Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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Create new and better products and services faster than the competition.

Manufacturers are the leading innovators, and WMEP's experienced staff has helped manufacturers across Wisconsin growth their businesses through strategic planning, product development, finding new markets and developing new services.

Read how manufacturers across Wisconsin have used proven techniques to grow their businesses.

  • HMA Fire Apparatus: 3P leads to triple-digit growth

    CFI IconUsing 3P for Product Development Results in PROFIT

    Sound business advice from WMEP and a commitment to Lean result in rapid growth for HMA Fire Apparatus

    In 2006, Rory Groonwald,...

  • Dutchland Plastics Corporation: Strategic Planning Promotes Growth & Efficiency

    CFI IconDutchland Plastics Spurs Growth

    Strategic planning builds a solid foundation for growth

    Dutchland Plastics Corporation, based in Oostburg, Wisconsin, was established in 1967 and...

  • Lakeside® Manufacturing Reduces Product Development time by 33%

    CFI IconLakeside Develops Winning Ideas

    More than 60 years ago, Lakeside  Manufacturing, Inc., introduced the first stainless steel cart to the Foodservice Industry. Since that time, Lakeside has taken...

  • Medalcraft Mint Grows business with Lean and Eureka!

    CFI IconMedalcraft Mint Diversifies Sales

    Medalcraft Mint uses Eureka! Winning Ways to find new customers

    In 2007, when Jerry Moran bought The Medalcraft Mint, a private mint founded in...

  • Bock Rethinks Its Business and Fires Up Growth

    Bock Fires Up Growth with Strategic Repositioning

    For 77 years, Bock Water Heaters Inc., has thrived as an employee-owned company with plants in Princeton (subsidiary, Tank Technology, Inc.) and Madison and employs 90. Bock has manufactured branded, oil-fired water heaters for homes. “We are the market leader in that niche and we’ve enjoyed that for many years,” said Terry Mullen, Bock...

  • Lanair focus on marketing, employee culture pays big dividends

    Lanair Focus on Marketing and Employee Culture Pays Big Dividends

    In October of 2009 when Barry Brandt purchased the family-owned and operated Lanair Products, LLC of Janesville, he knew he had a winner.  The popularity of the company’s waste oil -fired heaters was growing.  More and more state service stations were using the heaters to  convert used motor oil into heat...