Future Economy Council Meeting #21 - (February 17, 2011)

Dan St. Louis is a member of the Future Economy Council and the head of the Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC). He, along with Donald Duncan, Conover's City Manager, gave a presentation about the relocation of the MSC to the Conover station Development.

We have discussed both of these developments in the past, but this is a thorough presentation, in which Dan and Donald describe what the mission of the MSC is and what future goals of the MSC will be. The MSC is a public-private partnership that enables business and government to come together and share costs of expensive testing, which reduces costs to do business and allows these businesses to put out a better product at a lower cost. This will help create jobs for our region.

The mission of the Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC) is to help US manufacturers increase sales, improve quality and improve efficiency to create or retain jobs.

This is accomplished by:

* Enhancing and improving products through research and development
* Assisting in creating prototypes for new, innovative offerings
* Analyzing new materials to enhance structure and programs
* Testing products for reliable content and quality
* Training personnel for lean manufacturing processes and supply chain efficiencies
* Providing a forum for rollout of new 21st century technologies
* Providing hands-on guidance for international marketing, sales and military procurement
* Providing photo-realistic renderings and visualizations
* Creating 3-Dimensional rapid prototypes in a variety of materials
* Industry advocacy


Bringing manufacturing into the NEW ERA of changing technologies, global marketing and production innovations.




The next presentation was given by Dewey Harris, Assistant County Commissioner. The presentation was a reiteration of a presentation that he gave back in November. the difference is that he is now working in conjunction with the City of Conover to help get the message out about the Development of the Conover Station. Below is the presentation that he gave about Mobile Governance back in November:



The above was a discussion based on the Conover Station. Donald Duncan originally spoke about this development with our group in September - A Conversation about Conover Station and Economic Development . I hope that you will take time to look at this all ecompassing developnt. which is a bright spot in our community.