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PBN Digital Issue – 40 Under Forty Awards 2026

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MILESTONE: Sisters Marcia, left, and Julie Blount lead the Blount Boats Inc. shipyard in Warren, which was founded by their father and recently celebrated its 75th ­anniversary.
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Meet the Makers: Warren shipyard has navigated the waters of boat-building...

Sisters Marcia and Julie Blount grew up watching their father, Luther Blount, sketch boat designs on napkins. Those sketches became real vessels at Blount...
TRIAL AND ERROR: Alejandro Martinez, Mearthane Products Corp.’s marketing director, shows some experimental moldings in the company’s development lab inside its Cranston headquarters. 
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Meet the Makers: Moment of ingenuity helped Mearthane to continue rolling

In more ways than one, Cranston-based Mear-thane Products Corp. has proved to be the ultimate spinoff company over the last 60 years. The company was...
PRODUCT ASSESSMENT: Alice Nichols, left, founder and owner, and Donna Bodell, vice president and designer, look over some of the products on the factory floor at pet supply manufacturer Up Country in East Providence.
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Meet the Makers: Determination pays off for pet apparel designer, with...

When Alice Nichols launched her pet apparel company, Up Country, she knew her creatively designed collars would sell. More than 40 years later, that...
CONSTANT DIVERSIFICATION: Evelyn Gutierrez works on countertop rails for an American-made yacht with Chairman Thomas Tanury at Lincoln-based metal finishing company Tanury Industries. The company used to specialize in jewelry, but now the largest markets it serves are lighting, electronics, aerospace and giftware.
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Meet the Makers: Tanury Industries stays on its toes to keep...

Just about anything can shine at Tanury Industries. It’s hard to miss the reflections coming off all kinds of objects – from eyeglass frames...
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