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Developed by its current President and Founder, NMMI began as a pilot project of the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP) to support minority manufacturing development in South Carolina. The project was funded by SCMEP, U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), DOC Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). At NIST-MEP headquarters, the model became a national demonstration model and evolved to NMMI’s founding in 2003 following expanded private and public sector support.

Today, NMMI is the only national organization exclusively focused on the development of the value-added Minority Manufacturing base in America for participation in today’s global supply chains.

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