Federal agencies award UT Arlington’s TMAC $6.7 million to bolster manufacturing
Small businessUT Arlington’s TMAC, formerly the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, has won a five-year, $33.5 million Commerce Department award to manage Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers to help small and mid-sized manufacturers across the state. TMAC’s annual award of $6.7 million represented an increase of $1.4 million a year to the University’s center and was by far the largest allotment among the $26 million in cooperative agreements awarded in 10 states. TMAC and six other partner institutions across the state help small and mid-sized manufacturing companies