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BIRTH OF AN IDEA: Dan Aziz, president of Luna Pharmaceuticals, envisions the company branching out beyond prenatal vitamins to lactation and fertility. / COURTESY LUNA PHARMACEUTICALS

National sales success moving Luna to expansion phase

Dan Aziz always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur, but he didn’t know what type of company he’d start until he spent a...

Port eyes new fuel for growth

Don’t let the small mountain of coal overlooking the Port of Providence fool you. Coal is not what it used to be. Pushed to the...
A CLEAN WAY: Clean Bays Executive Director Kent Dresser cruises around Bold Point in East Providence, where the group will remove two sunken barges thanks to an $87,000 state grant. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Vision forming below bay’s surface

Just beneath the scenic surface of Narragansett Bay lies a murkier side of Rhode Island’s maritime legacy. Sunken barges, broken pilings, abandoned yachts and the...
READY FOR BATTLE: Clare King, president of Propel LLC, handling the material used to make one of the coats they are producing for the US Navy. The coats are produced with limited thread and needle, instead using bonding and welding techniques. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

At home on tech side of textiles

Propel LLC President Clare King has gone from making children’s clothing to the technology behind battlefield gear such as flame-resistant camouflage for Army snipers. That...
STOP THE PRESSES: The cover of the final edition of the Providence Phoenix, which published Thursday, Oct. 16. / COURTESY PHOENIX MEDIA

Phoenix bids adieu at 36

If any city seemed suited to an alternative weekly newspaper it was Providence. College students and liberal sensibilities promised a receptive audience, while artists,...
HOLDING SERVE: Todd Martin, CEO International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, says growing the number of people interested in playing will boost interest in the sport’s history. / COURTESY KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Expanded hall to grow international interest in tennis

For an institution as steeped in tradition as the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, 2014 has seen radical change. In...
TAKING OFF? A Southwest Airlines jet taxis in front of the airport’s newly constructed blast wall. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Will Green upgrades pay off?

T.F. Green Airport was supposed to be flying high again. When passenger traffic rebounded last year from an eight-year plunge, the improving economy and start...
BUILDING AN EMPIRE: Empire Prototype Inc. serves medical-device makers and military suppliers, along with a wide range of consumer-products companies. Above, President Jason Enos at the Attleboro headquarters. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Empire a model in planning ahead

Empire Prototype Inc. President Jason Enos picked an exciting time in the field of prototyping to go into business for himself. A master model maker...
GUNS BLAZING: Michele Marland at Addieville East Farm in Burrillville. The grounds host both team-building exercises and client meetings. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Taking their shot at team building

A little like golf, but you get to “break things.”That’s how Jack O’Brien, manager of Addieville East Farm in Burrillville, describes sporting clays, the...
WRITING IT OUT: A.T. Cross CEO Chad Mellen said the recently acquired Sheaffer unit is “strong where Cross is not as strong,” including with its growing calligraphy business. / COURTESY A.T. CROSS

Writing innovations cater to both fashion and function

Lincoln-based A.T. Cross Co. is in some ways a brand new 175-year-old company. Founded in 1839, the high-end pen maker was sold to private...
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