Ready for the Future
Our Manufacturing Readiness Grants are helping Indiana’s makers meet the challenges of a rapidly changing economy. Explore their stories.

Lumatic Imagery LLC Wins Manufacturing Readiness Grants Scale-Up its Manufacturing Production for PopCam
Accutech Mold & Machine Paired two Manufacturing Readiness Grants (MRGs) to support Autonomous Robotics, Sensor Technology Adoption and Digitizing Machine Operations
A Fully Integrated Automation Line Becomes Reality at Chiyoda USA with Support from a Manufacturing Readiness Grant
Oscar Winski’s manufacturing story began with opening his first scrap metal business with his son, Louis, in Lafayette, Ind., in 1907. Today, that company retains its original entrepreneurial spirit, with […]
Soil-Max Implements an Innovative Robotic Welding System to Create a Dynamic Manufacturing Process
Smoker Craft Installs Custom-created Robotic Tube Welding System Saying, ‘There’s Nothing Else Like This in the World.’
Batesville Tool & Die Invested its Manufacturing Readiness Grant in Advanced Robotics with Integrated Machine Vision to Significantly Grow its Manufacturing Capacity
117-year-old Pike Lumber Company Continues Legacy of Sustainable Forest Management and Tech-enabled Sawmill Operations with Help from Manufacturing Readiness Grant
Hurricane Ditcher’s application for an MRG was approved for $175,000, enabling the addition of a cobot to its new advanced plasma cutting table project.
Arcamed Leverages a Manufacturing Readiness Grant to Implement Two Cobots and the World’s Fastest Small Part Bending Cell
Manufacturing Readiness Grant helps Standard Integrated Solutions leap into Industry 4.0 with collaborative robotics (cobots)
DuraMark Technologies Invested a $150,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant in Label Production Technology to Reduce Manual Steps and Increase Production Capabilities
TouchTronics Invests in New Equipment to Enhance Product Quality and Bring Product Testing In-house
Marion Manufacturing Increases its Competitive Edge by Digitizing Product and Quality Inspection Data
D.A.S. Services Embarks on a Digital Manufacturing Journey with Innovative, Industry-Specific Software for Repair Shops
Chocolate Company, SoChatti, Leverages a Manufacturing Readiness Grant to Commercialize an Innovative Food Technology
FiberX found a niche with untapped potential by leveraging science to make products out of corn harvest waste products.
Manufacturing Readiness Grant enables enhanced, automated production line for mass-production of a portable tactile graphic device
ArcticRx by ChefsFridge Co. Leverages Indiana’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Ecosystem to Move Rapidly from Prototype to Manufacturing Production
Support from Manufacturing Readiness Grant Helps Entrepreneurial Holic Foods Ramp-up to National Presence with Automation
Young Entrepreneur Tapped $200,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant to Help Bring Smart Tech to His AgTech Start-up
Riverside Mfg. LLC earns $200,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant to support $5.2m investment in next-gen technology, automation.
Industrial Pallet Corp accelerates incremental technology upgrades with help of $150,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant
Indiana entrepreneur accelerates manufacturing expansion and community impact with a Manufacturing Readiness Grant
Hardtech manufacturer Copper Mountain Technologies expands product capabilities, enters new markets and makes a Moon landing with help from a Manufacturing Readiness Grant
WF Meyers earns assist from $200,000 MRG to pursue premier manufacturing processes for the stone cutting industry