As a small business owner, you shudder in fear at the thought of doing business with the government or maybe you feel that you have a chance because not every company with whom the government does business is the size of Halliburton.
Take VM Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. started by Vincent Marzigliano in 1999 and currently doing business with major government and private industry entities. Although his company had already achieved an impressive level of local success, in 2003 Vincent sought to expand VM’s sphere of customers. He attended a seminar on how to do business with major private industry and government entities. This was one of many across the island presented by Long Island Development Corporation’s (LIDC) Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP – pronounced P-TAP) and just the help and guidance Vincent was looking for to expand his business. To the people at PTAP, VM Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. was and is a perfect example of how a relatively small company acquires the know-how to do business in a much bigger way.

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Metal fabrication, amazingly enough, grew from the germ of an idea that later seized the imagination of Marzigliano. It started at the tender age of 14 when he learned how to fabricate in basic metal, blueprint-designed parts in a manufacturing shop class as a student at Calhoun High School in Merrick.
“It was a path that seem destined for me,” says Vincent, a young guy of 45 with energy, stamina and ambition to spare. Vince tells about graduating from high school in 1976, and working as a machinist to earn an AA New York State certification. He tells about how he learned to operate any machine in the metal manufacturing environment and how he earned mechanical and manufacturing engineering degrees and designations from Farmingdale University and an MBA from Dowling College.
Vincent was always considered a go-getter by his family, friends and colleagues. For example, he became involved as a member in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Long Island Chapter, eventually became an officer and then Chairman of SME Chapter 88, merging Long Island and New York City Chapters, and then an SME regional officer with responsibility for monitoring 11 chapters with 4, 000 members in New York State and lower Canada.
In 1999, itching to start his own company, he launched VM-Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. “It seemed natural to me,” Vincent says. His goal was clear and although he worked 12 and 14-hour days and started with only $300. and a cell phone in a 12 x 15 ft office, he utilized his past experience and associations and won manufacturing contracts supplying component parts to the aircraft, commercial and medical fields for local Long Island and New York City corporations.
In 2000 Vincent started to look for a larger building in which to house his operation and in mid-2001 purchased a 3,000 square foot building in Holbrook. From that point to the present, VM-Manufacturing Corporation, Inc. acquired and purchased assets equaling $1,000,000. in real estate and manufacturing equipment along with expanding his staff.
The big leap came when in 2003 and ’04 when Vincent upgraded his computer and quality systems to implement government and local business requirements. Through the assistance and training of the LIDC PTAP professional staff, Vincent was able to implement the tools learned and acquire multiple contracts from the Defense Supply Centers of Philadelphia and Richmond Virginia.
"LIDC's dedicated assistance and open invitation to help long Island business was invaluable and they go out of their way to assist small business growth in the New York areas,” says Vincent. “I feel honored and thankful to have been able to work with the dedicated people at LIDC’s PTAP division.”
Vincent’s motto “Make It Happen” has always represented his philosophy of dedication to his goals in spite of obstacles in a challenging field. Seems like it’s happening.