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Manufacturers Participate in NJMEP's Made In New Jersey Campaign

Manufacturing has been a steady but quiet force that has recently been getting attention. In New Jersey, Governor Christie’s administration has initiated efforts to support the sector and on a national level the Obama administration has been doing the same.

NJMEP President & CEO, Robert Loderstedt explains, “NJMEP is part of a program that falls under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST has recently appointed manufacturing industry executive Michael F. Molnar to be the agency’s first-ever Chief Manufacturing Officer . This appointment confirms that manufacturing is once again a valued and respected component of our economy.”

“Our intent for the Made In New Jersey campaign is to raise the awareness of manufacturing in the state and emphasizes the breadth, depth and diversity of our manufacturers capabilities,” added Loderstedt.

NJMEP welcomes the following new companies to Made In New Jersey: Accuview, Allgrind Plastics, Inc.; Amcor Flexibles; Artex Knitting Mills; Bellville Wire Cloth Co.; Brecoflex; CHEM Flowtronics; Colorful Cutting Boards; Compass Wire Wire Cloth Co.; Crestron Electronics; Crown Roll Leaf; Distek; Edmund Optics Inc.; Emco Industrial Plastics; E V S Metal; Harmonson Stairs; Haussman Industries; Henry Repeating Arms; Troemner; Heyco Products, Inc; JACE Systems; Magna-Power Electronics,Inc.; Mincing Overseas Spice Company; Mira Plastics; National Manufacturing; Plast-O-Matic, Product Identification Co., Inc.; Productive Plastics, Inc.; Rotor Clip Company, Inc.; Star Candle Company; Superior Trademark Inc.; Sutherland Packaging, Inc.; Tribeca Oven; Van Ness Plastic Molding Co., Inc.; Vehicle Safety Manufacturing and W & E Baum.

About NJMEP

NJMEP is member of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program ( MEP ), a network of centers throughout the U.S. The centers are part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce . The MEPs were created to help small and mid-sized companies improve their competitive position in the market by focusing on five critical profitable growth areas: continuous improvement, technology acceleration, supplier development, sustainability and workforce development. To learn more about NJMEP visit njmep.org.

Team Electric Slide: Electrical Outlet Assistive Device (Louisiana ...

The focus of the electrical outlet connector is to aid people with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Parkinson`s disease into helping them plug in an everyday electrical device. The important considerations for the project are not to introduce stress factors to the person using the device (such as pushing pulling) and to make the device applicable to most standard American electrical outlets. The final design incorporates all these criteria and establishes an easily assembled, manufacturable device.

INTRODUCTION The project chosen is an electrical outlet connector that will aid people with disabilities to use an electrical outlet without the assistance of another person. Such people lack fine motor skills or upper body strength required to plug in or unplug an electrical device from a wall outlet. These inhibit the user from safely plugging in a device into an electrical outlet. The product will be designed to provide assistance in their day to day lives. The problem at hand is that people who have limited upper body mobility such as people with Parkinson`s disease, Spinal Cord Injury, or Osteoarthritis/Arthritis have trouble connecting cords to the outlet. Parkinson`s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that results from degeneration of neurons in a region of the brain that controls movement. In the United States, at least 500,000 people are believed to suffer from Parkinson’s disease, and about 50,000 new cases are reported annually (1).

Osteoarthritis is characterized by progressive deterioration of the cartilage that lines the joints, which causes bones to rub against each other. This disease especially affects weight-bearing or misaligned joints. Common sites of discomfort are the vertebrae, knees, back, and hips. Approximately 21 million individuals have osteoarthritis in the United States (2). Spinal cord injury patients have limited to no use of their upper body. In this case, they cannot properly bend over to plug in a device into an outlet. Spinal cord injuries affect between four and five million Americans per year and 42% of spinal injury patients are due to motor vehicle injuries (3). When designing an outlet connector for people with these certain disabilities, it is important to consider factors such as size, weight, safety, and force required to load a cord. The electrical outlet connector could be used so clients do not have to depend on others plugging and unplugging everyday devices for them. There is a lack of assistive devices currently available to people with these disabilities in regards to electrical outlets.

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