CONNSTEP Announces New Board Member Alison Carey-Lynch

August 10, 2022
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(Hartford, CT, August 11, 2022) – CONNSTEP, the Connecticut Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center, announced today the appointment of Alison Carey-Lynch as a new member to its board of directors.Carey-Lynch is the Director of Quality and External Relations at Carey Manufacturing, a family-owned business located in Cromwell, Connecticut. She has worked for over 10 years at the company where she has managed Sales, Purchasing and Production, and now leads the Quality Department.

Carey Manufacturing has been supplying catches, latches, and handles for military, aerospace, computer, electronics, telecom, automotive, and consumer applications since 1981. The business is fully dedicated to producing American made products, having reshored manufacturing from China to their Connecticut facility.

“CONNSTEP welcomes Alison to its board with her manufacturing background and looks forward to having her experience guide our organization as we serve and support manufacturers in the state,” said Beatriz Gutierrez, President & CEO of CONNSTEP.

About CONNSTEP: A member of the MEP National Network, CONNSTEP is a manufacturing consultancy firm serving small-to-medium sized companies, implementing advanced business and technical solutions, and workforce strategies, that help organizations grow, improve profitability, and create sustainable competitive advantages.

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