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Medical device manufacturer Cadence Inc. broke ground Wednesday on a 34,000-square-foot expansion of its Cranston facility.
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By PBN Staff
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Manufacturing grew less than forecast in March as orders and production cooled, highlighting the risk of a U.S. economic slowdown this quarter as federal budget cuts take effect.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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Orders placed with U.S. factories increased in February, boosted by a pickup in demand for motor vehicles and commercial aircraft.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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According to the National Association of Manufacturers, every manufacturing job is supported by 3.5 service jobs. It is no wonder, then, that politicians want to talk up the sector. Growing manufacturing jobs not only adds highly paid, blue-collar workers to payrolls, it helps bring down the country’s persistent unemployment problem, too.
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7/9/12
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Using data mined from more than a thousand manufacturers from across the state, leaders of the Rhode Island Manufacturing Renaissance Project will unveil its findings on Wednesday, along with the state’s first comprehensive database of manufacturers in the state.
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By PBN Staff
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Toy and game maker Hasbro Inc. saw its net loss widen 159 percent from $2.6 million, or 2 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2012 to $6.7 million, or 40 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2013, the company announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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Sometimes, time off from work can generate the best business leads and ideas.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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It’s become a common question-and-answer scenario when Mike Reppucci tells someone about his business, Sons of Liberty Spirits Co.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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For Rhode Islanders, marine debris is an environmental problem whose solution has been a long time coming. You may have heard the recent news that the Senate Commission to Study Producer Responsibility Models for Paper and Packaging has been meeting since November, and will soon make a recommendation.
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Guest Column:
Paul Gardner | 2/4/13 |
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Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly expanded in February at the fastest pace in almost a year, a sign the manufacturing industry is poised for growth.
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By Alex Kowalski |