{"id":78,"date":"2015-05-11T16:45:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T21:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2015\/05\/11\/m2d2_participates_in_nh_governor_maggie_hassan_visit\/"},"modified":"2015-12-21T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T20:27:20","slug":"m2d2_participates_in_nh_governor_maggie_hassan_visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/2015\/05\/11\/m2d2_participates_in_nh_governor_maggie_hassan_visit\/","title":{"rendered":"M2D2 Participates in NH Governor Maggie Hassan Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M2D2 was pleased to participate when New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan paid a visit to platinum corporate sponsor Omni Components recently.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Omni Components, located in Hudson NH, is a manufacturer of medical devices and other precision machined products. Governor Hassan was interested to learn firsthand of Omni&#8217;s recent improvements in workforce and career development, energy consumption, streamlined manufacturing processes, and work environment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During her tour of the plant, Governor Hassan learned about Omni&#8217;s &#8220;green&#8221; initiative with efforts to reduce waste. She also learned about their installation of state-of-the-art air cleaning machinery for air quality and employee comfort. During the roundtable discussion that followed, Governor Hassan fielded questions from the audience and learned more about Omni&#8217;s support of M2D2 and UMass Lowell. Omni is a supporter of UMass Lowell by hiring student interns from the university&#8217;s engineering faculties. Omni is also a big supporter of M2D2 by seeking to work one-on-one with associated start-up companies in all aspects of their entrepreneurial endeavors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/Steve%20Mary%20Ann%20tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Steve Mary Ann tour.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/assets_c\/2015\/05\/Steve Mary Ann tour-thumb-220x146-3497.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i><font>Plant tour at Omni Components in Hudson NH<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/Governor%20tour2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Governor tour2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/assets_c\/2015\/05\/Governor tour2-thumb-220x330-3499.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i><font><br \/><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><font><br \/><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><font><br \/><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><font><br \/><\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><font>Governor Hassan speaks with Omni employee about recent air quality improvements<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/Frank%20Gov%20MAP%20Steve%20M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Frank Gov MAP Steve M.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/m2d2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/12\/assets_c\/2015\/05\/Frank Gov MAP Steve M-thumb-220x183-3502.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i><font>L to R: Frank Stone, CEO of Omni Components; Governor Maggie Hassan; Mary Ann Picard, Associate Director of M2D2; Stephen McCarthy, PhD, Director of M2D2 at UMass Lowell<\/font><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M2D2 was pleased to participate when New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan paid a visit to platinum corporate sponsor Omni Components recently. Omni Components, located in Hudson NH, is a manufacturer of medical devices and other precision machined products. 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