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Outside Training Enhances Workforce Carlisle Interconnect Technologies is located in St. Augustine Florida with 540 employees. They are one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of high-performance wire and cable, including optical fiber, harsh environment engine wire, and high-speed digital cable as well as terminal lugs and splices. Carlisle also provides a high level of customer support by offering engineering and certification services for the commercial aerospace, military and defense electronics, industrial, test and measurement, and medical industries. Carlisle Interconnect Technologies has its own training team, who focus entirely on ...

New Strategic Direction Leads to Increased Productivity Quality Enclosures, located in Sarasota, Florida, is a family owned and operated manufacturer of shower doors. They employ more than 200 workers with branches in Jacksonville, Florida; Marietta, Georgia; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Central Islip and Ronkonkoma, New York; and Port Orange, Florida. Their key products are heavy glass enclosures with key markets being new construction and remodeling. Quality Enclosures was encountering some uncertainty regarding options for a new strategic direction. Company leadership asked GrowFL to assist with providing data and consulting expertise to clarify and solidify ...

Successful Composite Manufacturer Constructs Agile Plan For Continued Growth Research Inc. (NRI) is a 40-person company based in Riviera Beach, that has led the industry in next-generation research, engineering design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of quality saturated composites that restore, protect, and reinforce pipes, pipelines, and civil structures. NRI solutions can repair and reinforce pipelines or civil structures while they remain operational, thereby saving clients millions of dollars in costs and lost revenues. Founded in 1982, the company has capitalized on the growth of its products by developing quality moisture-curable carbon fiber, ...

Streamlining Processes Leads to Growth IM Solutions (IMS) is a technology systems design, installation and software development firm of close to 10 employees based in Melbourne, Florida. IMS designs and implements audiovisual, video and IT communication systems for corporate, government, and educational clients, as well as houses of worship. IMS’s processes and procedures were overly-complicated, numerous, and not always current. Its web presence was dated and confusing to potential customers. GrowFL assisted IMS in clarifying and streamlining its processes and procedures, beginning with the creation of a new organizational accountability diagram. The Traction ...

Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC benefits from its Association Network with FloridaMakes and the Manufacturers Association of Central Florida. Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC in Okahumpka, Florida is a private standalone business whose 54 employees produce a full line of industrial vacuums, potholing, day-lighting, hydro-excavation, and air excavation equipment. For twenty years they have demonstrated a commitment to build strength, safety, durability and one-of-a-kind features into all of the company’s products, and then to back them up with integrity and service. Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC was purchasing fabricated items from out of state causing long lead times and challenges ...

Training Enhances Revenue and Productivity Ameritape, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida, is a converter and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and label products representing most major manufacturers, including 3M. Privately-owned, they employ 18 people and specialize in custom slitting and specialty die-cutting. Ameritape’s mission is to create stronger bonds. They concentrate on doing this in three areas: within the organization, with customers, and with suppliers. In August 2008, when the economy was at its peak, two 15-year employees, Renee Soares, and Tom Whipple, bought the business. The next month the economy plummeted. Their biggest ...

American Elite Molding Proves American Quality with ISO Certification American Elite Molding LLC (AEM) is America’s leading manufacturer of nylon cable ties. As a privately-owned company located in Crestview, Florida, with 124 employees, their 75,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility operates 24/7/365 and boasts the most advanced production processes in the United States. AEM offers an extensive line of cable ties in a variety of lengths, tensile strengths, and colors, plus accessories such as mounting pads and cable clamps. Their markets include HVAC, electrical, construction, and specialty markets across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. AEM is ...