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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...
CLASS IN SESSION: To better educate employees on tips for a healthy lifestyle, Groov-Pin Corp. brings in wellness vendors to lead tailored classes based on what a certain group may need. 
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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...

Safety comes first in Toray Plastics’ wellness culture

PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2026 500-1,499 EMPLOYEES 5. Toray Plastics (America) Inc. CEO (or equivalent): Christopher Roy, CEO, president, and chief operating officer Full-time U.S. employees: 600 At Toray...

Commentary: The private side of trust

(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series, When Did Confidentiality Become Optional?) For more than 30 years, I have been part of...

SEACORP awarded $1M in state job tax credits

MIDDLETOWN – Defense contractor SEACORP LLC is planning to create at least 53 jobs in Rhode Island with a median salary of $100,000 per...
PERSONAL TOUCH: After growing up in the jewelry making business, Rachel Ajaj, owner and designer of Air and Anchor, launched the Cranston-based jewelry manufacturer with her husband in 2020. 
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Ajaj keeps family tradition alive with Air and Anchor jewelry design

(Editor’s note: This is the 48th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

AstroNova’s $272M sale to private equity firm is finalized

WEST WARWICK – AstroNova Inc., a publicly traded specialty printers and computer hardware manufacturer, is going private after the firm’s shareholders approved the company’s...

New England Institute of Technology, Electric Boat launch $45M expansion project

WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology has broken ground on a $45 million expansion project set to triple the school’s campus here and...

R.I.’s 3.9% July jobless rate 3rd highest in New England

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s July unemployment rate of 3.9% was the third highest in New England but below the national rate of 4.1%, according...

R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 3.9% in July

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July was 3.9%, down from 4.1% in June, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
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