Meet the Makers: Pawtucket battery maker takes power to the extreme
(Editor’s note: This is the 49th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
MIKEL awarded $64M Navy contract for Washington state division
MIDDLETOWN – MIKEL Inc., an undersea warfare technology company, has been awarded a five-year, $64 million prime contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering...
RIDEM offers $15M in federal disaster relief funding to farmers
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island farmers who were negatively impacted by weather disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now tap into nearly $15 million in federal relief funding...
America250-Enduring Success: Leonard Valve Co.
(Editor’s note: This is the 27th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...
Lardaro: R.I. continues to recover from ‘shallow recession’
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s recovery from a shallow recession continues, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro said Friday in his monthly Current Conditions Index report.
The...
R.I.’s 3.7% August jobless rate 3rd highest in New England
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s August unemployment rate of 3.7% is the third highest in New England but below the national rate of 4.1%, according...
For some R.I. companies, getting tariff refunds has been a headache
Rhode Island businesses are starting to get millions of dollars back from tariffs they paid under the Trump administration, including interest.
About $25 million in...
R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 3.7% in August
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August was 3.7%, down from 3.9% in July, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
Gilbane’s people-first culture puts mental health and wellness at the center
PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026
1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES
3. Gilbane Inc.
CEO (or equivalent): Edward T. Broderick, CEO
Full-time U.S. employees: 3,300
With some 3,300 employees globally, Gilbane Inc., a...
Groov-Pin’s commitment to health starts and ends with its employees
PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026
2-99 EMPLOYEES
1. Groov-Pin Corp.
CEO (or equivalent): Scot A. Jones, CEO
Full-time U.S. employees: 72
Groov-Pin Corp. knows that to stay ahead of...
