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ABOUT LIFT

Our Vision

To be the premier resource for technology-driven industrial growth through a proven track record of accomplishments in the hands-on application of technology, know-how, and the forging of strategic relationships.

Our Mission

To add value to its members by increasing profitability and creating economic growth on Long Island.

LIFT provides world-class services created to immediately impact the bottom line of Long Island firms. Its team of manufacturing and business professionals is trained and certified by the Department of Commerce and leading industry associations to deliver a wide array of programs directed at needs analysis, process efficiency, technology evaluation, facility layout, quality programs (ISO, AS9100, ISO 14000), six sigma solutions, lean enterprise transformation, strategic planning, job costing, market research, prototype development and capital equipment selection.

LIFT has an industry-driven initiative structure, and provides Long Island businesses with networking opportunities, access to enabling technologies, hands-on assistance and a wide range of programs directed at creating an environment for innovation, lowering the cost of operations and increasing growth, focused on . . . creating Long Island's future.

LIFT supports the defense and aerospace, medical device and healthcare, homeland security, energy, information technology and manufacturing clusters of the Long Island economy. We partner with local companies, organizations, Universities and the National Laboratory Systems.

LIFT is a not-for-profit economic development organization that receives significant financial support from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), New York's high-technology economic development agency, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). LIFT serves as NYSTARŪ's designated Regional Technology Development Center for Long Island and one of nearly 350 MEP locations across the country.

Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT)
111 West Main Street
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Phone: 631-969-3700
Fax: 631-969-4489
info@lift.org