Ben Franklin Northeast | Services For Manufacturers

For Manufacturers

Learn how Ben Franklin Northeast can improve your manufacturing operations, driving efficiency and sparking innovation that will propel your company ahead of the competition. With specialized services to help you make your business more competitive, Ben Franklin Northeast is committed to partnering with you to maximize your manufacturing potential, making your business run smoother, smarter, and more efficiently.

Support & Innovation at Your Fingertips

At Ben Franklin Northeast, we leverage a network of proven experts, including university faculty and industry specialists, ready to help your manufacturing business succeed. As a client, you’ll benefit from strategic and technological guidance to refine your manufacturing operations, improve your products, and open up new market opportunities.

Funding Innovation and Enhancements

We don’t stop at advice. Ben Franklin Northeast also provides financial support to bring your innovations to life. Our 1:1 matching grant helps fund tech-driven improvements across your organization. Whether upgrading your manufacturing line, creating new products, or enhancing existing ones, we’re here to back your projects with up to $25,000 per project, capping at $50,000 per client over three years.

The work traditionally involves partnering with a college or university for technology development and applications that improve your products and processes. Our goal is to make your manufacturing operations quicker, more cost-effective, and competitive!

Recent PRojects

200-Employee Furniture & Device Manufacturing Firm in Northampton County

Leveraged $25,000 of Ben Franklin Northeast grant funding to select and implement a new ERP system

10-Employee Scrap Metal Processing Company

Used Ben Franklin Northeast grant funding to help assess cost effectiveness of recycling waste lubricating fluids

150-Employee Coal Mining Business in Schuylkill County

Worked with Lehigh University’s Energy Research Center, funded in part by Ben Franklin Northeast, to assess a process for extracting rare earth minerals

1,000-Employee Lackawanna County Defense Contractor

Worked with Ben Franklin Northeast and Lehigh University to assess make-buy decisions for various material inputs

35-Employee Paper Waste Management Company

Worked with Ben Franklin Northeast and a selected consulting firm through Wilkes University to identify a more cost-effective paper sorting process

35-Employee Food Processing Firm in the Susquehanna Valley Region

Worked with a selected consultant and Alvernia University to layout an expanded facility

Manufacturing Grants

Ben Franklin Northeast provides grants (up to $25,000) to established manufacturers across our 21 counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin TechVentures
116 Research Drive
Bethlehem, PA, 18015

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The Ben Franklin Technology Partners is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and receives funding from the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority.