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Why Sourcing Prototypes Locally Can Accelerate Early Product Development

ByRay Bernoff

TechScale Solutions, a Friends of FORGE partner, is a leading engineering consulting firm providing guidance to clients to scale up prototypes into commercially viable products. TechScale Solutions specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of mechanical, electrical, and electrochemical equipment for the renewable energy and climate technology industries. Early-stage hardware companies often default to overseas…

FORGE and BusinessWest AI and Manufacturing event

StratAI Series: AI in Manufacturing – Collaborator Event with BusinessWest

ByRay Bernoff

Mar. 26, 2026 – FORGE joined forces with BusinessWest and Innovate413 to co-host the first in a series of events to help businesses develop practical AI strategies, smarter operations, and stronger growth. AI developers, AI experts and manufacturers convened at the Brian Corridan Center at STCC Technology Park in Springfield for “StratAI: AI in Manufacturing”…

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…

Tour of Advance Welding featuring Representative Ramos and Representative Gonzalez

Facility Tour – Forging Futures: How Advance Welding and WNE Are Training the Next Generation of Welders Using Robotic Technology

ByFORGE Team

On April 17th, FORGE brought together state leaders, industry, and educators for a factory tour at Advance Welding in Springfield, Massachusetts to spotlight regional innovation and workforce development in advanced manufacturing. The event also highlighted a strong partnership between Advance Welding and Western New England University (WNE), a collaboration equipping students with hands-on experience in…

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…