facility tour

FORGE awarding a $100,000 Connecticut Product Development Grant to Hera Materials for local manufacturing and innovation funding

Make it Here: FORGE Connecticut Product Development Grant Awards and KUBTEC facility tour presented by M&T Bank

ByFORGE Team

Jan. 22, 2026 – On the ground floor, an expert team manufactured radiography systems. Upstairs in KUBTEC’s plant-filled, sunny offices, manufacturers, suppliers, investors, innovators and ecosystem partners gathered under a screen displaying a quote from NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang: “Our will to survive exceeds everybody’s will to kill us.” This crowd came to celebrate innovative…

Gyre9 president Ed Gilchrist leads a tour of the company's facility in Southbury, CT

Gyre9 facility tour and the latest FORGE Product Development Grant winners – more examples of Connecticut’s advanced manufacturing power

ByFORGE Team

Apr. 8, 2025 – A custom Cybertruck and a Volkswagen Buzz sit on the lawn out front. Shelves of innovative products line the entry hallway. It’s easy to tell interesting things are happening at product development company Gyre9’s Southbury, CT facility, even before you set foot on the factory floor. Gyre9 took us behind the…