The staff of the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence is currently assisting entrepreneurial clients of the Manufacturing Development Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Products under development are related to everything from medical assisting to recreational devices. The CIME staff are providing design, development, and prototyping services to these entrepreneurs. The CIME staff is providing these services in a partnership with the MDC, as a vehicle to assist these entrepreneurs in getting their products to market as quickly as possible. A few of the innovations developed for these MDC clients have been custom control systems, reliability engineering and safety designs. Quoting Tim Bala, Coordinator at CIME, “At the Center of Innovation for Manufacturing Excellence (CIME), the singular goal is to retain and grow manufacturing jobs throughout the state of Georgia through workforce development, technology transfer, and the support of entrepreneurs and smaller companies. In short, Georgia manufacturers find the advanced manufacturing guidance and training they need to make technology work for them.”