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Five Questions With: Samuel Chionuma

Quick, reliable COVID-19 tests mean fewer disruptions in manufacturing production lines and fewer employees out of work. Rhode Island rolled out a pilot program...

R.I. Textile Innovation Network webinar to focus on industrial sewing

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network will host a free webinar on March 3 focused on We Make RI’s Industrial Sewing workforce...
CLIMBING THE LADDER: Junior Jabbie started as an intern at Banneker Supply Chain Solution Inc. in North Smithfield in 2005. Now he is the company’s top executive. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Everybody’s Business: Mentor helped lift him to the top

(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
INTEGRAL ROLE: Heather Handrigan-Ross, third-generation owner of Atlas Pallet Corp. in Burrillville, says the manufacturer understood with the onset of COVID-19 “that if people wanted to get masks, wanted to get consumer goods, pallet supply lines would have to flow.”  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Third-generation owner keeps pallet manufacturer flowing and growing

In a hot-pink mask and blown-out hair, Heather Handrigan-Ross may not fit the stereotypical look of a manufacturer. But as she strode into the production...

R.I. Department of Health on underused COVID-19 treatment: ‘We have plenty...

PROVIDENCE – The vaccines that prevent serious illness with COVID-19 are in short supply in Rhode Island. Paradoxically, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19...

Health care equipment distributor CME signs 3-year contract with Magnet Group

WARWICK – CME Corp., a distributor of health care equipment to hospitals, physicians’ offices, government facilities and other clients, has been added as a...
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.'S marine systems segment, which includes General Dynamics Electric Boat, reported $10 billion in revenue, an increase of 8.7% year over year. / COURTESY GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT

General Dynamics earns $3.2B in 2020

PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Corp. earned a profit of $3.2 billion in 2020, a 9.1% decline year over year, the company reported Wednesday. Earnings per...
TEXTRON INC. reported a profit of $309 million profit in 2020, a decline from $815 million one year prior. / COURTESY TEXTRON AVIATION

Textron posts $309M profit in 2020

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. reported a $309 million profit in 2020, a decline from $815 million one year prior, the company announced Wednesday. Earnings per...

Amgen, Veterans Assembled Electronics at STRAC Institute win Platinum Awards for...

PROVIDENCE – Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen Rhode Island in West Greenwich and Veterans Assembled Electronics at the STRAC Institute in Providence each won a U.S....

American Cord and Webbing rebrands with new website, logo and tagline

WOONSOCKET – American Cord and Webbing Co., a manufacturer of narrow textile webbing, industrial sewing and injection-molded plastic hardware, has updated its branding. The family-owned...
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