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Access Prosperity receives federal funding for Manufacturing & Export Enhancement Cluster
Central Alberta: Access Prosperity has announced it is receiving a federal investment of $870,292 through PrairiesCan for a Manufacturing & Export Enhancement (MEE) Cluster.
Officials say the funding, made available through PrairiesCan’s Regional Innovation Ecosystem program, will allow for the delivery of initiatives to foster manufacturing innovation, enhance collaboration, and support manufacturers along their digital transformation journey across the Prairies region.
Access Prosperity, a not-for-profit economic development organization located in Red Deer, AB, officially launched the MEE Cluster March 2022. The cluster was said to be established out of the need to support small and medium-sized businesses in manufacturing technology adoption, and to bring industry, postsecondary institutes, and various like-minded organizations closer together in the name of manufacturing innovation and growth across western Canada.
One of the first initiatives being rolled out thanks in part to the federal funding is the Industrial Additive Manufacturing Hack-A-Thon hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing – Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC) at Red Deer Polytechnic.