Services and Solutions
Enhance growth, improve productivity, reduce costs, lower risk and expand capacity.
Industries
Find a solution designed and customized to suit your unique industry needs.
Training and Courses
Unparalleled training and educational programs with multiple ways to learn and grow.
Who We Are
Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) is the engineering-based, solutions-driven, client-focused extension unit of NC State’s College of Engineering. Our broad portfolio of solutions and deep industry expertise help organizations grow, innovate and prosper. Our extensive partnerships with business, industry, education and government generate a unique culture of collaboration that provides access to cutting-edge expertise, research, and technology.
We serve clients at every level of their organization, no matter what the challenge. We focus on delivering practical and enduring results and equipping our clients to grow and lead. Since 2000, IES-led NCMEP efforts have resulted in $2.9 billion in economic benefit to the State of North Carolina.
IES offers a broad range of assessments, a portfolio of solutions and expertise in many industry sectors. We can also tailor our solutions to your individual requirements. If you don’t find your industry listed in our solutions, contact us to see how we can design a solution customized to your organization’s particular needs.
Check out our overview fact sheet
Check out our solutions overview brochure.
Read our Annual Report 2020.
Explore A Day in the Life of IES.
See We are IES video
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Affiliate Partners
- US Department of Commerce – NIST
- NC Manufacturing Extension Partnership
- NC Department of Commerce
- NC Community College System
- The Economic Development Partnership of NC
- Polymers Center of Excellence
- Manufacturing Solutions Center
- North Carolina A&T State University
- East Carolina University
- Hanger6
- UNC Charlotte
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IES Success Story
UPCOMING EVENTS
MFGCON 2021 Manufacturing Conference
NEWS & UPDATES
Manufacturing Update April 2021
April 2021 ManufacturingUpdate The Manufacturing Update is a bi-monthly electronic newsletter from Industry Expansion Solutions with up-to-date manufacturing news. Below you can view past issues. Lead Stories Solutions Courses Resources Subscribe...
You’re Invited to Meet With Your Congressional Representative, Virtually
Please join us for Hill Day 2021 Please join us in speaking with your district’s congressional representative (or office staff member) about your involvement with the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) program administered by NC State’s...
Grant-Funded Services Available for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
NCMEP has launched the Emergency Assistance Program (EAP)—funded by the CARES Act—to provide services that support manufacturers’ ability to respond to the coronavirus and improve their competitiveness as the marketplace adapts to the coronavirus disruption. To...