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ENERGY &  THE ENVIRONMENT

Taco product tackles hot-water dilemma

With nearly 100 years in operation under its belt, Taco Inc. has the enviable position of being both a solid cornerstone of the manufacturing...
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CEO (or equivalent):  Alan P. Albergaria, owner and president 2013 REVENUE: $9.4 million 2011 REVENUE: $6.9 million REVENUE GROWTH: 36%

Expanding offerings, efficiency are hallmarks

Headquartered in Warwick, Automated Business Solutions, an office equipment provider and servicer, has been in business for more than 20 years. For a small...

Focus on positive impact on community, staff

In its more than 25 years in business, Warwick-based Atrion Networking Corp. has learned the value of facilitating connections and collaboration for its clients....
COMMUNITY BASED, NATIONALLY AWARE: As head of corporate affairs and chair of the Citizens Charitable Foundation, Barbara Cottam is the point person for the bank in its efforts to help solve problems in the region, often less with money than with creative thinking and persuasion. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Solving problems with conviction, commitment

There is no doubt that Barbara Cottam is an accomplished businessperson. She serves as executive vice president, head of corporate affairs and Rhode Island...
GROWING CAPABILITIES: Todd Blount, center, president of Blount Fine Foods since 2000, has invested heavily in the food manufacturer’s ability to adapt to the fast-changing consumer food marketplace, including by supporting fast product development by the company’s research and development team, including R&D chefs Benjamin Murray, left, and Thomas Gervasi. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Blount builds a history of making the right moves

Blount Fine Foods is one of the region’s most recognized family businesses. It has been processing food since 1946, starting with frozen shellfish. The...
STITCHING TOGETHER A NEW STORY: Hope Global President and CEO Cheryl Merchant, left, has led the transformation of the company into a global supplier of engineered textile solutions. Here she speaks with Robert Ewing, supervisor of the weaving division at the company’s Cumberland manufacturing facility. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Years of diligent effort support CEO’s success

When you ask Cheryl Merchant, president and CEO of Hope Global in Cumberland, how she’s doing at the start of a conversation, like most...
MORE THAN CHILD’S PLAY: Highlander Charter School has shown strong success with its students, so much so that the R.I. Department of Education not only extended its charter but is allowing the school to extend its programs to pre-kindergarten and high school. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

School reaches higher to push student success

It’s an understatement to say that the problems plaguing the public educational system have been a hard nut to crack. Theorists and teachers, politicians...
A CARING SPIRIT: Thanks to volunteers like student nurse Marissa Roberge, left, and nurse practitioner Rebedda Carley, right, Rhode Island Free Clinic CEO Marie Ghazal has been able to expand the number of clinic visits 400 percent since 2008. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Clinic drives resources into care for the needy

As it has for more than a decade, Rhode Island Free Clinic is pushing hard on all fronts to extend health care to poor...
A CARING SPIRIT: Thanks to volunteers like student nurse Marissa Roberge, left, and nurse practitioner Rebedda Carley, right, Rhode Island Free Clinic CEO Marie Ghazal has been able to expand the number of clinic visits 400 percent since 2008. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Clinic drives resources into care for the needy

As it has for more than a decade, Rhode Island Free Clinic is pushing hard on all fronts to extend health care to poor...

Clients forcing growth on this software builder

Nick Kishfy, founder and CEO of MojoTech, is no stranger to making something from nothing. The Barrington resident began his career working on venture-backed...
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