About Us

Who Are We?

TMAC stands for Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center. We are an MEP affiliate, consisting of eight Texas partner institutions, providing affordable technical management, consulting and training services for companies in pursuit of accelerating profitable growth and improving products, processes and people statewide.



We exist to provide affordable assistance in technical, management, consulting, and training areas to accelerate profitable growth and improve companies products, processes and people.

Our power lies within our affiliation with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and our six partner institutions to deliver services statewide.

Our cost effective services give you the tools to be competitive. Whether it is a spot solution or total transformation, all technical assistance and training is customized to fit your objectives. TMAC works with you to improve productivity, quality and profitability.

TMAC is perfect for businesses that want to:

  • Grow
  • Increase Profits
  • Be Environmentally Responsive
  • Improve Management Systems
  • Implement Appropriate Technologies
  • Develop a Skilled Workforce

TMAC doesn't leave a to-do list for you to negotiate alone. We work with you to achieve dramatic results. Our objective is to develop your in-house expertise so that improvements are sustainable.

We are passionate about creating strong partnerships with our customers. This is our main differentiation and the reason why our customers prefer us. We get directly involved from the training stages all the way to planning and implementing specific continuous improvement projects. We feel we are successful until we see a positive impact on our customers’ bottom line.

TMAC is an affiliate of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The program is hosted by six partner institutions:

  • The University of Texas at Arlington
  • The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), part of The Texas A&M University System
  • The University of Texas at El Paso
  • Southwest Research Institute
  • Texas Tech University
  • The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley