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Manufacturing

U.S. manufacturing increased in July but at slower pace

WASHINGTON (AP) – Growth in United States manufacturing slowed in July amid ongoing supply-chain problems. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing...
NEW YORK-BASED Tonix Pharmaceuticals in building an development center in the Dartmouth section of the New Bedford Business Park.

Biopharma firm to build R&D center in Dartmouth with 70 jobs

DARTMOUTH – A publicly traded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in New York is preparing to construct a 45,000-square-foot research and manufacturing plant in the...

Governor’s panel discusses strategies for aiding state’s small businesses

PROVIDENCE – A panel of business leaders discussed potential strategies aimed at aiding the state's small businesses on Facebook live on Thursday. The discussion was...

Textron posts $183M profit in Q2

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. earned a profit of $183 million in the second quarter of 2021, or 81 cents per diluted share, the company...

Sensata earns $1M profit in Q2

ATTLEBORO – Sensata Technologies Holdings PLC earned a profit of $1.1 million in the second quarter of 2021, a turnaround from a $42.5 million...

RIMA readies for Annual Manufacturing Awards Dinner Aug. 17

MIDDLETOWN – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will hold its annual Manufacturing Awards Dinner at Kempenaar's Clambake Club in Middletown on Aug. 17. The event,...
THE R.I. SENATE has passed a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

R.I. issues guidance for businesses filing taxes on PPP loans

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Revenue and Division of Taxation issued tax filing guidance on Monday for businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program...
FAMILY MOLD: Francis H. Curren IV, right, vice president of Pease & Curren Inc., a family-owned precious-metal refinement company in Warwick that works with jewelers, pawn brokers, medical offices and recyclers, watches as David Silva, manager/operator, pours molten metal into a mold. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Curren ensures metal refining family business in capable hands

It’s hard to sum up Pease & Curren Inc.’s business in a single word. Much of the 40,000-square-foot building in Warwick suggests manufacturing: unfinished, concrete...

Robert Hackett

2021 40 Under Forty Awards Robert Hackett | 39 | Engineering Manager, Johnson Controls Inc. How do you think COVID-19 will change your industry going...

Gregory Scorpio

2021 40 Under Forty Awards Gregory Scorpio | 39 | Chief Financial Officer, G-Form LLC What was your first job? Golf caddy at Metacomet Country...
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