket Roundtable
- Manufacturing and Innovation Showcase
- Rocket Roundtable
- Connecting Startups to the Regional Supply Chain
- Rocket Roundtable
- Controlling the Uncontrollable: Supply Chain Event & Opportunities for Startups
- Working From Home: Cybersecurity During the Pandemic
- Manufacturing in a Pandemic: Peer Roundtable about Resilient Supply Chains
- Rocket Roundtable
- Rocket Roundtable
- Representative Wagner Visits Greentown Labs
- Monthly Networking Meetup
- Tour of Toner Plastics
- Supplier and Innovation Showcase
Locations
- Novo Precision
- Gillette Stadium
- White Lion Brewing Company
- Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE Lab
- Greentown Labs
- Meridian Industrial Group
- Pearse Bertram+ Facility
- UMass Lowell Innovation Hub
- UMass Lowell Innovation Hub
- 3DEXPERIENCE Lab at Dassault Systemes
- Fame Lounge + Eatery
- Online
- 185 Wyman, Waltham Mass
Team Members
- Jennifer Mathieu
- Paige Romanick
- Sofia Bueso
- Brady Munnerlyn
- Aaron Monikowski
- Trinell Ball
- Sophie Cestari
- Ellen Ellsworth
- William Hazard
- Ron Angelo
- Paul Lavoie
- Martin Guay
- Marien Zanyk
- J.R. Logan
- Jamie Scott
- Jack Crane
- Frank Kuchinski
- Emily Yale
- Devra Sisitsky
- Theresa Park
- Stephen Smith
- Stephanie Cronin
- Maria Dickinson
- Lilia Chan
- Jeffrey Hovis
- Galen Nelson
- Arlene Parquette
- Allison Lamey
- Steve Davis
- Rick Sullivan
- Neil Scanlon
- Mike Stone
- Kristin Carlson
- Kevin Moforte
- Judy Silvia
- John Fabel
- Jean Coyle
- Gregory Thomas
- Dawn Creighton
- David Cruise
- Chris Bignell
- Arthur Trapotsis
- Raj Melville
- SJ Maxted
- Ben Downing
- Rodney Dowell
- Julie Chen
- Nina Birger
- Hayden Sobel
- Katie Winkleblack
- Sofia Erdman
- Scott Longley
- Mark L Michalski
- David Thompson
- Anya Losik
- Paul Butler
- Adam Rodrigues
- Laura Teicher
Success Stories
Collaborators
- Insperity
- C2I
- Collective 1776
- Urise Ventures
- Well4Tech
- TiE Boston
- HAYVN
- New Bedford Research and Robotics
- AdvanceCT
- Connecticut Technology Council
- UCONN Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Education
- NPA
- ABCT
- Swift Water Law
- Sparx Engineering
- Next Rung Technology
- Newgrange Design
- MassDevelopment
- Finish Line
- Daniel Consulting Group
- Cofab Design
- Beacon Medtech Solutions
- Automatic Specialties
- Adobe
- Product Resources
- Plastics Manufacturing Resources
- Pearse Bertram
- Kalow Technologies
- Hypertherm Ventures
- Cambridge Polymer Group
- Burt Process
- Bayard Design
- AMI
- Alpine Bearing
- Wolf Greenfield
- Springfield Technology Park
- MassMEP
- Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
- ICSN
- Dassault Systemes
- American Made Challenges
- Woka Foundation
- Samtec
- IN2
- Massachusetts
- Cummings Foundation
- Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
- WorcLab
- Venture Mentoring Network
- Valley Venture Mentors
- UMass Lowell iHUB
- UMass Amherst Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship
- QVCDC
- North Shore InnoVentures
- Nextcorps
- New England Lean Consulting
- Naval and Maritime Consortium
- Middlesex 3
- Mass Robotics
- Mass Innovation Nights
- Mass Innovation Network
- Manufacture
- Make Haven
- M2D2
- Manush Labs
- Greentown Labs
- For ClimateTech
- Entrepreneurship Foundation
- Climate Haven
- The Engine
- The E-Forum
- ConnStep
- Clean Tech Open
- Centrepolis Accelerator
- The Capital Network
- CBIA
- Artisan's Asylum
- Angel Investor Forum
- Advanced Functional Fabrics of America
- The Emporium