Manufacturing

CHECKING IN: Plant Manager Craig Danko, left, and Production Manager Joe Cairo, right, review safety checklists with Michael Simpson, a setup machinist, at Saint-Gobain in Bristol.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Saint-Gobain is serious about playing it safe

Manufacturing 03/15/2019

Saint-Gobain SA Excellence in Safety Performance & Records | 2019 Manufacturing Awards At Saint-Gobain SA, safety starts on day one. “Our safety-first culture is fueled by preparation,”...

SOUPED UP: From left, Courtney Blount Hamilton, receptionist; Rachael Blount Girard, food-service national accounts market manager; Myvette Sousa, executive assistant in corporate services; and Lisa Blount White, logistics accountant, show off some of the products made at Blount Fine Foods.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Blount Fine Foods finds the right ingredients for success

Manufacturing 03/15/2019

Blount Fine Foods Corp. Family-owned Business | 2019 Manufacturing Awards Families adapt to change, face challenges together and help others when they can. A family business started...

MEETING OF THE MINDS: Toray Plastics President and CEO Michael Brandmeier, center, discusses company business with Chris Nothnagle, left, corporate marketing senior director, and Chief Financial Officer David Jose.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Toray Plastics’ Brandmeier committed to colleagues’ success

Manufacturing 03/15/2019

Michael Brandmeier, Toray Plastics (America) Inc. Leadership & Strategy Winner | 2019 PBN Manufacturing Awards Toray Plastics (America) Inc. may be an industry leader in manufacturing...

FOOD INSPECTORS: Employee Maria Velez, left, and CEO Navyn Salem check food packages as they move along the production line at the Edesia plant in North Kingstown.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Edesia assembles ready-to-use remedy for the world’s hungriest

Manufacturing 03/15/2019

Edesia INC. Overall Excellence, 50-149 employees | 2019 PBN Manufacturing Awards Producing peanut-based, ready-to-use foods that help treat different degrees of malnutrition experienced by pregnant women...

ALL ABOARD: Mechanic Jose Duarte, left, consults a board that’s integral to International Packaging’s lean protocols. With him, from left, are Lucy Amaral, production manager; James Kilmartin, purchasing manager; and Erin Kilmartin, marketing and creative director.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Interpak invites vendors, customers on its ‘Lean journey’

Manufacturing 03/15/2019

International Packaging Corp. Lean Management | 2019 Manufacturing Awards “Being ‘Lean’ has changed how we manufacture our products and how we act as a company,”...

A RECORD CROWD of more than 320 attended the sixth PBN Manufacturing Awards program, held at WaterFire Providence's headquarters in the Valley neighborhood of the city. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Record crowd attends PBN Manufacturing Awards program

Manufacturing 03/14/2019

PROVIDENCE – A crowd of more than 320 manufacturing industry leaders attended Providence Business News’ sixth Manufacturing Awards program Wednesday at WaterFire Providence’s Valley...

ASTRONOVA reported a profit of $5.7 million in fiscal 2019. Above, AstroNova President and CEO Gregory A. Woods. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

AstroNova reports $5.7M profit in FY19

Manufacturing 03/14/2019

WEST WARWICK – Astronova Inc. reported profit of $5.7 million in the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, a 74.4 percent increase from the previous...

Maxon to open new engineering, manufacturing facility in Taunton

Real Estate 03/13/2019

TAUNTON – Maxon Precision Motors Inc., a maker of high-precision drive systems, is opening a new design engineering and production facility in an industrial...