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PUMPED UP: ALCOR Scientific Inc. employee Jeinmy Veloz assembles the main miniiSED pumps prior to packaging at the Smithfield-based medical equipment manufacturer. / COURTESY ALCOR SCIENTIFIC INC.

ALCOR’s medical equipment assisting in the fight against COVID-19

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2021 Excellence in Product Innovation & Design: Alcor Scientific Inc. ALCOR Scientific Inc. in Smithfield has managed to weather the COVID-19 pandemic thanks...
IN CONTROL: From left, Jennifer Lyons, operations; John Caito III, founder and president; and Layne Mayer, director of growth, at Amerisewn in Cranston. /  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Short on sewers, Amerisewn partners with We Make RI to create...

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2021 Excellence in Workforce Development & Productivity: Amerisewn Riot suits, maternity belts, boat seats. Those are just a few of the many products...

George C. Moore Co. chosen as 2020 Fruit of the Loom...

WESTERLY – For the ninth time, George C. Moore Co., a Westerly-based manufacturer of performance fabrics, was recognized as a Fruit of the Loom...

AstroNova posts $1.3M profit in FY21

WEST WARWICK – AstroNova Inc. earned $1.3 million in its fiscal year 2021 ended Jan. 31, or 18 cents per diluted share, a decline...

Five Questions With: Emily Reade

Emily Reade, president of chemical manufacturing company Reade Advanced Materials in East Providence, discusses the International Organization of Standardization’s 9001-2015 certification for small and...
DYNAMIC DUO: Anthony Squillacci Jr., left, president of APAC Tool Inc., took over the family business, which was started as a jewelry manufacturer by his father, Anthony Squillacci Sr., right. APAC now also does product design. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Right tools for jewelers

Anthony Squillacci Sr. learned toolmaking as a teenager, watching over his uncle’s shoulder as they sat side by side at a workbench. Several decades later,...

McKee: Legal marijuana a ‘small-business opportunity’

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee says he sees the legalization of recreational marijuana as a "small-business opportunity," and he is signaling that his...

SUMR Brands reports $1.1M loss in 2020

WOONSOCKET – Summer Infant Inc., known as SUMR Brands, reported a $1.1 million loss in 2020, or 52 cents per diluted share, the company...

Five Questions With: Bryan Orr

Winner of the 2020 Rhode Island Manufacturers Association annual award, it has been a significant year or so for Mahr Inc., maker of dimensional...

RIMA to host virtual manufacturing conference and expo April 13

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Manufacturers Association will host a new annual event on April 13 called the Spring Reignite & Reengage Conference. The online...
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