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			<p>NIST's  Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has awarded funding to its  centers in Texas and Louisiana to help companies recover from Hurricane Harvey.</p> <p>The $3  million in funding will allow two of the MEP National Network Centers, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tmac.org/" target="_blank" >Texas Manufacturing  Assistance Center </a>&nbsp;(TMAC) and the&nbsp;<a href="http://mepol.org/" target="_blank" >Manufacturing Extension  Partnership of Louisiana </a>&nbsp;(MEPOL), to identify and  provide recovery support to small and medium-sized manufacturers who are  suffering from physical damage to their facilities, labor shortages, and other  disruptions caused by the storm and flooding.</p>
<p>Smaller manufacturers are often important suppliers in vital national supply  chains. Helping them recover quickly will limit the repercussions felt up and  down the supply chain and across the country. The MEP centers will identify  obstacles keeping affected manufacturers from returning to normal operations  and help them develop plans to recover. TMAC and MEPOL will also connect the  businesses with appropriate federal, state and local resources that can further  assist them in their business recovery efforts.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Longer term, the centers will work with NIST to develop  the best way to disseminate disaster preparedness information and best  practices for what manufacturers should do before, during&nbsp;and after a  disaster. This information will also be used by NIST and the MEP National  Network to develop strategies that support recovery planning and risk  mitigation for manufacturers across the United States.
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