Who We Are SINCe 1988, NePIrC, The NorTheASTerN PeNNSYLVANIA INDUSTrIAL reSoUrCe CeNTer, has

been working with manufacturers to improve their productivity, profitability, competitiveness and long-term viability. NePIrC is the region’s only mission-driven organization focused exclusively on helping manufacturers identify profitable growth opportunities, adopt new technologies and innovations, improve their bottom-line margins and maximize their business value.

As a member of the nationwide Manufacturing extension Partnership Program, NePIrC avails its clients to not only its own staff expertise, but the capabilities of over 1,600 associates across the United States and thousands of affiliated consulting resources.

NePIrC provides consultative services based upon value, expected client return-on-investment (roI) and agreed-upon performance and results criteria.

INDUSTrY FoCUS – NePIrC focuses exclusively on the manufacturing industry. We monitor international, domestic and regional manufacturing trends, identify current and emerging manufacturer needs and develop results-oriented consultative services right-sized for northeastern Pennsylvania’s small- and mid-sized manufacturers. We scan the horizon to identify industry best-practices and routinely perform or contribute to industry-specific studies to validate our understanding of the business environment in which our clients operate and the ability of our services to help them strive in today’s highly-competitive manufacturing climate.

NATIoNWIDe reSoUrCeS – As one of 60 national Manufacturing extension Partnership Program offices, NePIrC makes large-firm consulting expertise available at a regional level. With access to over 1,600 associates nationwide, NePIrC is capable of connecting clients with the expert assistance they need to achieve their strategic growth and profitability goals. NePIrC also has affiliate relationships with regional consulting resources, universities and economic development organizations, which enable us to provide our clients with the comprehensive services they need in order to prosper and grow.

VALUe-BASeD CoNSULTATIVe SerVICeS – NePIrC’s professionals work with prospective clients to identify and diagnose their business challenges, develop customized solutions and quantify anticipated engagement outcomes. As a result, we’re able to provide engagement proposals supported by agreed-upon return-on-investment (roI), net payback period or net present value calculations. We also incorporate success criteria into each of our proposals and confirm the attainment of that criteria at the end of each client project.

OVERV IEW

Over the past 10 years, NEPIRC’s consultative services enabled clients to retain 7,473 jobs, create 2,019 new jobs, realize $188.4 million in new sales and reduce operating costs by $108.4 million.*

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*Impact voluntarily-reported by clients to U.S Department of Commerce, 2001-2011

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRichard Beasley Regional Community Relations Director PPL Electric Utilities Corp

Jeffery BrunozziVice President - Large Caliber Ammunition Ops General Dynamics OTS (PA) Inc.

Peter ButlerEngineering Manager Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.

william cockerill Community Liaison Greater Scranton Council Labor Union, AFL-CIO

Bruce DanielsController Action Lift/Medico Industries, Inc.

Jeff GittlemanPresident HawkMtn Labs, Inc.

John GrahamPresident Waste Reduction & Recycling, Inc.

Kevin o’Donnell President CAN DO, Inc.

Joseph Persico Managing Partner Rosenn, Jenkins, & Greenwald, L.L.P.

John PulloVice President Gentex Corporation

Sue Spry VP of Workforce & Community Development Luzerne County Community College

George Stark Director, External Affairs Cabot Oil & Gas

Jim TeepleVice President of Global Operations Weiler Corporation

Louis ValentasVice President PNC Bank N.A.

George YuraVice President Bridon American Corporation

75 Young Street • Hanover Industrial EstatesHanover Township, PA 18706

Phone: 570-819-8966 • Toll Free: 800-654-8960Fax: 570-819-8931 • www.nepirc.com

NEPIRC focuses exclusively on improving Pennsylvania manufacturer profitability because manufacturing remains the Commonwealth’s 3rd largest employment sector, represents its largest sector in terms of Gross State Product, and generates over 60% of all Pennsylvania patent and innovation activity. *

*Maxine Devine College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, February 2011

hoW We eNABLe ProFITABLe CLIeNT GroWTh NePIrC’s mission is to improve regional manufacturers’ productivity,

profitability, competitiveness and long-term viability. We accomplish our mission by delivering services aligned with six next generation manufacturer (NGM) strategies.

World-class capabilities in these six forward-looking strategies will drive manufacturing growth and profitability into the 21st century.

SUPerIor ProCeSS IMProVeMeNT – working with clients to record annual productivity and quality gains that exceed their competition and improve operating margins.

CUSToMer-FoCUSeD INNoVATIoN – connecting our clients with the resources they need to develop, make and market new products and/or new services that meet customers’ demands at a pace faster than the competition.

SUPPLY ChAIN MANAGeMeNT – assisting our clients in the development and management of supply chains and strategic partnerships that provide the flexibility, response time and delivery performance they need to maximize profits.

SUSTAINABLe MANUFACTUrING – helping our clients design and implement waste and energy-use reduction programs that reduce operating costs and increase customer value.

TALeNT & hUMAN CAPITAL DeVeLoPMeNT – enabling our clients to secure competitive advantage by having superior systems in place to recruit, hire, develop and retain talent.

GLoBAL eNGAGeMeNT – partnering with our clients to develop the business systems needed to profitably engage in global markets.

WhY ChooSe NePIrC? NePIrC is the only regional resource that offers its clients all of the following:

We are a quality-driven ISo 9001-registered company.

We are market-focused and cater exclusively to the manufacturing industry.

We are results-oriented and retain a third-party market analysis firm to confirm the client impact and client return-on-investment (roI) of every engagement we perform.

We bring expertise, experience and nationwide resources to every engagement.

NePIrC is funded in part by the PA Department of Community & economic Development and the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards & Technology.