Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Manufacturing

U.S. wholesale prices rose record 8.6% over 12 months

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% in September compared to a year ago, the largest advance since the 12-month change...

City zoning board to decide if asphalt paving company can continue...

PROVIDENCE – You don’t need waterfront access to make asphalt. Yet for the last three years, a Providence paving contractor has rented a section of...

Longtime Hasbro leader Goldner dies at 58 following battle with cancer

PAWTUCKET – Longtime Hasbro Inc. CEO Brian D. Goldner has died, just days after taking a leave of absence following ongoing medical treatment for...

High Purity New England seeks to hire 150 amid Smithfield expansion

SMITHFIELD – High Purity New England Inc. says it wants to hire 150 workers in Rhode Island by the first quarter of 2022 in...

Maritime logistics company opens offshore-wind hub in CIC Providence

PROVIDENCE – A Florida-based maritime logistics company is the latest in the burgeoning offshore wind industry to set up offices in Providence’s Innovation &...

SENEDIA to award $2M to regional employers for submarine workforce training...

MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance will award $2 million in training reimbursement subsidies for area employers that train workers in...

Five Questions With: Ted Kennedy

Among the fields in his 35 years of experience, Polaris MEP Project Manager Ted Kennedy has worked in the automotive manufacturing industry. So, he...

Rhode Island Manufacturers Association seeks WaterFire sponsorship assistance

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association has been selected to sponsor WaterFire, including a VIP gala on Oct. 27 at Skyline in Providence. “Many...

Polaris MEP mini grant to fund VR pilot for student exploration...

PROVIDENCE – Polaris MEP has announced that it is one of seven manufacturing extension partnership centers in the U.S. to win an America Works...
GROWING STAFF: Scott J. Pacheco, left, owner and president of Scott James Furniture & Design in Tiverton, with his father, Rob Pacheco, head bed builder. Although the company shut down for two months at the start of the pandemic in March 2020, it has done well since then, Scott Pacheco said, especially “doing a lot more work in the wealthier coastal neighborhoods for people leaving New York,” which has resulted in more full-time employees now than before COVID-19 hit. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

New model for collaboration

Rhode Island has a long, rich and diverse history of design, which arguably started with Samuel Slater. In 1789, the 21-year-old textile mill apprentice...
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